Eminent people on OSHO

 

 

 

"Osho will long be remembered as a great philosopher - saint and mystic of the twentieth century. His life and work will continue to inspire future generations of humankind and his powerful message of essential unity of mankind will help us to evolve a new global code of ethics for the improvement of the human condition."

 

- Dr. Manmohan Singh, prime minister of India

 

 

 

"Osho is one of India’s greatest mystics.... I see him as one of the world’s great teachers, thinkers, philosophers and guides of our times. I have enormous respect for his world vision and the kind of International Communities he is building. I have always felt his influence in my life."

 

- Kabir Bedi, international film star

 

 

 

"Through my friend Deepak Chopra I came across Osho’s books which gave me an other deeper shift in my life. I regret I did not met him in person, and I feel sorry the US Government missed such an opportunity back in 86."

 

- Madonna, Singer and Performer

 

 

 

"Osho is an enlightened master who is working with all possibilities to help humanity overcome a difficult phase in developing consciousness."

 

- The Dalai Lama, exiled Buddhist leader of Tibet

 

 

 

"Within a few years from now Osho's message will be heard all over the world. He was the most original thinker that India has produced: the most erudite, the most clear-headed and the most innovative. And in addition he had an inborn gift of words, spoken and written. The like of him we will not see for decades to come... He has to be judged as a thinker, and as a thinker he will rank amongst the giants."

 

"It is a religion for the irreligious, for the agnostic, for the unbeliever, for the rationalist."

 

- Khushwant Singh, former editor of The Times of India; author and historian

 

 

 

"When we wrote and prepared for shooting Vanilla Sky, I constantly checked in with Osho’s insights. It is not so easy to present the unconscious mind with images and a story. Osho is the only one who can perfectly explain it all, the inner and the outer and that helped me and my team immensely"

 

- Tom Cruise, actor

 

 

 

"Osho is a mystical giant, a flowering of a unique intelligence and one of those rare humans ex-pressing himself with joy."

 

- Paul Reps, author of Zen Flesh, Zen Bones

 

 

 

"Enlightened people like Osho are ahead of their times. It is good that more and more young people are now reading his works."

 

- K. R. Narayanan, former president of India

 

 

 

"I found No Water, No Moon one of the most refreshing, cleansing and delightful books I could imagine. It is a book which will never cease to be a comforting companion."

 

- Yehudi Menuhin, distinguished violinist

 

 

 

“These brilliant insights will benefit all those who yearn for experiential knowledge of the field of pure potentiality inherent in every human being. This book belongs on the shelf of every library and in the home of all those who seek knowledge of the higher self."

 

- Dr Deepak Chopra, Author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind; Quantum Healing and Unconditional Life on Osho’s Book “From Medication to Meditation”.

 

 

 

"Few people have understood India like Osho. It was an understanding at many levels. The philosophical, the historic, the purely emotional - and even the political and the literary, the wanton and the spiritual. His was a holistic understanding. An understanding that went beyond words, into the uncharted terrain of true love. For love was at the core of everything that Osho believed in. It was the ultimate message he left for us. To discover, experience, savor life through love."

 

- Pritish Nandy, JAIN TV presenter; former editor, and publisher of The Illustrated Weekly, India

 

 

 

"Where the dance of Meera and the silence of Buddha meet, blossoms the true philosophy of Rajneesh."

 

- Amrita Pritam, renowned poetess

 

 

 

"I was inspired by Osho’s wisdom when I wrote the song 'How fragile we all are'; Reading his books gave me hope for humanity. It is a must for everybody to have a look into his words ....."

 

- Sting, Singer and Performer

 

 

 

"To enable Indians and the world to appreciate the eternal India, Osho’s insights contained in his discourses and books should be made widely available around the world and through all media. This will also make the world understand India much better. "I was surprised and very impressed by Osho’s logic and how well he proved his points. When I was imprisoned during the Emergency for 19 months, I had the opportunity of reading Osho’s books on Mahavir, Kabir and the Geeta."

 

- L. K. Advani, former minister of home affairs, govt. of India

 

 

 

"Osho - unmatched orator, unorthodox thinker and an original interpreter of ancient texts. His exposition of Japji Sahib and other teachings and philosophy of Guru Nanak Dev has deeply impressed me. I admire his courage, sense of conviction and spirit of adventure."

 

- The late Giani Zail Singh, former President of India

 

 

 

"I believe that Osho was well ahead of his time in terms of his teachings, his thinking and as a practical man. This is very clear that the message of Osho is universal in nature. This also means that the right to His message is equally universal and should be available to any individual. In fact each one of the 6 Billion of us that inherit the earth today have a right to the words of Osho."

 

- Padamshree Dr Raghunath Mashelkar - Renowned scientist, Director General - CSIR and Chairman of the committee of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

 

 

 

Main be-qaid, main be-quaid. Na rogi, na vaid!

"Loosely translated, this line by the 18th century Sufi poet Bulle Shah, would go somewhat like this - I am unfettered, unfettered am I. Neither the sick nor the savior am I. The line for me is a source of boundless creative energy and celebration. This is the irresistible feeling in the presence of Osho’s aura. I can say no more."

 

- Madangopal Singh, University professor and Sufi Scholar

 

 

 

"Osho gave his country and the world a vision, which one can be proud of."

 

- Former Indian Prime Minister, Chandra Shekhar.

 

 

 

"I've been charmed from reading his books."

 

- Federico Fellini

 

 

 

"I really got into Osho's books. I have always loved his books. They were top notch."

 

- Marianne Williamson, author

 

 

 

"I read all his books."

 

- Shirley MacLaine

 

 

 

"I have read most of [Osho's] books and listened to tapes of his talks, and I am convinced that in the spiritual tradition, here is a mind of intellectual brilliance and persuasive ability as an author."

 

- James Broughton, poet, and author

 

 

 

"He is the rarest and most talented religionist to appear this century." Kazuyoshi Kino, Professor of Buddhist Studies,

 

- Hosen Gakuen College, Tokyo, Japan

 

 

 

"Osho makes you free from the existing mind set...he is inclusive, not exclusive."

 

- The High Commissioner for India to Singapore

 

 

 

"I have never heard anyone so beautifully and playfully integrate and then dissolve the psychological problems which, for generations, have sapped our human energies."

 

- Rev. Cain, Chaplain, Churchill College Cambridge

 

 

 

"Osho is the most dangerous man since Jesus Christ... He's obviously a very effective man, otherwise he wouldn't be such a threat. He's saying the same things that nobody else has the courage to say. A man who has all kinds of ideas, they're not only inflammatory - they also have a resonance of truth that scares the pants off the control freaks."

 

- Tom Robbins, author of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Still Life with Woodpecker and Jitterbug Perfume

 

 

 

"As a result of reading The Golden Future (and many other works by Osho) I would like to let you know that I completely and heartily support the vision of Osho. As a writer I hope that his words will reach the hearts of those who need them most. I have every faith in this result, because the words of Osho are loaded with the power of love."

 

- Douwe de Groot, writer

 

 

 

"These books are really what people are looking for...they are even more relevant now than when they were spoken."

 

- Michael Mann, Chairman of Element Books

 

 

 

"He Osho is the greatest incarnation after Buddha in India. He is a living Buddha."

 

- Lama Karmapa, late head of the Kargyupta, (or Red Hat) Sect of Tibetan Buddhism

 

 

 

"No one is more qualified to introduce the mystics than Osho, a man who stands out even in their exalted company. He speaks from his own experience, bringing his mystic predecessors to life, making them his contemporaries."

 

- John Lilly

 

 

 

"Never before or after have I encountered anybody having such a harmonious and immensely creative view encompassing art, science, human psychology and religiousness. Certainly we would lack substantially without his vision of the new man."

 

- Dr. A. Schleger, Ph.D., Institute of Technology, Switzerland

 

 

 

"Osho is the rarest and most talented religionist to appear in this century. His interpretations are saturated with the truth of Buddhism."

 

- Kazuyoshi Kino Professor of Buddhist Studies, Tokyo

 

 

 

"His incredible taped discourse lectures and books have inspired me, and millions of others, on the path of self-evolution... He is like a great bell tolling, Awaken, Awaken, Awaken!"

 

- James Coburn, actor

 

 

 

"With Osho, words flow endlessly. Provocatively. Challengingly. In a hundred years more copies of Osho's works will have been printed than the Bible itself, till now the outstanding best-seller."

 

- M. V. Kamath, Former Editor of The Illustrated Weekly, India

 

 

 

"As you savor the chapters, you'll discover that Osho is like a Zen archer. Almost poetically he circles his target, surveying it over and over again from many positions before he draws back his bow and lets the arrow fly."

 

- Robert Rimmer, USA. Author of The Harrad Experiment and Proposition 31

 

 

 

 

"Indian mystic Osho has been one of the most successful mixers of Eastern philosophies with Western therapeutic techniques."

 

- Russel Chandler, Understanding the New Age

 

 

 

"The Upanishads talk about ultimate wisdom, Osho tells you how to live it"

 

- R.E. Gussner, Dept of Religion, University of Vermont, USA

 

 

 

"The teachings of Osho, in fact, encompass many religions, but he is not defined by any of them. He is an illuminating speaker on Zen, Taoism, Tibetan Buddhism, Christianity and ancient Greek philosophy...and also a prolific author."

 

- Nevill Drury, Dictionary of Mysticism and the Occult, USA

 

 

 

"He discourses with eloquent familiarity on virtually all the world's great mystics - Zen masters, Hassids, Sufis, Bauls, Buddha, Lao-Tzu, Jesus.… Though he "knocks the mind," Osho is an intellectual's guru, and his message is aimed not at spiritual sheep but at rebels and risk takers - people who consider themselves intelligent, adventurous, and independent, and want to be more so."

 

- Annie Gottlieb, Author of Do You Believe in Magic?

 

 

 

"Osho has a unique identity of his own. Our worldly life can become more fruitful through meditation and people can evolve towards a better society with the help of Osho's wisdom."

 

- Rt. Hon'ble Shri Girija Prasad Koirala, Prime Minister of Nepal, 17th of May, 1998

 

 

 

"Treatises on Buddhism are often dry and reverential, if not tediously scholastic, and if Osho's treatment is not canonical, it compensates by throbbing with life, humor, penetrating insight and the continual provocation to think for oneself."

 

- Guy Claxton, Author of Noises from the Darkroom

 

 

 

"Osho speaks the language of today's Yug Bhasha. His message is for the whole world."

 

- Vice-President of India, Krishnakant

 

 

 

"Here is somebody who fuses everything and makes it understandable to people, and it makes sense. And he also challenges very fixed beliefs, challenges religions which have tradition and ritual and so forth."

 

- Aroon Purie, Editor of India Today

 

 

 

"Osho is such a vision that stands for the welfare of the whole of humanity, transcending the narrow boundaries of religions. Though today's man is so caught up in his myriad problems, all of Osho's books and discourses suggest simple and easy ways for man's liberation."

 

- Lokendra Bahadur Chand, the former premier, of Nepal