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Ma Satya Priya: Reporting From The Osho Resort
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Indrajit Paul: RE:Reporting From The Osho Resort Email:  gmail.comDate: Oct 5, 2007, 13:27 |
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Mr. Thompson, Sorry once again for my delay in response. I was busy with lots of interviews and their preparations. It's good that you ask me how it matters if Osho had sex. Well, to answer to you, being born an Indian I know of several enlightened people (not that people get enlightened in India only ( though I think the no. of them has been predominantly more here), but in India they definitely gain a lot of popularity unlike other places) in India starting from Gautama Buddha (and many others who have been considered as enlightened men in India for ages), and in my knowledge none of them had sex. The reason for that, in my mind is that having sex is an act of passion ( which is a very bad word to use for what I am trying to communicate)..it Indian terms, sex is dominated by Rajah-guna ( the "activity" mode of nature. nature has three modes as specified in the Bhagwad Gita, the Hindu holy text (which is the sermon on human life and creation by the Lord Krishna to his friend-converted-to-disci ple Arjuna) , satwa, the liberation mode or the "truth" mode, rajas, the binding mode or the activity mode, and tamas, the destroying mode or the heavyness/dullness mode) and in my knowledge the enlightened people participate in only satwik ( dominated by satwa) activity because they have been released from the cycle of karma and they do not participate in activity that generates any karma ( or a spiritual debt arising out of imperfect and thereby incomplete action). And sex being dominated by Rajas generates karma. ( although, it might be possible that you can have sex and still not generate any karma, but I have never heard of it in my 20 years of research on karma and enlightenment or release from it ). The long and short of it is that all the people I know of who has attained enlightenment has abstained from sex thereafter. That's why, it matters ( at least to me personally) if Osho had sex or not after his enlightenment ( which he claims to have attained). However, in my mind, I am sure of the fact that Osho was no exception and believe he was lying about his not being celibate just to provoke a reaction as you said. Moreover, in Osho's own words, all creatures have sex for the allure of the moment of "oneness" (with divinity..or whatever..creation is one, therefore absolute oneness is one where there is no seperation between the individual and the divine or anything). One who is enlightened is established in that "oneness". A mere act (or for that matter, any action or any kind) does not produce a difference in them. That's why enlightened ones had been known to be established in perfect inaction ( and omni-action (if there is a word like that), meaning they do absolutely nothing and thereby do absolutely everything ( a concept one comes across if he/she is into spiritualism), because that's the nature of creation, consisting of numerous activities, and yet perfectly still ( i understand very difficult ot express or grasp in everyday, "real" world (or material)terminology). In short, an enlightened person is already enjoying the "enjoyment" part of having sex, all the time. Going by this, if it can be really proved that Osho was having sex, after having attained his enlightenment, then, to me, with my present knowledge, it would mean he was not enlightened at all. I am sorry if it hurts the feeling of other people who appreciate Osho's works and words..but this is what I know and what my knowledge means. Regards Indraj it |
