December 11, 1931: Osho was born in Kuchwada, a small village in the state of Madhya Pradesh, central India.
March 21, 1953: He became enlightened at the age of twenty-one, while majoring in philosophy at D.N. Jain college in Jabalpur.
1956: Osho received His M.A. from the University of Sagar with First Class Honors in Philosophy.
1957-1966: University Professor and Public Speaker.
1966: After nine years of teaching, he left the university to devote himself entirely to raise human consciousness. He started being known as Acharya Rajneesh.
1970-1974: He lived at the Woodland Appartment, Mumbai. At this time he was called Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and he began to initiate seekers into Neo-Sannyas or discipleship.
1974-1981: Moved to the ashram in Pune. During these seven years he gave a 90 minutes discourse nearly every morning, alternating every month between Hindi and English.
1981-1985: Moved to the US. A model agricultural commune Rajneeshpuram rises from the ruins of the central Oregonian high desert.
In January 1986 he travelled to Kathmandu, Nepal and spoke on a world four.
1987-1989: Moved back to the commune in Pune, India.
19 January, 1990: Osho left his body. Written on his Epitaph over his samadhi in Kathmandu, Nepal and Pune, India are his own words:
Osho Never Born, Never Died Only Visited This Planet Earth Between Dec 11 1931-Jan 19 1990
Enlightened Master Osho says that "...everybody is called, but only a few listen to the call." To find our way on the invisible path, we have to get out of God's way, over and over again.
With deepest insight and understanding, Osho illuminates the mystical songs of Kabir, written around 500 years ago, as completely relevant to the current human condition, that of the neglected human heart.
Ultimately, Kabir tells us to offer our head to our heart. And Osho says, "It is easier to move from the path of love than through any other path because love is so close to your heart."
While we long for a map, a guide, and a known road, Osho throws us "into the wild, without scriptures, dogma, or doctrine, for an altogether individualized pathway to the Divine because "...the way changes with the walker. You bring your quality." He also says,
If we consciously accept the challenges of life-in trust--suffering takes on a new glow with the possibility of a rebirth, as the Master says,
According to Osho, "Kabir does not believe in effort, he believes in effortlessness. That's what he calls sahaj samadhi, spontaneous ecstasy. Kabir is a lover, his path is the path of love. Love knows no effort."
To date, Osho Tapoban has published 191 books. Of these, 94 books are in English and 97 are in Hindi. A complete set of 191 books also includes Bodhisattva Swami Anand Arun's bestsellers, "Lone Seeker, Many Masters," "In Wonder with Osho," "Mystics and Miracles," and Hindi books, "Panchasheel" and "Santo Ke Sang."
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