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I am very curious about what people on HN do think about 1.OSHO 2.Sadhguru

by 0xFFC 10y ago

orasis 10y ago
Sadhguru is okay but I personally wouldn't take him as a template for my own path. I find that Buddhist teachers tend to hold greater depth of teaching.
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brangalina4eva 10y ago
Osho - similar to Krishnamurti. Nice, poetic words, reassuring in a time of need, but not practically accessible.
eternalban 10y ago
There are quite a lot of gems out there in various cultures. Have you read Chuang Tzu? He's deeply insightful. But a word of caution that the effect of mere words wears off, and more seriously, it is trivial to misunderstand the intended meaning of these various masters. When I was young, it chafed me to read about the novice-master relationship (which is stressed in almost all spiritual schools regardless of time or place), but in mid life I've come to accept that it is truly a necessity if one is seeking truth and wishes to arrive.
- contingencies 10y ago
  Experience is the master and the truth. He who controls the data controls the learner. - @pmddomingos
  - eternalban 10y ago
    > He who controls the data controls the learner. "Have you considered the case of him who has taken his own lower self for his god ..." - Q.45:23
    - contingencies 10y ago
      Fatalism doesn't really appeal.
      - eternalban 10y ago
        You are making an assumption regarding the balance between predetermination and free will. Entirely your reading.
fsiefken 10y ago
1. I'm not to keen about OSHO aka Baghwan Rajneesh. See: http://www.strippingthegurus.com/stgsamplechapters/rajneesh.html http://www.strippingthegurus.com/stgsamplechapters/rajneesh.... https://www.quora.com/What-did-J-Krishnamurti-think-of-Osho-Did-he-ever-comment-on-him-or-his-teachings https://www.quora.com/What-did-J-Krishnamurti-think-of-Osho-...
tn13 10y ago
Sadhguru is your usual run of the mill Guru who talks a lot of bullshit disguised as feel good nonsense. His oratory is perhaps his only skill.
DesiLurker 10y ago
1. I've gone through an OSHO 'phase' long ago. there is a certain quality in you when you are young that finds him appealing but you grow out of it. when I look back at it now its seems not worth my time as many ideas seem rather half baked (sorry, no offence, just my impression). 2. SJV I like, have been practicing isha processes for a bit, there is a certain directness to him that I like. However, Intellectually I feel his ideas/thought mechanics are tailored towards masses that I struggle to find alignment in (sorry again). Isha practices are good but IMO but there is something else to him that you experience only when you meditate with him.

I am very curious about what people on HN do think about 1.OSHO 2.Sadhguru

by 0xFFC 10y ago

I am very curious about what people on HN do think about 1.OSHO 2.Sadhguru

Sadhguru is okay but I personally wouldn't take him as a template for my own path. I find that Buddhist teachers tend to hold greater depth of teaching.

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brangalina4eva 10y ago

Osho - similar to Krishnamurti. Nice, poetic words, reassuring in a time of need, but not practically accessible.

eternalban 10y ago

There are quite a lot of gems out there in various cultures. Have you read Chuang Tzu? He's deeply insightful. But a word of caution that the effect of mere words wears off, and more seriously, it is trivial to misunderstand the intended meaning of these various masters. When I was young, it chafed me to read about the novice-master relationship (which is stressed in almost all spiritual schools regardless of time or place), but in mid life I've come to accept that it is truly a necessity if one is seeking truth and wishes to arrive.

contingencies 10y ago
Experience is the master and the truth. He who controls the data controls the learner. - @pmddomingos
- eternalban 10y ago
  > He who controls the data controls the learner. "Have you considered the case of him who has taken his own lower self for his god ..." - Q.45:23
  - contingencies 10y ago
    Fatalism doesn't really appeal.
    - eternalban 10y ago
      You are making an assumption regarding the balance between predetermination and free will. Entirely your reading.

fsiefken 10y ago

1. I'm not to keen about OSHO aka Baghwan Rajneesh. See: http://www.strippingthegurus.com/stgsamplechapters/rajneesh.html http://www.strippingthegurus.com/stgsamplechapters/rajneesh.... https://www.quora.com/What-did-J-Krishnamurti-think-of-Osho-Did-he-ever-comment-on-him-or-his-teachings https://www.quora.com/What-did-J-Krishnamurti-think-of-Osho-...

tn13 10y ago

Sadhguru is your usual run of the mill Guru who talks a lot of bullshit disguised as feel good nonsense. His oratory is perhaps his only skill.

DesiLurker 10y ago

1. I've gone through an OSHO 'phase' long ago. there is a certain quality in you when you are young that finds him appealing but you grow out of it. when I look back at it now its seems not worth my time as many ideas seem rather half baked (sorry, no offence, just my impression). 2. SJV I like, have been practicing isha processes for a bit, there is a certain directness to him that I like. However, Intellectually I feel his ideas/thought mechanics are tailored towards masses that I struggle to find alignment in (sorry again). Isha practices are good but IMO but there is something else to him that you experience only when you meditate with him.