Guest guest Posted April 1, 2001 Report Share Posted April 1, 2001 Maharaj had spoken to a Rajneesh Sanyassin with much love and compassion when he aksed the sanyassin " Don't you get to ask your guru these kinds of questions? " The Sanayassin said that it was difficult to get close and ask these kinds of questions. The whole room was permeated by Maharaj's love and concern. It was an interesting time to be in Bombay, in 1978. There were many western seekers in the city. The Rajneesh sanyassins stood out in my mind because they all wore red or bright orange, yet the woman many times dressed in tank tops (orange ones) without bras. They had a very sexual presence. I am not a prude, but I think that India wasn't quite ready for them, couldn't quite make out the walking paradoxes they appeared to be, sexual sannayassins. There were also many Muktananada devotees. It was a revelation to me to see how many English, German and Dutch seekers there were, with a minority of American ones. I became aware of my own national pride which I had not been aware of, like how I was special because I was american. But there were many more sincere European seekers (more deluded ones too!). This brings me to the day that J. Krishamurti came to Bombay to speak. Apparently Rajneesh had encouraged his sanyassins to come to town to hear him speak in the late afternoon, early evening. The young sanyassin whom Maharaj spoke so compassionately with brought a group of about twenty sanyassins to meet him. The first thing Maharaj did was divide us by gender. Then he told a mother who was a sanyassin to make her child pull in his legs (as they were stretched out towards Maharaj) as it was impolite. He started off saying that he had separated them by sex because although he wasn't concerned about sex, it appeared that they were very fixated on it and he felt that it would help them concentrate. He said " If it was up to me I would stack you one on top of another like a pile of wood, but you are so fascinated that I have separated you.' This is my paraphrase, but I clearly remember the part about stacking you one on top of another. He asked for questions. I remember one woman relaying a Buddhist analogy about using skillful means as a boat to the other shore which is Nirvana. Maharaj said " I would put you all into the boat, send you to the other shore and I would stay here on this shore! " He was intent on breaking through their spiritual concepts and was not impressed with them in the least. To be continued... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2001 Report Share Posted April 1, 2001 Nisargadatta, cathywb@p... wrote: > He asked for questions. I remember one woman relaying a Buddhist > analogy about using skillful means as a boat to the other shore > which is Nirvana. Maharaj said " I would put you all into the boat, > send you to the other shore and I would stay here on this shore! " This is just great! :-)... there is only one shore, and to go to the other shore (the 'non-Nirvana') seems to be the " seeker's paradise. " People see an apparent mountain to climb, not realizing they are already at the top... and commence climbing down!! It can elicit so much laughter to think about this!!! :-) It's funny too how " Nirvana " has become a synonym for " heaven " or " paradise " in the West... when it simply means 'nothing' .. emptiness -- zilch. This even appears in advertisements... Love, Tim (Omkara) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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