Guest guest Posted July 18, 2001 Report Share Posted July 18, 2001 Reposted from www.advaita.org message board without a comment: There was a man in Bombay, Nisargadatta Maharaj. Nobody knew this big name; he was known to the masses as " Beedie Baba " because he was continuously smoking beedies. You can find in every village such kinds of beedie babas. I think India has seven hundred thousand villages and each village must have at least one; more is possible. And Amrito wrote a few days ago to me, because another young Dutchman became very much involved with Beedie Baba... The man seems to be very sincere, but the trouble is that the people who come from the West have a very childlike heart, very trusting, and they are unaware that in India spirituality is just a routine. Everybody talks about great things and their lives are as ugly as possible. When Beedie Baba said that he would speak only to this young Dutchman, naturally his ego must have felt tremendously vast. The crowd that surrounded Beedie Baba was also of the same quality... rickshaw wallahs waiting for their passengers, sitting by the side of Beedie Baba. And when he said he would not speak to anybody unless it was this Dutchman... So he spoke to the Dutchman, who has now compiled books on Beedie Baba. Now in India it is almost parrot-like, but to the Westerner it seems to be a tremendous revelation -- when Beedie Baba said, " Aham brahmasmi; I am God, I am that " the young Dutchman immediately wrote a book: I AM THAT! Because for the West, spirituality is a foreign affair, just as for the East, science is a foreign affair. Om Mani Padme Hum Osho This message was originally on www.advaita.org posted by Swami Nirav Kanan on July 18, 2001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2001 Report Share Posted July 19, 2001 Professional jealousy is funny! Reminds me of the kid's game " rock'em sock'em robots " Rock'em sock'em gurus? Indian gurus have an aura of the superiority of their culture and its spiritual sophistication, and the same is true of Japanese, Chinese, and Tibetan teachers. Few of them truly understand or have a feeling for any genuine spirituality that is part of the expression of the West. Most of them are quick to jump on anything to do with Western rationality, as well. It's all too funny for words! Love, Dan Reposted from www.advaita.org message board without a comment: There was a man in Bombay, Nisargadatta Maharaj. Nobody knew this big name; he was known to the masses as " Beedie Baba " because he was continuously smoking beedies. You can find in every village such kinds of beedie babas. I think India has seven hundred thousand villages and each village must have at least one; more is possible. And Amrito wrote a few days ago to me, because another young Dutchman became very much involved with Beedie Baba... The man seems to be very sincere, but the trouble is that the people who come from the West have a very childlike heart, very trusting, and they are unaware that in India spirituality is just a routine. Everybody talks about great things and their lives are as ugly as possible. When Beedie Baba said that he would speak only to this young Dutchman, naturally his ego must have felt tremendously vast. The crowd that surrounded Beedie Baba was also of the same quality... rickshaw wallahs waiting for their passengers, sitting by the side of Beedie Baba. And when he said he would not speak to anybody unless it was this Dutchman... So he spoke to the Dutchman, who has now compiled books on Beedie Baba. Now in India it is almost parrot-like, but to the Westerner it seems to be a tremendous revelation -- when Beedie Baba said, " Aham brahmasmi; I am God, I am that " the young Dutchman immediately wrote a book: I AM THAT! Because for the West, spirituality is a foreign affair, just as for the East, science is a foreign affair. Om Mani Padme Hum Osho This message was originally on www.advaita.org posted by Swami Nirav Kanan on July 18, 2001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2001 Report Share Posted July 19, 2001 What is a " Beedie " ? I never heard the term. John L. > >Reposted from www.advaita.org message board without a comment: > > > >There was a man in Bombay, Nisargadatta Maharaj. Nobody knew this big > >name; he was known to the masses as " Beedie Baba " because he was > >continuously smoking beedies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2001 Report Share Posted July 19, 2001 ----Original Message-----John Logan [johnrloganis]Thursday, July 19, 2001 6:35 PMNisargadatta Subject: Re: Osho talks about Nisargadatta Maharaj What is a "Beedie"?I never heard the term.John L.Beedie is a local Indian cigarette. They are cheaper, stronger, and less filtered. At least they were in the 1960s. They are smoked mostly by laborers and others with perhaps less money to spend. Some smoke it for taste. After getting used to Beedies, apparently cigarettes don't have the same umph! Some middle class Indians smoked western cigarettes in public but Beedies in private. Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2001 Report Share Posted July 19, 2001 You just never know what you might learn from being on these lists. :-) At 04:35 PM 7/19/01 , you wrote: What is a " Beedie " ? I never heard the term. John L. Beedie is a local Indian cigarette. They are cheaper, stronger, and less filtered. At least they were in the 1960s. They are smoked mostly by laborers and others with perhaps less money to spend. Some smoke it for taste. After getting used to Beedies, apparently cigarettes don't have the same umph! Some middle class Indians smoked western cigarettes in public but Beedies in private. Harsha Earn a dime every time you receive email! Sign up FREE at: http://www.MintMail.com/?m=357437 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2001 Report Share Posted July 20, 2001 - Harsha Nisargadatta Thursday, July 19, 2001 7:35 PM RE: Re: Osho talks about Nisargadatta Maharaj ----Original Message-----John Logan [johnrloganis]Thursday, July 19, 2001 6:35 PMNisargadatta Subject: Re: Osho talks about Nisargadatta Maharaj After getting used to Beedies, apparently cigarettes don't have the same umph! Seems similar to harshish. Isn't it all 'bout drugs.. hard drugs, recreational drugs, smoke mantras, mantras, meditation... Just think what would happen without it, the peddlers, pushers, pimps, gurus, police, lawyers, judges might be out of a job! ~Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2001 Report Share Posted July 20, 2001 Thank you. That explains the throat cancer. I thought it was the incense that finally got NM. Nisargadatta, " Harsha " <harsha-hkl@h...> wrote: > ----Original Message----- > John Logan [johnrloganis] > Thursday, July 19, 2001 6:35 PM > Nisargadatta > Re: Osho talks about Nisargadatta Maharaj > > > What is a " Beedie " ? > I never heard the term. > > John L. > > > Beedie is a local Indian cigarette. They are cheaper, stronger, and less > filtered. At least they were in the 1960s. They are smoked mostly by > laborers and others with perhaps less money to spend. Some smoke it for > taste. After getting used to Beedies, apparently cigarettes don't have the > same umph! Some middle class Indians smoked western cigarettes in public but > Beedies in private. > > Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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