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Sanyasis from across the country have gathered here for a five-day meditation camp organised to celebrate their spiritual teacher Osho’s 80th birth anniversary
With Osho’s 80th birthday on December 11,Sanyasis across India,who subscribe to the spiritual teacher’s vision,are gathering together to host a five-day meditation camp,organised by Delhi-based Osho World Foundation. The camp will be held from today till December 11 at Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Hall,Koregaon Park. The camp will be open for all to learn the art of various types of meditation and to get a glimpse of the life of the modern sanyasi.
A variety of meditation techniques will be taught during these five days,which include white-rob brotherhood meetings,Osho’s discourse,celebration,dancing and silent meditation. We will begin the day with dynamic meditation,which is a four-step process. It involves bringing out one’s pent-up emotions by shouting,screaming,throwing air punches,laughing,crying,jumping and doing anything without touching any other person. We end with silent meditation, describes Maa Prem Noori,a facilitator,who has come for the camp from Himachal Pradesh.
Osho’s discourse on various themes will also be shared along with an informal chit-chat between the participants of the camp. There will also be an initiation ceremony followed by celebration and feasting to welcome the new sanyasis. Sanyas is not necessarily a sacrifice of one’s worldly pleasures. It is not about living a life of solitude. Instead,it points to a life of happiness and peace and the desire to impart this joy to the society at large, says Swami Vedant. It is a sincere act of devoting one hour everyday to the method of meditation chosen by you to nourish your soul, he adds.
The annual magazine of the Osho sanyasis has also been revived after a gap of five years. Titled ‘Abhi aur Yahi’,it will contain information about Osho’s work,vision and meditation techniques. The camp will be inaugurated today with the screening of a documentary titled ‘Now or Never’,made by the sanyasis who work independently in different parts of the world.
