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On basic human rights / Osho.

by Osho, 1931-1990.

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Osho Media International, 2017.

Mystics -- India -- Anecdotes.

9781938755859 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Osho on basic human rights

166 pages ; 21 cm.

Originally published in 1987.

"Osho thrusts his sword into the heart of the matter of what we collectively call "Human Rights." One of the struggles we face as human beings is how to cope with, how to bring light to, how to dissolve the roots of the perverse and incomprehensible horrors - physical, psychological, spiritual - that we seem capable of inflicting on one another. What are the roots of wars, of torture, of murder and hatred and our all-too-easy dehumanization of the "other"? He quotes the language of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to expose the hollowness of the words. Why is our human reality on this planet so far off from these beautifully worded declarations? Osho exposes the hypocrisy and the vested interests that underlie the core of that document, and so many others like it. But he doesn't stop there. He challenges us to create a new language, a new narrative, a transformative and liberating vision of what it means to treat one another with awareness, with love, and with respect. Osho is a contemporary mystic who is known for his revolutionary contribution to meditation - the science of inner transformations. Osho International Foundation is based in Zurich, Switzerland"--Provided by publisher.

"Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan, 1931 - 1990), also known as Osho, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Acharya Rajneesh, or simply Rajneesh, was an Indian leader of the Rajneesh movement. During his lifetime he was viewed as a controversial mystic, guru, and spiritual teacher. In the 1960s he travelled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Hindu religious orthodoxy. He advocated a more open attitude towards human sexuality, earning him the nickname "sex guru" in the Indian and later international press, although this attitude became more acceptable with time. Rajneesh's syncretic teachings emphasise the importance of meditation, awareness, love, celebration, courage, creativity, and humor - qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition, and socialisation. Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western New Age thought"--From wikipedia.org website.

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