Osho and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan: Indian Philosohy and the Wild West

Osho says the most beautiful word in the inglis lengvage is ‘fuck’ – it is a verb, it is a noun, it is an objective (he means; adjective). He rants on that way for 10 minutes; there is canned laughter in the audio I listened to.

What is the west up to? They know he is a buffoon. Why do they make him out to be a ‘guru’ (if only of sex)? What is the big conspiracy here? This is what it is all about: the west wants to showcase Osho as the greatest Indian thinker of the modern times; and prove that he is a clown; and ergo, all Indian philosophy is nonsense. Sounds like a good plan? Well, it sure worked. Then on, there are a whole lot of other jokers who made it big in the American landscape.

The sad part is that, young people in India find that Osho is a great thinker. It is sad and it is bad. Sex and love have to go together; didn’t Rekha, the movie star say that? “If two people say they are in love with each other,” she said, “and don’t go to bed together – I don’t call it love”. Elementary, my dear Whatson? Osho goes on for a half hour talking about love of the mind (romantic love), of the body (sexuality) and love (which is really sex). Ho hum! Did he ever do it? Did he produce children? Why should you have sex if not to produce children?

Osho is a sham that the west picked up to prove that Indian philosophy is all balls. It is like picking on Any Rand to show how apologists of capitalism are shallow. You must talk to the best of the breed; as I said – Dr S Radhakrishnan; we will return to him in a bit. In the meantime, just look at some ugly things Osho was involved in: fraud, biological terrorism, and false prophecy. Read on…

“In 1981 the increased tension around the Pune ashram, along with criticism of its activities and threatened punitive action by the Indian authorities, provided an impetus for the ashram to relocate to America. On 1 June Osho travelled to the United States on a tourist visa, ostensibly for medical purposes…
“According to Susan J. Palmer the move to the United States "appears to have been a unilateral decision on the part of Sheela." Gordon (1987) notes that Sheela and Osho had discussed the idea of establishing a new commune in the U.S. in late 1980, although he did not agree to travel there until May 1981…. Osho never sought outside medical treatment during his time in America, leading the Immigration and Naturalization Service to believe that he had a preconceived intent to remain there. Osho later pleaded guilty to immigration fraud, including making false statements on his initial visa application.”
This gets really ugly, as you can see:
“The salmonella attack was noted as the first confirmed instance of chemical or biological terrorism to have occurred in the United States. Osho stated that because he was in silence and isolation, meeting only with Sheela, he was unaware of the crimes committed by the Rajneeshpuram leadership until Sheela and her "gang" left and sannyasins came forward to inform him. A number of commentators have stated that in their view Sheela was being used as a convenient scapegoat. Others have pointed to the fact that although Sheela had bugged Osho's living quarters and made her tapes available to the U.S. authorities as part of her own plea bargain, no evidence has ever come to light that Osho had any part in her crimes. Nevertheless Gordon (1987) reports that Charles Turner, David Frohnmayer and other law enforcement officials, who had surveyed affidavits never released publicly and who listened to hundreds of hours of tape recordings, insinuated to him that Osho was guilty of more crimes than those for which he was eventually prosecuted. Frohnmayer asserted that Osho's philosophy was not "disapproving of poisoning" and that he felt he and Sheela had been "genuinely evil".
Osho's imprisonment and transfer across the country took the form of a public spectacle – he was displayed in chains, held first in North Carolina then Oklahoma and finally in Portland. Officials took the full ten days legally available to them to transfer him from North Carolina to Portland for arraignment. After initially pleading "not guilty" to all charges and being released on bail Osho, on the advice of his lawyers, entered an "Alford plea" – a type of guilty plea through which a suspect does not admit guilt, but does concede there is enough evidence to convict him – to one count of having a concealed intent to remain permanently in the U.S. at the time of his original visa application in 1981 and one count of having conspired to have sannyasins enter into sham marriages to acquire U.S. residency. Under the deal his lawyers made with the U.S. Attorney's office he was given a 10-year suspended sentence, five years' probation and a $400,000 penalty in fines and prosecution costs and agreed to leave the United States, not returning for at least five years without the permission of the United States Attorney General.”
What do we have here? Visa fraud, sham marriages, bioterrorism. And Osho International Meditation Resort – strictly for the rich and famous.

Has anyone heard of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishan?

No one I am sure reads his works, but has anyone even heard the name? If you cannot approach Adi Sankara and other great thinkers of India – take a look at the work of Dr S Radhakrishnan.
“Dr. Radhakrishnan stated that Western philosophers, despite all claims to objectivity, were influenced by theological influences of their own culture. He wrote books on Indian philosophy according to Western academic standards, and made all efforts for the West to give serious consideration to Indian philosophy. In his book "Idealist View of Life", he made a powerful case for the importance of intuitive thinking as opposed to purely intellectual forms of thought. He is well known for his commentaries on the Prasthana Trayi namely, the Bhagavadgita, the Upanishads and the Brahma Sutra.”
The west chooses to go gaga over the buffoon Osho. And debunks him and sends him to prison. And they have no clue that the real giant of Indian philosophy is Dr Radhakrishnan.

Osho probably never managed to get up his member and kept talking about the F word, just to show that he was in the game. Come on, it happens to the best of men; with or without a fleet of Rolls Royces. No amount of talking is going to put fire in the loins. May his soul rust in piss.