Dying for enlightenment
Bernard Gunther

Dying for enlightenment. Living with Baghwan Shree Rajneesh.

Here is an extraordinary, intimate portrait of one of our time’s foremost spiritual leaders and of life in his ashram near Poona, India. Leaf quickly through the photo-filled pages of this book. You will see expressed in the faces and bodies of those who come to the ashram every human emotion, from ecstacy to rage. For life with Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh is a life in which the deepest emotions and passions are explored and brought to the surface. East and West meet here in a blending of techniques that heighten awareness: meditation * crafts * singing * dancing * chanting * music * mime * Tai Chi * karate * tantra * rolfing * Gestalt encounter * bioenergetics * body awareness * the Alexander Technique. At the center of this array of powerful feelings stands Bhagwan, integrating all by the power of his presence and his talks. Previously unpublished discourses by the Master also appear in Dying for Enlightenment, including four basic meditation techniques never before revealed in print. ” A cosmic combination of crazy house, college campus, church, carnival, and cloister,” Bhagwan’s ashram is a spiritual feast of unparalleled richness. Now, with Dying for Enlightenment, all are invited to join the merriment and partake of its nourishment as well.

Photographed by Swami Krishna Bharti.