Ma Amrit Saraswati: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| (6 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
( | (Shreemati Saraswati Bai Jain) | ||
Osho's mother was born Nov 23, 1913 in Kuchwada, a small farming village in Madhya Pradesh, to a well-off, otherwise childless couple who doted on her, and later on Osho, when he lived with them in his first seven years. She was married at age 7, as was the custom, and went to live with her husband in Timarni, some hundred miles away, but came back to Kuchwada to give birth to Osho, some five months before her due date, as Kuchwada was isolated during the rainy season. | |||
[[Sw Chaitanya Sagar|Laherubhai]] reports in his memoir ''[[Blessed Moments with Osho]]'' that in the second ''[[Mahaveer-Vani, Bhag 2 (महावीर-वाणी, भाग 2)|Mahaveer Vani]]'' series in Sep 1972, "A rare historical incident happened. Osho's mother, Saraswati Devi, and aunt came from his village, Gadarwara, and took sannyas initiation from Osho in the presence of the audience in the hall. When Mataji came on the stage to take sannyas from her son's hands, Osho stood up from his seat, came to his mother, touched her feet and paid obeisance to her. Then he put the mala, with his picture in the locket, around her neck, and gave her a new sannyas name, 'Ma Amrit Saraswati'. Thus a mother became initiated by her own son, and after initiation, she immediately touched Osho's feet and paid obeisance to him. At that time, it was such a surreal and amazing scene on the stage that, in the whole Patkar Hall, there was unprecedented silence, and people became overwhelmed. | |||
Saraswati's own description of this event, in the interview linked below, appears to be very different, but as it does not explicitly describe the outward circumstances, it may not be incompatible. | |||
Saraswati left her body May 17, 1995. | |||
;see also | ;see also | ||
:[http://www.oshonews.com/2010/11/oshos-mother-amrit-saraswati/ '' | :[http://www.oshonews.com/2010/11/oshos-mother-amrit-saraswati/ ''Osho's mother Amrit Saraswati'' at Osho News], an interview by [[Sw Swatantra Sarjano]] | ||
:[https://www.oshonews.com/2023/12/11/when-osho-was-born/ When Osho was born], Part 1 of a three-part interview first published in the ''[[The Rajneesh Times (दि रजनीश टाइम्स)|Hindi Rajneesh Times]]'' in 1986, translated by [[Sw Satya Anuragi|Anuragi]] | |||
:[https://www.oshonews.com/2024/01/08/rajneesh-growing-up/ Rajneesh growing up], Part 2 of above interview | |||
:[[Sw Devateerth Bharti]] | :[[Sw Devateerth Bharti]] | ||
:[[Osho's family]] | :[[Osho's family]] | ||
| Line 25: | Line 26: | ||
Image:parents 02.jpg|Devateerth and Saraswati | Image:parents 02.jpg|Devateerth and Saraswati | ||
Image:amrit_saraswati.jpg | Image:amrit_saraswati.jpg | ||
image:mataji sunny days.jpg | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Latest revision as of 06:13, 1 February 2024
(Shreemati Saraswati Bai Jain)
Osho's mother was born Nov 23, 1913 in Kuchwada, a small farming village in Madhya Pradesh, to a well-off, otherwise childless couple who doted on her, and later on Osho, when he lived with them in his first seven years. She was married at age 7, as was the custom, and went to live with her husband in Timarni, some hundred miles away, but came back to Kuchwada to give birth to Osho, some five months before her due date, as Kuchwada was isolated during the rainy season.
Laherubhai reports in his memoir Blessed Moments with Osho that in the second Mahaveer Vani series in Sep 1972, "A rare historical incident happened. Osho's mother, Saraswati Devi, and aunt came from his village, Gadarwara, and took sannyas initiation from Osho in the presence of the audience in the hall. When Mataji came on the stage to take sannyas from her son's hands, Osho stood up from his seat, came to his mother, touched her feet and paid obeisance to her. Then he put the mala, with his picture in the locket, around her neck, and gave her a new sannyas name, 'Ma Amrit Saraswati'. Thus a mother became initiated by her own son, and after initiation, she immediately touched Osho's feet and paid obeisance to him. At that time, it was such a surreal and amazing scene on the stage that, in the whole Patkar Hall, there was unprecedented silence, and people became overwhelmed.
Saraswati's own description of this event, in the interview linked below, appears to be very different, but as it does not explicitly describe the outward circumstances, it may not be incompatible.
Saraswati left her body May 17, 1995.
- see also
- Osho's mother Amrit Saraswati at Osho News, an interview by Sw Swatantra Sarjano
- When Osho was born, Part 1 of a three-part interview first published in the Hindi Rajneesh Times in 1986, translated by Anuragi
- Rajneesh growing up, Part 2 of above interview
- Sw Devateerth Bharti
- Osho's family
Saraswati taking Sannyas
Saraswati in the 1970s
Devateerth and Saraswati
Devateerth and Saraswati
