Socrates Poisoned Again ~ 08
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| event type | interview |
| date & time | 23 Feb 1986 am |
| location | Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 2h 28min. Quality: good. Live music after the discourse. |
| online audio | |
| video | Available, duration 2h 27min. Quality: good, but video-noise. |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | SOCRAT08 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Interview. Questions read by Ma Prem Maneesha : questions from Newsweek (questions 1-6); Swiss newspaper Sonntags Blick and German magazine Tempo (q.7-22)
- CD-ROM on this chapter: Questions from Newsweek, USA; Sonntags Blick, Switzerland and Tempo, Germany.
Click to download PDF.
- Question 1 : Newsweek, USA
- Do you sometimes fantasize, and if so, could you give us some examples?
- Question 2
- You said last night you cannot live to be a true Buddha unless you are an authentic Zorba. What better place to achieve this than Crete, the land of Zorba.
- Do you want to stay here for a long time, among your friends?
- Question 3
- While on this world tour, are you hoping in your heart of hearts to find a place to stay more or less permanently, perhaps a place to establish another ashram or commune?
- Question 4
- Is your organization financially sound enough to establish a new ashram or commune?
- Question 5
- Do you feel your people around the world understand the truth of what happened to you in the United States? Does anyone?
- Question 6
- How do you feel now, personally, after all the commotion that happened prior to your departure from the USA?
- Question 7 : Sonntags Blick, Switzerland and Tempo, Germany
- German and Swiss media are very interested in your plans to travel throughout Europe. You said that if you are not permitted to enter into Germany, you will circle around Germany like a satellite. Will that also include coming to Switzerland, and when will you come there?
- Question 8
- You have thousands of German sannyasins. Is this the reason why the German politicians seem jealous of you?
- Question 9
- Many young people in Germany and Switzerland and other European countries choose to look ugly. They dress up as punks or skinheads, shaving part of their hair and dyeing the rest in outrageous colors. They also prefer to wear ragged clothing. Can you please comment on this strange phenomenon?
- Question 10
- During the sixties sexual taboos within relationships were thrown overboard. During the seventies marriages and long-term relationships dissolved and people chose to have several partners. Now, during the eighties the German youth is complaining that their relationships are not working out at all. How do you see this development?
- Question 11
- There is a proverb that German people wake up in the morning thinking of money; when they go to bed, they think of money too. However, Germany is the country with the best social security program. How does this fit together?
- Question 12
- Why are the German people such workaholics?
- Question 13
- Right now in Germany there is a big scandal involving the German chancellor, Helmut Kohl. Would you care to comment?
- Question 14
- Why does humanity always need leaders? Why isn't it possible for so many human beings to just relax when they are together, and to be aware so that no leaders are necessary?
- Question 15
- Yesterday you explained the real holy trinity as being truth, beauty and good. Why is love not included?
- Question 16
- Do you see a similarity between the German chancellor, Helmut Kohl and Ronald Reagan?
- Question 17
- You said the United States has the greatest fascism. What about Germany?
- Question 18
- The Germans are well known for their love of traveling around and making plans. They also talk a lot about how they would rather live their lives, but they never realize their plans. Can you please comment about this?
- Question 19
- How is it possible to be impulsive and to have feelings like anger, sadness or jealousy, without hurting other people and without suppressing these feelings?
- Question 20
- In an interview you gave last year you said that your communes are the proof of your teachings. Is this still valid or have you got anything new to say, in spite of the fact that the commune in Oregon closed down and many changes are happening in the European communes?
- Question 21
- The other day you said that you are a mirror. What do you see when you look at yourself in your bathroom mirror in the morning?
- Question 22
- J. Krishnamurti died last Monday, in Ojai, California. In the past you have spoken of him as another enlightened being. Would you please comment on his death?
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