The Last Testament (Vol 5) ~ 15

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event type interview
date & time 29 Dec 1985 pm
location Span Resort, Manali (HP)
language English
audio Available, duration 1h 8min. Quality: good, but a slight constant noise.
online audio
video Available, duration 0h 25min. Quality: not so good. Incomplete: missing Osho arriving, Q1 and the first part of Q2. Present: the second part of Q2, Q3 and Osho leaving (under revision).
online video
see also
online text find the PDF of this discourse
shorttitle LAST515
notes
CD-ROM on this chapter: This discourse will be in the book India: Coming Back Home, which has not been published, as of August 1992.
synopsis
Interview with: B.K. Bhandari from United News of India; Lakshman Hasan from Times of India; and B.S. Randhawa from All India Radio.
CD-ROM on this chapter: Interview by United News of India, Times of India, and All India Radio.
Question 1
Bhagwan, my first question is: do you think that the government of India is creating a situation where you would be forced to leave the country? Is this part of an international conspiracy against your organization, and what steps do you propose to take to mobilize public opinion against it?
Question 2
How do you propose to expose it? This conspiracy?
Question 3
So, one thing, you talked about conspiracy, could you identify the forces which are behind this conspiracy?
Question 4
Sir, there is a talk already that you might be leaving the country soon and establish a commune on some island. If it is true when you can establish the commune and if that commune would be open only to your disciples or to all people?
Question 5
Everything is coming back to India. Have you received local offers of land and has there been any obstruction from (the) governments? Also, have you or your disciples approached non-congress rules states for land?
Question 6
One thing is there that when you say that your parties have gone to different places to find a suitable place, does it mean that you have not yet decided to quit this country?
Question 7
No, would you like to settle down here in India, or in the island? It is coming in the reports also that you are planning to leave and settle down at an island.
Question 8
Sir, would you (inaudible) the Indian government to give you certain specific help, if you have any specific help in mind? I mean if you want (inaudible) government.
Question 9
Sir, what would you like the government of India to do, even if you go out of the country, what the government of India should do so that the Indian people living in India should benefit from your teachings?
Question 10
Sir, is there any relationship between your philosophy and your creed and tantra and (inaudible)? At the same time, could you please clarify for us your concept of new sannyas and the traditional concept which is prevalent in this country? About sannyas, you know, roaming in the forest and, you know, leaving everything up.


(source: a transcript)


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