The Last Testament (Vol 3) ~ 17

event type	interview
date & time	7 Oct 1985 pm
location	Sanai Grove, Rajneeshpuram
language	English
audio	Available, duration 2h 22min. Quality: good. Live music after the interview.
online audio	free download from OshoWorld
video	Available, duration 2h 23min. Quality: good.
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see also	timeline : Osho Timeline 1985 first edition : The Last Testament (Vol 3) (1994 on CD-ROM) other editions, translations and links
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shorttitle	LAST317

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Interview. Announcements by Ma Prem Isabel : Naomi Menezes, Times of India.

CD-ROM on this chapter: Interview with Naomi Menezes, Times of India, India.

Question 1

How do you plan to substantiate the accusations that you have made against Sheela and her group, of attempted murder and poisoning, conspiracy, espionage, grand larceny?

Question 2

You said "he has given the money" -- meaning the President of the United States?

Question 3

Who will give the money, Bhagwan?

Question 4

You have mentioned more than once how the Supreme court has gone against various people. One of the greatnesses of this county is that there is due process of law.

Question 5

I'm sure you will find a way of making those five days so worth it that they will come.

Question 6

... You need to worry about that at all.

Question 7

Do not be bothered by... Small-minded people are there anywhere in the world.

Question 8

And what is the answer, Bhagwan?

Question 9

Have you personally been served with a subpoena?

Question 10

Suppose they want to serve you with one, will you accept it?

Question 11

Is it true, Bhagwan, that if this matter comes to court of law, you are going to speak in your own defense?

Question 12

Do you think it is advisable considering the circumstances in which these people operate?

Question 13

Is it possible for someone of your enlightenment, of your knowledge of human nature -- as you say of logic, of the way people act and behave -- to have somebody in your midst for three years and not to be aware that that person was undergoing a fundamental change?

Question 14

Bhagwan, it has happened in the course of history -- it's not something unique.

Question 15

Do you have evidence that it is with her in fact?

Question 16

But in the life of a commune, Bhagwan, how are you going to see that such a thing can never happen again?

Question 17

Bhagwan, you have been asked before that why is it that you have given women a chance more than men and the answer you have given is that you felt that with women there would be a better, more compassionate chance for people. Have the events of the recent past caused you to revise that opinion?

Question 18

You announced the end of Rajneeshism, you say the robes, colored robes are no longer required nor the mala. Has there been any fundamental change in your way of thinking or lifestyle of this community.

Question 19

You left India rather abruptly and came here. Many rumors have been floating as to why you left, why you came, what are the reasons. Would you like to tell us briefly, what were the circumstances that made you come here?

Question 20

Montclair?

Question 21

But Bhagwan, doesn't the green card indicate your desire to be a permanent resident of this country?

Question 22

Do you have any plans at all for a visit or for the future to go back to India?

Question 23

You have severed all connection with India?

Question 24

Do you feel concern and involvement with the future of India?

Question 25

What is your opinion of the stewardship of Rajiv Gandhi as our prime minister?

Question 26

Do you feel that the country is taking a new direction under this young, non-political leader?

Question 27

In the discourse you gave on September ninth you said that Rajiv Gandhi is India's only hope.

Question 28

Which camp would you advocate?

Question 29

You have advocated that birth control should be enforced; at the same time you say people should be allowed freedom of self-expression and individualism. How can you reconcile this when you force people to do something that they are not convinced about? This has been the stumbling block of Indira Gandhi, as you know, during the emergency last time. Her son, Sanjay Gandhi, tried to enforce birth control and there was a violent reaction against it. In a democracy how do you enforce something?

Question 30

So what is the alternative, Bhagwan?

Question 31

Don't you think Rajiv Gandhi is bringing younger, practical people, giving them a chance now... which was never done before? Fifty percent of the population is under forty and they are making their voice heard.

Question 32

There was a recent press trust of India notice that I got two days ago, that five trustees of the ashram in Poona are being charged with trying to defraud the income tax authorities by producing a false letter of waiver -- are you aware of this?

Question 33

You do not know about it because at the same time that this was happening here, this was happening in India. I was wanting to know what your reaction was.

(source:CD-ROM)

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