The Last Testament (Vol 4) ~ 08

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event type interview
date & time 19 Nov 1985 15:30
location Span Resort, Manali (HP)
language English
audio Available, duration 0h 56min. Quality: not good, strong noise. Audio seems incomplete, and may contain material from other interviews. (under revision).
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video Not available
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shorttitle LAST408
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. Questions read by Ma Prem Hasya : questions from India Today.
CD-ROM on this chapter: Interview by India Today.
Question 1
Are your followers being encouraged to spread the concept of awareness through meditation? And after getting what number of enlightened persons around, will you say, "Thus far and no further?"
Question 2
Of late, you have relaxed the dress code for sannyasins; no more dress restrictions -- orange, red, saffron or lavender. Why?
Question 3
I see you don't wear red, but why did your followers wear red? What is so special about the color?
Question 4
You are still regarded as the guru of free sex in many parts of the world. Is that a misnomer?
Question 5
You have talked a lot about sexual repression and sexual hypocrisy in India, but aren't there signs that Indian society is opening up?
Question 6
In India we have created a tiny but powerful rich class in the last forty years. They are not the maharajas of the past but are in business and industry. Don't you think that they have contributed very little to the progress of India?
Question 7
In the light of your recent experience, what do you think of Ronald Reagan as a leader?
Question 8
The communist countries today account for nearly half of humanity. Is it the fault of their leaders that communism has gone under? Or do you think that Marx's basic philosophy is misconceived?
Question 9
Gandhi is dead and gone since 1948 and has left no legacy behind except the surname. Why are you still attacking him?
Question 10
What do you think of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his views on transcendental meditation?
(Note that questions 11 and 12 are missing on the CD-ROM.)
Question 13
Will it help if modern-day business magnates of our times take lessons in meditation?
Question 14
When you are no more, what would you like to be remembered as -- mystic, spiritual leader, philosopher, or what?
(Note that at least question 15 is missing on the CD-ROM: audio seems incomplete.)


(source:CD-ROM)


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