Sw Anand Nivedano

(Alyrio Lima)

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Nivedano is a Brazilian percussionist born in Bahia in 1950. In his twenties he played percussion with Weather Report, Santana and others and came to Osho toward the end of Pune 1. Sarlo remembers him arriving, driving through the ashram front gate in a giant truck as if he owned the place, driving right up to Lao Tzu gate before stopping.

He came to prominence in the sannyas world in late Pune 2 when Osho introduced live guided meditations following his Zen discourses. Osho would call out his name and he would hit one tremendous beat on his surdo, to punctuate the stages of the meditation as Osho spoke or not.

After Osho left his body, Nivedano moved back to Brazil, where he acquired some land and established an eco-commune in far-flung Alto Paraiso, next to Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park.

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discography

1975 : Tale Spinnin' with Weather Report

1976 : Starbright with Pat Martino

1976 : On the Town with Webster Lewis

1976 : Live from the Showboat with Phil Woods

1979 : Electric Guitarist with John McLaughlin

1979 : Electric Dreams with John McLaughlin

1980 : Live at the Public Theater in New York, Vol. 1 with Gil Evans

1980 : Live at the Public Theatre in New York, Vol. 2 with Gil Evans

1987 : Chuang Tzu’s Dream

1987 :Open Window

1987 : Love Is An Invitation

1988 / 2005 : Oshoba - Zen Anecdotes in Sound

1993 : Fragments of Truth

videography

2012 : Nivedano leading an "Oshoba" workshop

see also

Interview made by Sw Anand Goloka with Sw Anand Nivedano, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2012.

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