LoveOsho podcast E017 Parambodhi

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This is one of the LoveOsho podcasts. It was recorded on 21 August 2018.


Episode E017: Is being gay / homosexual an obstacle to true enlightenment?
with Sw Parambodhi
listen to the interview: or click to play in your browser.


In this podcast, Parambodhi sheds some much-needed light and clarity on a subject that is highly misunderstood. Listen to Parambodhi discuss the male & female energies, sexual repression, and the transcendence of sexuality. He also dispels the myth that Osho is homophobic and why Osho made some very public statements against homosexuality.
Welcome back to the podcast.
In this episode, Parambodhi sheds some much-needed light and clarity on a subject that is highly misunderstood. Listen to Parambodhi discuss the male & female energies, sexual repression, and the transcendence of sexuality. He also dispels the myth that Osho is homophobic and why Osho made some very public statements against homosexuality.
Parambodhi is a long-term Osho sannyasin and lived with Osho since 1980. Parambodhi travels extensively around the world and currently lives in India.
Here’s what you’ll learn in this episode:
  • Parambodhi’s background
  • How Parambodhi arrived at Osho
  • Parambodhi talks about gay sannyasins in the Osho commune
  • Is being gay an obstacle towards Enlightenment?
  • Parambodhi explains how Osho was hitting the identification with homosexuality
  • Parambodhi explains the discrepancies between Osho’s private messages to gay sannyasins and the public statements on homosexuality
  • Parambodhi’s personal question to Osho about being gay
  • Parambodhi explains how Osho was protecting his commune from HIV
  • Parambodhi’s advice to a gay man or lesbian woman who loves Osho but struggles to accept Osho’s public statements on homosexuality
  • The only real question is: “Who am I?”
  • Parambodhi talks about male and female energy
  • Is being gay a choice?
  • Parambodhi talks about sexual repression
  • Parambodhi's morning routine
  • Parambodhi's favourite meditation
  • Parambodhi and Osho today


see also
Parambodhi on Facebook
The LoveOsho podcasts