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(Madan Kunwar | (Madan Kunwar Parakh, b Nov 5 1919) <br> | ||
(Note that there is some inconsistency in the rendering of her last name, | (Note that there is some inconsistency[[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|**]] in the rendering of her last name, various sources making it Parekh and sometimes Parikh) | ||
In 1960 Osho and Madan Kunwar | In 1960 Osho and Madan Kunwar Parakh meet for the first time at a Jain festival in Wardha, in the northeast corner of Maharashtra in central India. He has been invited there to give a talk and she to read some of her poetry, along with other local poets. Osho recognizes her as his mother in a past life. Madan recognizes that Osho is enlightened, and that her intense, persistent longing to reconnect with her past-life son has been fulfilled. | ||
She and her husband Rekhchand | She and her husband Rekhchand Parakh are a wealthy couple running an orphanage in Chanda (now known as Chandrapur), about 100 km from Wardha. They become important early benefactors of Osho, supplying him with many gifts for the furtherance of his work, including the land used for the mid-70s communal farm experiment known as [[Kailash]]. For that, Anandmayee is sent about thirty Western sannyasins after Osho's last [[Meditation Camps|meditation camp]] in Mt Abu and is thrown into what is essentially a [["God Is Not Great" is not great#Therapy_groups|therapy group]] with them. See the lengthy account excerpted from [[Ma Prema Veena|Veena's]] book, ''[[Glimpses of My Master]]'', in [https://www.oshonews.com/2020/02/15/kailash-the-beginnings-of-a-new-commune/ Osho News]. | ||
Osho writes hundreds of letters to her, of which 120 are published under the title ''[[Krantibeej (क्रांतिबीज)]]'', translated as ''[[Seeds of Revolutionary Thought]]''. Another 100 or so are published in ''[[Bhavna Ke Bhojpatron Par Osho (भावना के भोजपत्रों पर ओशो)]]''. | Osho writes hundreds of letters to her, of which 120 are published under the title ''[[Krantibeej (क्रांतिबीज)]]'', translated as ''[[Seeds of Revolutionary Thought]]''. Another 100 or so are published in ''[[Bhavna Ke Bhojpatron Par Osho (भावना के भोजपत्रों पर ओशो)]]''. | ||
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Image: Anandmayee_Osho 02.jpg |Madan Kunwar | Image: Anandmayee_Osho 02.jpg |Madan Kunwar Parakh (Anandmayee) and Osho | ||
Image:Anandmayee_Osho.jpg|Madan Kunwar | Image:Anandmayee_Osho.jpg|Madan Kunwar Parakh (Anandmayee), Osho and ? in Wardha | ||
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Revision as of 19:32, 22 February 2020
(Madan Kunwar Parakh, b Nov 5 1919)
(Note that there is some inconsistency** in the rendering of her last name, various sources making it Parekh and sometimes Parikh)
In 1960 Osho and Madan Kunwar Parakh meet for the first time at a Jain festival in Wardha, in the northeast corner of Maharashtra in central India. He has been invited there to give a talk and she to read some of her poetry, along with other local poets. Osho recognizes her as his mother in a past life. Madan recognizes that Osho is enlightened, and that her intense, persistent longing to reconnect with her past-life son has been fulfilled.
She and her husband Rekhchand Parakh are a wealthy couple running an orphanage in Chanda (now known as Chandrapur), about 100 km from Wardha. They become important early benefactors of Osho, supplying him with many gifts for the furtherance of his work, including the land used for the mid-70s communal farm experiment known as Kailash. For that, Anandmayee is sent about thirty Western sannyasins after Osho's last meditation camp in Mt Abu and is thrown into what is essentially a therapy group with them. See the lengthy account excerpted from Veena's book, Glimpses of My Master, in Osho News.
Osho writes hundreds of letters to her, of which 120 are published under the title Krantibeej (क्रांतिबीज), translated as Seeds of Revolutionary Thought. Another 100 or so are published in Bhavna Ke Bhojpatron Par Osho (भावना के भोजपत्रों पर ओशो).
See Letters to Anandmayee for images and details of Osho's letters to her. And see Osho News' deeply researched article on her life and connection with Osho.
Anandmayee left her body in March 2018 aged 98.
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- Chanda (now known as Chandrapur, near Nagpur)
- Maharashtra
- India
Madan Kunwar Parakh (Anandmayee) and Osho
Madan Kunwar Parakh (Anandmayee), Osho and ? in Wardha
