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विभिन्न पत्रों ~ 04

event type letter
date & time Apr 1970
location Bombay
language Hindi
see also
online text Letter written on ?? Apr 1970
notes
Theme: "I have no reputation"
synopsis
This is not strictly speaking a letter, since it was written on a cartoon of Osho given to him during his talks on Gandhi and socialism. The image in the cartoon depicts Osho beating on Gandhi with a big stick, as he was indeed doing metaphorically at the time. A peculiar feature of the image is that both Osho and Gandhi look the same, as if Osho is beating on himself, suggesting possibly that he is damaging his own reputation.
The cartoon, with Osho's handwritten response on it, are published in Laherubhai's memoir Blessed Moments with Osho.
What Osho has written, hopefully transcribed correctly, is:
मेरी कोई प्रतिष्ठा नहीं है ।
इसलिय नुकसान पहुँचाने का सवाल ही नहीं है ।
धन न हो तो चोरी मुश्किल है ।
और जो द्वारा ही हुआ हैं उसे हशना असंभव है ।
Translated roughly, it is something like this:
I have no reputation.
So there is no question of damaging it.
If there is no wealth, then theft is difficult.
It is impossible to defeat the one who is already defeated.


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