Sw Anand Nivedano
(Alyrio Lima)
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.
Contact Details
- address
- websites
- 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
- videography
- 2012 : Nivedano leading an "Oshoba" workshop
- see also
