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Bhagwan: The God That Failed
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780722163023
Edition: New Ed
Format: Import
ISBN: 0722163029
Label: Sphere Books
Manufacturer: Sphere Books
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: June 18, 1987
Publisher: Sphere Books
Studio: Sphere Books
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Rating:  - Don't Be Disillusioned
So the Bhagwan gradually became insulated by an inner circle of advisers and was corrupted by fame,drugs and endless adulation.We read of this happening to people time and time again.
Let's not lose sight of the fact that many of his early discourses put into book form are profound and insightful.He and his followers created a city in the middle of nowhere, an incredible accomplishment.
Rating:  - Scary and Instructive
The Kama Sutra says, about the `public woman': After acceptance she should please him; when he is infatuated with her she should suck him dry of his wealth and at last abandon him. This is the duty of a public woman".
This, in essence, was the strategy Rajneesh, a balding potbellied holy man, used with the people who flocked to his flat in Bombay, his sprawling `ashram' in Poone and later to the commune in Oregon. Seduction, followed by indoctrination and total mind control. This book ... Read More
Rating: - Misreadings
A review can say so much more about the reviewer than the book in question. The Library Journal review wonders how people could "throw away" years of their lives, etc., to follow such a guru--and criticizes Milne for failing to explain. In fact, he does explain the attraction: it was experiential; living in the presence of Rajneesh and in the company of other followers proved more powerful and enlightening--felt better--than life on the outside. Therapists and body workers found their ... Read More
Rating: - Bhagwan: The God That Failed
This is not a great work as writing goes but it is a really unique insight into a phenomenon that touched so many lives around the world. I really appreciated the undertaking of Hugh Milne in writing about his teacher, his world and identity for so many years and his ultimate separation from a heady movement gone berserk and ultimately destructive.
Never drawn to this movement I knew of others (American and Brits) who were. I was drawn to another'spiritual growth' movement when much younger and ... Read More
Rating:  - more like a demon that accomplished what he set out to do
How could this Bhagwan be "wise" when he was literally *killing* people???? Unfortunately, the book does not give much insight into how "normal" people get sucked into this kind of horror. And it would be nice if it also *named names* so we could know who the people were who cooperated with the Bhagwan's terrorist activities - there are probably many who are still at large ...
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