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Situated about 120 kms south-east of Mumbai, India and set on a beautiful campus in the city of Pune, the Meditation Resort is one of the world’s largest centers for personal growth and meditation.
The addition of a spa with a pool, Jacuzzi, gym, and tennis courts, and a vibrant nightlife, the Meditation Resort reflects the underlying spirit of Zorba the Buddha – a place for someone whose feet are firmly on the ground, like Zorba the Greek, and yet whose hands can touch the stars, like Gautam the Buddha. A place where the mind, body and soul can play harmoniously together.
If this is your first visit you probably would like to take a look around.
Why not take a photo-tour or watch some videos.
The daily meditation schedule comprises 12 active and passive meditations a day from 6am to 10.30pm and you can participate in a full OSHO Multiversity program of courses, individual sessions and morning classes.
If you would like to stay on campus, you can stay at the OSHO Guesthouse. Or, if you have more time available, you can check out the Living In Residential Program.
You can review the daily rates and check out the travel guide for visa requirements and how to get here.
Once you arrive, the front desk will direct you to the Welcome Center just to the right of the main entrance. They will take care of your registration for participation in the Meditation Resort activities.
After my Goa retreat in December last year I travel led to Pune alone to the Osho International Meditation Resort, the largest meditation center in the world which attracts thousands of spiritual aspirants every year.
Entering into the Osho meditation resort is like entering into another world. The environment here is very pleasant and tranquil, full of Zen elements. The energy here is very strong, and people generally seem very happy and free, filled with love.
Here you can connect with beautiful people from all over the world and you will not really meet a stereotypical person from a certain country. For instance, you will not really meet a stereotypical Japanese, rather you will meet the most warmhearted and open-minded Japanese!
We let go of all the conditioning, we are not defined by our countries, race, religions and even cultures, we are simply the simple existence, the simple free beings.
There are all sorts of meditations going on from 6am to 10pm, such as Dynamic, Kundalini, Vipassana, Mandala, Chakra, Sufi Whirling, Darkness meditations et cetera. It is like a meditation buffet all day long. There is also Taichi, qigong, yoga, dancing, Zen archery et cetera. Every course is designed to raise our consciousness and helping us to connect with the divinity within.
No one will discuss about mundane daily matters. Every conversation is closely connected with consciousness, meditation, spirituality, subconscious, unconscious mind, divinity, higher self, past life et cetera. Whether you are eating at the restaurant or changing your clothes in the change room, that’s what you will hear about. We will also share our love of Osho and connection with Osho.
Osho meditation resort may seem like a mysterious place for outsiders, because one cannot take photos inside (first is to protect people’s privacy, secondly because taking photos is not good for meditation). And everyone needs to wear a maroon robe (representing Oneness) and white robe at night for the evening meeting (representing purity and unity). Because a lot of people do not understand Osho so there are lots of gossips and rumors about what’s going on. I genuinely hope those people who spread gossips actually come here and have a look at it themselves.
When I started walking on the spiritual path, I started reading quite a lot of spiritual books and naturally I encountered Osho. Osho is the most famous and influential spiritual master in the 20th century (and unavoidably controversial). Osho’s life mission is to ‘restore spirituality in humanity. So he gave lots of talks on spirituality, religion etc. There are over 600 books published based on his talks, translated into over 30 languages and sold all over the world.