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Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain; 11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990), also known as Acharya Rajneesh, [2] Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, [1] and later as Osho (Hindi pronunciation:), was an Indian godman, [3] philosopher, mystic [4] and founder of the Rajneesh movement. [1] He was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader during his ...
Internationally, by 2005 (and after almost two decades of controversy and a decade of accommodation), Rajneesh's movement had established itself in the market of new religions. [10] His followers have redefined his contributions, reframing central elements of his teaching so as to make them appear less controversial to outsiders. [10]
Oshō (和尚) is a Buddhist priest (in charge of a temple); [1] honorific title of preceptor or high priest (especially in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism). The same kanji are also pronounced kashō as an honorific title of preceptor or high priest in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism and wajō as an honorific title of preceptor or high priest in Shingon, Hossō, Ritsu, or Shin Buddhism.
Ramayana: A True Reading: Periyar E. V. Ramasamy: Uttar Pradesh: The Hindi version of the book, Sachchi Ramayana, was banned by the state government and all copies were seized in December 1969. The publisher challenged the decision in the Allahabad High Court. The court nullified the ban and asked the government to return all copies to the ...
Whether or not translation criticism should be considered a separate field of inquiry from translation theory is a matter of some controversy. [3] The translation professionals and laymen who engage in literary translation inevitably face the issue of translation quality. Translation criticism has several open issues, such as the name for the ...
Ma Anand Sheela (born 28 December 1949 as Sheela Ambalal Patel, also known as Sheela Birnstiel and Sheela Silverman) [2] is an Indian-Swiss woman who is a convicted criminal and was the spokesperson of the Rajneesh movement.
A literal translation tries to remain as close to the original text as possible, without adding the translators' ideas and thoughts into the translation. Thus, the argument goes, the more literal the translation is, the less danger there is of corrupting the original message. This is therefore much more of a word-for-word view of translation.
The grammar–translation method is a method of teaching foreign languages derived from the classical (sometimes called traditional) method of teaching Ancient Greek and Latin. In grammar–translation classes, students learn grammatical rules and then apply those rules by translating sentences between the target language and the native language.