BELOVED MASTER,
WHY ARE THE JOURNALISTS ALWAYS WRITING AGAINST YOU?

Sudarshan, feel happy that they are always writing; don't be worried about what they write. It they are
writing that means something is happening here. And they can only write against because when you write
something in favor you have to experience what is happening here; without experiencing it you cannot write
a favorable report about it. You have to be here for a few months.They come only for one day, they look around, they see the meditators --

but by seeing the meditators you can't see meditation. They see that something is happening and something so new for them that it does
not fit with their idea of an ashram, of a monastery. Hence, naturally they turn against me, they become
antagonistic.

If they are Hindus they are bound to be absolutely against me -- for the simple reason that this is not a
Hindu ashram; it does not fit with their idea of an ashram. The Hindu ashram has to be very dull and dead.
And here there is so much dance and so much song and so much joy and so much love, they are shocked.
And things are so intense here.

For centuries they have created a certain ideal of the Hindu ashram. People should not be active there;
inaction is worshipped. People should renounce life -- and here we rejoice life. How can they write in favor?
To  them  it  appears  that  I  am  destroying  their  whole  ideal.  To  them  it  seems  for  centuries  they  have
worshipped a certain ideal and I am sabotaging it. And in a way they are right.

I  want  to  sabotage  that  stupid  idea  of  an  ashram:  that  it  should  be  dead,  people  should  be  inactive,
people should be dull, uncreative, against life, against love, against everything that smells of joy -- they
should be walking corpses!

And the Hindu idea of sannyas is that one should become a sannyasin only after seventy-five years. That
means in India, nobody can become a sannyasin! The average age is thirty-six, so as far as the average man
is concerned there seems to be no possibility of anybody ever becoming a sannyasin. Seventy-five years,
then sannyas: the fourth stage of life, when death starts knocking on your doors, when one foot is already in
the grave -- then you should become a sannyasin.

And  here  they  see  young  people,  so  young  they  cannot  believe  their  eyes.  Why  have  these  people
become sannyasins? This is not the time for sannyas!

I am trying to create a totally new concept of sannyas. Because they are against life... of course, if you
are against life seventy-five years seems to be the right time. Because life has already left you now you can
renounce, at least you can enjoy the idea that you are renouncing life. Life has already left you -- what is the
point of renunciation now? What are you renouncing? The whole idea is stupid. Then why not take sannyas
when you are dead? Just wait a few days more, maybe one week. Why be in such a hurry? Just a little more!
In India when a man dies, they cover him with orange clothes. I don't know whom they are deceiving;
the dead body is covered with the clothes of a sannyasin. And they chant the name of God when they are
taking the dead body to cremate it. Now I don't know who is hearing their chanting -- that poor fellow is no
more there. They are simply deceiving themselves.

Hindus are bound to be against me. Jainas come here, they are bound to be against me -- this is not a
Jaina ashram. In fact, Jainas have always been against ashrams; there is no such thing as a Jaina ashram.
They want their sannyasins to be wanderers. They are very much afraid that if a person stays in one place he
may become attached to the place; to the house, to the people surrounding him. And they are so much afraid
of life that it is better to keep moving. The Jaina monk has to stay not more than three days in one place; the
fourth day he has to leave. So no attachments, no friendships, no love affairs are possible; at the most he
becomes acquainted. In three days you cannot have intimacies with people. One day you come, in fact only
one day you remain in the village, the third day you are preparing to leave. This is fear of life! And to me, a
sannyasin should be fearless.

So when a Jaina comes here, seeing so many people living together with so much joy, with such love, in
deep  involvements  with  each  other,  in  great  intimacies,  friendships,  love  affairs....  Much  more  love  is
happening in these six acres than may be happening all over the world. In fact, sometimes I wonder how
much love six acres can contain! It seems the capacity to contain love is infinite.

And  anybody  who  comes...  if  a  Christian  comes  he  can't  find  the  idea  of  his  monastery.  There  are
Christian monasteries where women are not allowed; for one thousand years no woman has ever entered.
Not even a small female baby, a two-month-old baby is allowed. What kind of people are living inside --
monks or monsters? They are afraid of a two-month-old baby. What can a poor, two-month-old baby do to
them? They are afraid of themselves -- they may do something. They are boiling! And they are committing
all  kinds  of  perversions,  they  become  perverted.  If  people  are  not  allowed  to  be  natural  their  energies
become perverted.

All sexual perversions came out of the monasteries, remember it. They all have religious origins, they
are very very spiritual and holy. All sexual perversions have their sources somewhere in religion. Now only
monks are living in a monastery... how long do you think they can avoid homosexuality? Only nuns are
living in a nunnery; how long can they avoid lesbianism? -- impossible to avoid. It is natural, something isbound to happen.
So when these people come here they are somebody. It is very difficult to find a journalist who has no
prejudices of his own; he comes with his prejudices. And this place is totally new, so naturally they are
offended, outraged. And my statements are outrageous -- they are meant to be. They are electric shocks to
these people. They get very much disturbed and they take revenge.

Remember one thing: if you report something good it never becomes news. Nobody is interested in good
things; people are interested in something bad, something sensational. So they are in search of sensation.
And  you  can find enough  sensational  things here, more than you can find anywhere else. You need not
invent them -- we provide them!

Father Murphy was a priest in a very poor parish. He asked for suggestions how he could raise money
for his church, and was told that horse-owners always had money.
He went to a horse auction, but he made a very poor buy as the horse turned out to be a donkey.
However,  he  thought  he  might  enter  the  donkey  in  a  race.  The  donkey  came  in  third,  and  the  next
morning the headlines in the paper read, "Father Murphy's Ass Shows."
The archbishop saw the paper and was very angry.
The next day the donkey came in first and the headlines read, "Father Murphy's Ass Out Front."
The archbishop was up in arms and figured something had to be done.
Father Murphy entered the donkey for a third time and it came in second. Now the newspaper read,
"Father Murphy's Ass Back In Place." The archbishop thought this was too much so he forbade the priest to
enter the donkey the next day, which inspired the editor to write the headline, "Archbishop Scratches Father
Murphy's Ass."

Finally,  the  archbishop  heard  this  and  ordered  Father  Murphy  to  get  rid  of  the  donkey.  But  he  was
unable to sell it, so he gave it to Sister Agatha for a pet. When the archbishop heard this he ordered Sister
Agatha to dispose of the animal at once. She sold it for ten dollars.
Next day the headlines read, "Sister Agatha Peddles Her Ass For Ten Dollars."

Don't be worried about the journalists. Enjoy whatsoever they write and help them to find things so they
can go on writing. I am much more concerned right now that they should go on writing, because whether
they write for or against they bring more and more people to me. And once a person comes here it is very
difficult to escape! So I am just absolutely grateful to the journalists, whatsoever they are doing. They are
doing such humanitarian work, such a great service to me!

So when they come here, don't feel antagonistic. Help them in every possible way.
The sixth question: