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Lotus Paradise Tour – Europe Part l
Production of the Lotus Paradise cd finished in May. The cds were delivered in June and the Europe tour immediately started. The bulk of the photos will appear in the next update. Enjoy! 
Lotus Paradise
Mixing of the new album will commence this month in Zurich.The final title has been chosen, “Lotus Paradise”. It will feature the beautiful mandala artwork of Paul Heussenstamm (a.k.a. Vibodha) on its cover.
The summer tours are on the horizon. Please check the schedule page for details. You may also enjoy to view the band page for a glimpse of the many wonderful musicians who will be joining in along the way.
The theme of this year’s events is: laughter, joy, music, love, dancing, singing, and of course meditation. Come and join us for the celebration!
Lotus Paradise Recordings
Rehearsals and basic-track recordings in Denmark with Amlas, Neera, and Isa.
Additional tracks recorded in Zurich, Switzerland with Chandira (vocals), Atmo (trumpet), Vedam (flute), Sidhamo (piano and keyboards), and Harisharan (trombone) at Sound Development Studio.
Mixed by Gabriel in Zurich.
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Travels East
Celebrating the New Year while enjoying travels and music in Goa, Pune, Dharamsala, Delhi, and Amritsar – India. Fun!
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Japan & Taiwan Tours
Out of the hundreds of photos from the most-recent tours of Japan and Taiwan, I chose the following. Hopefully, they will give some ‘taste’ of what had to be one of my most beautiful visits ever to the Far East. My only wish is that I had time to include all the pictures, but alas.
These few days in the USA, while I write this update, are but an overnight stay as Stockholm and India visits and events come into focus.
I am delighted to say the majority of next year’s 2006 dates are in place and can be viewed on the schedule page. Where and when I find time for a break in the months ahead remains unknown at this point. But hey, no worries. Life is a mystery to be loved and lived, not a problem to be solved, is it not?
A special “thank you” is in order to all my hosts and organizers in Japan and Taiwan. I will carry our meditations and celebrations deep in my heart and well into the new year as my travels unfold.
Japan
Taiwan
Glorious Sound Of The Soul
Again this month, there are many pictures to share. In a nutshell, the New York and Chicago events were wonderful this time around. And The Bahamas? Well, simply magic is putting it mildly. Please enjoy the pictures and some beautiful words from the Sufi mystic, Hafiz.
Oh, what is laughter, Hafiz?
What is this precious love and laughter,
Budding in our hearts?
It is the glorious sound of a soul
Waking up!
New York Event
(this year in Earthdance, Plainfield, Massachusetts)
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Chicago Event
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Fort Lauderdale
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Wildquest, Island of Bimini, The Bahamas
Celebration Concert
Parimal Summer Festival, Germany, July 23, 2005
photos by Markus Lokai (www.lunaphotos.com)
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Europe Summer Tour
We drove 12,015 kilometers this summer. After such a long road trip, I’m finding it difficult to put our many adventures into words. Luckily though, we took many pictures along the way. Though there’s a saying “one picture is worth a 
thousand words”, I’m thinking: why be miserly? On this note in keeping with the theme of this year’s tour title “Easy Is Right!” I’m going to let the pictures do the walking. All the talking for that matter!
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Part ll
Taiwan – The Garden Isle
Nothing is said
Nothing is heard
And the heart starts dancing with the Master
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interview and photo by Kamakshi
Pune, India 2005
Milarepa — the much-loved singer, musician, songwriter, poet, meditation leader — was in town for a few days after a gap of some years. People were very happy to see him play again for Sannyas Celebration in the Osho Meditation Resort 1st of January 2005. Many people were deeply touched by the energy that day and it was good to see the place full and happening over their “One World Celebration” festival. Milarepa said he very much enjoyed playing and it was a strong experience for him, too. He loves the new look of the Resort and the architecture, and feels the changes are wonderful. He has spent the last fourteen years touring the world for 10 to 11 months of the year with his music and meditation tours, which take him to Japan, Taiwan, Australia, America, Brazil and Europe. He finds Japan very Zen-like. And America, he says, is a hard place to meditate and has no soul. He feels India and the people are very conducive to meditation, despite all its other difficulties. He says, “There are so many beautiful things happening in the World of Osho. The pod has burst. Osho is everywhere through his people.”
Later this year, after his tour in Brazil, he will be working on his new album of songs of which one of his favourite tracks is Wake Up. Besides music albums, he has also produced three meditation CD’s, one of which is Chakra Healing, based on shamanic healing techniques. He is grateful to have music as his expression and is inspired by meditation, love, and being in love. He also loves to dance and enjoys all kinds of music – especially if it brings you into meditation. He is very happy to be back in India and can see that it has changed a lot. He first came here 29 years ago and met Osho. He calls it a ‘divine accident’. He says, “Everything made sense after that.”