Teresa, Mother
1910-1997 87 years
1910-1997 87 years
aka: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (original name)
Albanian Catholic nun, well-known for charity work
among poor of Calcutta, India
born in Skopje, Macedonia, although of Albanian
heritage.
from a well-off family, father involved in politics
joined convent life, ended up in India giving basic
care to orphans and sick, mainly in Calcutta--a
global program soon was formed and developed.
critics focus on her Catholic proselytizing intentions,
financial misuse, etc....
Nobel Prize for Peace 1979
Albanian Catholic nun, well-known for charity work
among poor of Calcutta, India
born in Skopje, Macedonia, although of Albanian
heritage.
from a well-off family, father involved in politics
joined convent life, ended up in India giving basic
care to orphans and sick, mainly in Calcutta--a
global program soon was formed and developed.
critics focus on her Catholic proselytizing intentions,
financial misuse, etc....
Nobel Prize for Peace 1979
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
| People in Osho's Talks |
| I received a letter from Mother Teresa. I have no intention of saying anything against her sincerity; whatsoever she wrote in the letter is sincere, but it is unconscious. She is not aware of what she is writing; it is mechanical, it is robot-like. She says, 'I have just received a cutting of your speech. I feel very sorry for you that you could speak as you did. Reference: the Nobel Prize. For the adjectives you add to my name I forgive you with great love.' She is feeling very sorry for me... I enjoyed the letter! She has not even understood the adjectives that I have used about her. But she is not aware, otherwise she would have felt sorry for herself. The adjectives that I have used – she has sent the cutting also with the letter – the first is 'deceiver', then 'charlatan' and 'hypocrite'... --Osho Zen: Zest, Zip, Zap, and Zing, ch. 13 |