Sw Anand Nivedano
(Alyrio Lima)
Nivedano is a Brazilian percussionist born in Bahia in 1950. In his twenties he played percussion with Weather Report, Santana and others and came to Osho toward the end of Pune 1. Sarlo remembers him arriving, driving through the ashram front gate in a giant truck as if he owned the place, driving right up to Lao Tzu gate before stopping.
He was one of Osho's gardeners and played at Drive-bys at the Ranch, and came to super-prominence in the sannyas world in late Pune 2 when Osho introduced live guided meditations following his Zen discourses. Osho would call out his name and he would hit one tremendous beat on his surdo, to punctuate the stages of the meditation. More about all this in His Osho News interview (link below).
After Osho left his body, Nivedano moved back to Brazil, where he acquired some land and established an eco-commune called Campo Alegre in far-flung Alto Paraiso, next to Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park.
Contact Details
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- websites
- discography
- 1975 : Tale Spinnin' with Weather Report
- 1976 : Starbright with Pat Martino
- 1976 : On the Town with Webster Lewis
- 1976 : Live from the Showboat with Phil Woods
- 1978 : Electric Guitarist with John McLaughlin
- 1978 : But Not For Me with Masabumi Kikuchi
- 1978 : Mistral with Randy Roos
- 1979 : Electric Dreams with John McLaughlin
- 1980 : Live at the Public Theater in New York, Vol. 1 with Gil Evans
- 1980 : Live at the Public Theatre in New York, Vol. 2 with Gil Evans
- 1981 : Susto with Masabumi Kikuchi
- 1982 : Madjap Express with Masabumi Kikuchi
- 1987 : Chuang Tzu’s Dream
- 1987 : Open Window
- 1987 : Love Is An Invitation
- 1988 / 2005 : Oshoba - Zen Anecdotes in Sound
- 1993 : Fragments of Truth
- videography
- 2012 : Nivedano leading an "Oshoba" workshop
