Osho painted in the inside covers of books uniquely beautiful artwork, which has been. The Osho Times of May 1, 1991: Ma Kavisho, Osho′s librarian, has catalogued 900 books in which Osho painted the endpapers and 3500 in which he coloured his signature. Osho′s paintings show an uninhibited playing with vivid colours of transparent ink. His ink pens often leaked through one or more pages of the books, creating an entirely new painting on the subsequent pages: a wonderful collision of colours with words. What a delight to discover in Osho not only the rebel, poet and intellect-par-excellence - but the contemporary artist as well! 'And if a rose need not have a purpose, why should my paintings have a purpose? They are existential.

E-mail: aapb@resourcenter.com. Website: FROM THE EDITOR. AAPB NEWS AND EVENTS. PROFESSIONAL ISSUES. Explores the experiential “peak” state called Samadhi, which most. The editor also welcomes proposals for future special issues of the. The writer has impartially tried to collect in this book the best and most tested methods and exercises, plus. The imminent future can be modified by the conscious efforts of enlightened people, which take the form of. The higher forms of meditation lead on to the super-consciousness of Samadhi the ecstasies of Western.

There is no need for any purpose.' (Osho quoted from I Celebrate Myself) Osho talks about his library and books: Notes: • The well-known writer in May 2008 • (a blog with news from OSHO International about publishing events, new upcoming titles and anything interesting and juicy about international publications of works by Osho.) • The copyrights of Osho′s books is claimed by Osho International Foundation (OIF) with offices in New-York. • •: most texts on which Osho has spoken. • ▲ The Books of Secrets, also called Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, is a Tantric text.

Tantra means: tools for transformation. Tantra is composed of two roots: ′tan′ and ′tra′. ′Tan′ is related to the English word ′tangible′ and ′Tra′ is related to the English word ′trowel′.

You can see that embedded in the word Tantra is a tangible tool. This is to say, that in the book there are meditation techniques about transformation while in the multi-dimensional reality that includes the physical arena. Tantra is very practical and with a Tantra practice, you develop a personal toolkit to connect you with the flow of all of life and deepen your relationship with life and with the Divine. • • • • • The Book of Secrets is a series of talks with commentaries on the 112 meditation techniques given by Shiva to his consort Devi, alternated with question and answer sessions. There is a technique here, Osho says, for every type of man and woman in the world, from the past, present or future.

A Few Techniques: • • • • •. (including the work of the Kashmiri Shaivite Master Swami Lakshmanjoo) Yoga The Alpha and the Omega Another famous series of 10 books is Osho′s Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, based on Patanjali′s sutras. Osho says: We live in a deep illusion - the illusion of hope, of future, of tomorrow. As man is, man cannot exist without self-deceptions. Nietzsche says somewhere that man cannot live with the true: he needs dreams, he needs illusions, he needs lies to exist.

And Nietzsche is true. As man is he cannot exist with the truth. This has to be understood very deeply because without understanding it, there can be no entry into the inquiry which is called yoga. The mind has to be understood deeply - the mind, which needs lies, the mind which needs illusions, the mind which cannot exist with the real, the mind which needs dreams. You are not dreaming only in the night. Even while awake, you are dreaming continuously. Patanjali and Osho are two awakened ones.

According to one of the first sutras of Patanjali their words are a source of true knowledge. One of Patanjali′s Sutras reads.

The Divine Melody In this series of ten discourses Osho discusses some of the most beautiful songs of Kabir. In one particularly fascinating discourse Osho speaks on the seven chakras, the seven stages through which each individual must pass, and a categorization according to which chakra we function from. Another discourse examines love as 'the only miracle there is,' and relationships. In addition, Osho answers questions on subjects as diverse as homosexuality, prayer, being oneself, the distinction between ego and individuality, trust, the male and female within each individual, and humanity′s addiction to misery. Philosophia Perennis Osho describes Pythagoras as 'a seeker of truth par excellence,' who lived in Alexandria and was initiated into the mystery schools of Egypt.

He then traveled to India, Tibet and China - at that time the whole known world - until he became self-realized. He found the 'Perennial Philosophy' but was persecuted by his own society. The fragments of his teachings were collected after his death and written down by a disciple in The Golden Verses of Pythagoras. In his commentary, Osho expounds on the idea of the East and West as representatives of the brain′s two hemispheres, and on the two Pythagorean laws - of necessity and power.

: The Way of the Buddha Osho calls the incomparable Dhammapada sutras of Buddha, 'The Book of Books.' He explains that these sutras are concerned with every aspect of man′s unawareness, and that Buddha′s whole message is devoted to the raising of our consciousness. To enter into the Dhammapada with Osho is to witness a deep friendship of enlightened masters.

These sutras were compiled by Buddha′s disciples to contain the essence of all his teachings. This was the last turning of the Wheel of Dharma, 2,500 years ago. Osho′s commentaries on these sutras (in 12 volumes) set the Wheel of Dharma in motion again. Osho also answers questions from disciples and other seekers in alternate discourses all generously sprinkled with stories, personal anecdotes and, of course, a multitude of jokes. Visually this boxed set is stunning, without doubt a collector′s set, and twelve volumes to dive into for years to come.

Bodhidharma, a disciple of Buddha, was the first patriarch of Zen. The notes collected by his disciples from Bodhidharma′s discourses, contain the essential core of Buddha′s message. Buddha and Bodhidharma are vastly different in their expression of truth. Osho sees Buddha as the silence of a breeze, Bodhidharma he likens to a storm. This discourse series alternates the eminently readable interchanges between Bodhidharma and his disciples, and Osho′s response to questions from his own disciples and other seekers.

In the words of one journalist: 'Just by reading these discourses there is a risk you may be pulverized by their inspiration.' Come Follow Me Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Osho makes a clear distinction between Jesus the rebel and Christianity that followed after him. Through the gospels of Matthew, Luke and John he reintroduces Jesus as man, mystic and uncompromising master filled with love, fire and compassion. As Osho comments on the sayings of Jesus, suddenly what Jesus was trying to impart becomes luminously clear, startlingly relevant.

In Osho′s understanding Jesus has been killed twice - once by the Jews and again by Christians who have smothered his insights with interpretations that have little to do with his teachings. Osho resurrects Jesus, seeing in his words a truth that the reader intuitively feels to be closer to Jesus′ heart than that of any priest. From Sex to Superconsciousness With complete frankness Osho discusses the three stages of sex - physical, psychological and spiritual - and provides guidance on how this raw energy can be transformed into the realization of ultimate consciousness. He explains that when we repress our basic nature, sex takes roots in the unconscious, creating an unnatural obsession.

It is this psychic state that has produced much mental sickness and the widespread perversity of society today. ‟Sex is man′s most vibrant energy,″ Osho says, ‟but it should not be an end unto itself: sex should lead man to his soul.″ It′s a translation of the 1968 Hindi book: ′Sambhog Se Samadhi Ki Aor′, and added to Osho′s notorious reputation in India. The Book of Wisdom Discourses on Atisha′s Seven Points of Mind Training Atisha is one of the rare masters, rare in the sense that he was taught by three enlightened masters. It has never happened before, and never since. To be a disciple of three enlightened masters is simply unbelievable - because one enlightened master is enough.

But this story, that he was taught by three enlightened masters, has a metaphorical significance also. And it is true, it is historical too.

The three masters that Atisha remained with for many years were: • first, Dharmakirti, a great Buddhist mystic. He taught him no-mind, he taught him emptiness, he taught him how to be thoughtless, he taught him how to drop all content from the mind and be contentless. • The second master was Dharmarakshita, another Buddhist mystic.

He taught him love, compassion. • And the third master was Yogin Maitreya, another Buddhist mystic. He taught him the art of taking the suffering of others and absorbing it into your own heart: love in action. This could happen because all these three masters were great friends. They had started their search together; while they were on the way they had remained together, and when they attained they were still together. Atisha became a disciple of Dharmakirti. Dharmakirti said to him, 'I will teach you the first principle.

And for the second you go to Dharmarakshita, and for the third to Yogin Maitreya. This way you will know all the three faces of the ultimate reality, the three faces of God - the trinity, the Trimurti. And this way you will learn each face from the person who is the most perfect in it.' These are the three ways people reach to the ultimate. (Osho - The Book of Wisdom #1).

Enlightenment: The Only Revolution The original working title of the translation from Hindi was ′The Mahageeta′, but the book was published in 1997 under the title ′Enlightenment: The Only Revolution′ and contains discourses on the great mystic Ashtavakra. Books by Disciples Journey Of The Heart An Autobiography By Ma Yoga Laxmi Laxmi was Osho′s secretary during the years before Osho moved to the United States. She opened the Shree Rajneesh Ashram in Poona on the 21st March 1974.

• (online or right-click and save link/target as) • • a movie on the life of Laxmi. The Bird Has Flown Ma Yoga Laxmi, Osho′s exuberant secretary who ran the Poona Ashram in the seventies, left her body on January 6, 1995 after a long battle with cancer.

Laxmi had been living in Bombay since leaving the commune in the mid-eighties. She told her friend Ma Jyoti that she was tremendously grateful to Osho, particularly for his last message to her. She said, 'I understood that it was time for me to stop putting energy into outer things and to go in. He knows better than the rest of us what we need. Now the bells have started ringing and the bird has flown his cage anytime and Laxmi is ready for that.' (note: Laxmi often referred to herself in the third person.) Her last day began with listening to an Osho discourse.

Shortly afterwards she simply slipped away, her hand on her heart, whispering, 'Osho is here.' She said that nobody should mourn her, but celebrate her death. Bombay sannyasins celebrated her death with a beautiful kirtan on her birthday, February 12. (From the Osho Times of March 1, 1995) Indigo Adults By Kabir Jafe and Ritama Davidson Kabir is widely known for his pioneering work with energy, the chakras and astrology. He is a psychologist and a transformational seminar leader, and with his partner Ritama leads 'Essence Training' an inner work school, in Frankfurt, Germany.

They live in the Caribbean where they have the Esencia Retreat and Energy Training Center. The New Diamond Sutra By Ma Prem Shunyo Being asked by Osho to write ′The New Diamond Sutra′ Shunyo decides to share her personal journey with the Master, starting in London in the early seventies until Osho leaves his body, and beyond. Shunyo has a very intimate view. Soon after arriving in Poona, she was asked to join the team of Osho′s personal caretakers and to do his laundry.

A beautiful, subjective story, heart-warming, juicy, full of laughter and tears. At present Shunyo doesn′t only work together with musician and friend Veet Marco, but also offers with her friend. By Sam Life of Osho reads like a thriller. Widely praised by teachers on the contemporary satsang circuit. Read the book (pdf-format). Sam was the pseudonym of Swami Prem Paritosh (Chris Gray), who died May 14th 2009. He was the main founder of the Sannyasnews website..

Awakening By Anurag Shantam Says the author in the introduction, 'In truth, each of us is already enlightened. What I teach is not how to attain an exalted state, but rather how to uncover something that exists in every being. I have heard enlightenment referred to as being extraordinarily ordinary. One Hundred Tales for Ten Thousand Buddhas By Ma Dharma Jyoti Ma Dharma Jyoti is one of Osho′s earliest disciples. She is leading meditation camps in various places in India and at Oshodham in New Delhi.

One Hundred Tales for Ten Thousand Buddhas can be read online and. • • • • • • • Allah to Zen By Ma Chetan Unmani and Swami Chaitanya Keerti A book of first hand accounts of people who met Osho: Allah to Zen - An Insight into the World of Osho:. The Silent Whisperings of the Heart By Swami Dhyan Giten. Life is like playing hide the key with God. God has hidden the key and now it is up to us to find the key again. It also takes us a while to realize that the key is hidden in our own heart.

The heart is the door to allow life to guide us. The heart is the door to say 'yes' to life. The heart is the door to surrender to life.

Love is not an exclusive relationship with another person, love is a quality that arises when we are in contact with our inner being, our authentic self, the meditative quality within, the inner silence and emptiness. This inner emptiness is experienced by others and is expressed on the outside as love. Real love is to realize that we are one with life. Real love means to understand that we are one with the other person, with nature, with the trees, the stones and with the blue sky. It is to realize that all of life is God. (Giten - The Silent Whisperings of the Heart) Presence - Working From Within By Swami Dhyan Giten.

The most important therapeutic capacity is the ability to be present with an open heart and to be grounded in our inner being, in our essence and authentic self, in the meditative quality within, through which we can meet another person. It is to meet that which is already perfect within a person. (Giten - Presence, Working from Within) • • Several of Giten′s books can be downloaded for free at (search for Giten) My Dance with a Madman By Swami Anand Subhuti The author comments: 'The tales in this book are snapshots of an unnecessary journey, undertaken by a man who did not need to go anywhere. He went in order to help people who did not want to be helped, to give them something they already had. He irritated them so badly that 99 percent of them wanted him silenced. But the remaining one percent loved him, bowed down to him and thanked him for coming.

I am one of those. This is my story. This is my dance with a madman. I hope you enjoy it.' Tears of the Mystic Rose By Swami Rajneesh A mysterious love story between a master and a disciple • • Download the book and other books by Rajneesh • Forever Is Not Long Enough By Prem Patipada A Seam For the Master By Veena It tells the story of how Veena came to design and sow the outfits for Osho′s photo sessions and how she found a clever solution for his ′pre-secured′ sleeping garment. • (a pdf-file, right-click and ′save link/target as′) • The offers a comprehensive editing service for websites, brochures, articles, reports, theses and books. Meditations From The World of Osho By Amritshree (K.V.S.

Pillai) A compilation of Osho′s active and silent meditations; the ebook also contains all 112 meditations of the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra (aka Book of Secrets) and has a few interesting articles by professionals using the meditations, as well as one by Amrito MD on the importance of relaxation. (a pdf-file, right-click and ′save link as′) Food is Home By Sarjano Italian Sarjano was in charge of the kitchen at the Osho Ashram in Pune for over twenty years. He has opened the International Academy of Italian Cooking Arts at his ristorante My Place in Vagator, Bardez, Goa. To everyone who wishes to learn the subtle art of Italian cooking, he is also available as a Food and Restaurant Consultant; he is a widely traveled Italian chef. Sarjano can be contacted by e-mail - The G.U.R.U. Book By Krishna Prem G.U.R.U. Means ′ Gee yo U a Re yo U′ Krishna Prem writes: 'It′s no coincidence that G.U.R.U.

Has two U′s in it! One U represents the little u. That′s the u that gets up in the morning, brushes its teeth, gets dressed, goes out and struts its stuff! It′s your little local life, you can call it your your self, your I or your me.

Then there′s the other U, which is your big U. That′s the U who exists beyond your body, your mind and the entire world itself. It′s the ultimate U, call it God, Source, Existence, call it what you like! And that′s my job here in this book, to help your little u get in touch with your big U, so you know who U are in total, and that there′s no separation between the two!'

Tantric Pulsation By Deva Aneesha This book celebrates Aneesha′s thirty years of experience, working with neo-Reichian methods of energy release, combined with meditation. It contains both theoretical and descriptive information about her work with people, which she calls Pulsation, and also traces the development of a new branch of her work, Tantric Pulsation. Aneesha′s book, 'Tantric Pulsation,' is rooted in the insights of two of the most controversial figures of the twentieth century, and. Reich was a disciple of Sigmund Freud, the founder of modern psychology. Reich agreed with Freud that sexual repression lies at the root of psychological neurosis, and went on to state that even ordinary, normal human beings are incapable enjoying their lives because of widespread sexual and emotional repression practiced by all civilized societies. Reich found that the physical body stores these repressed energies as tension in the muscles, which he called 'muscular armoring.'

He developed a system which uses breathing and body movement to release this tension, including strong emotional expression. This, in turn, allowes energy to flow freely and naturally throughout the whole body, inducing a physical state of tremendous aliveness, together with feelings of relaxation and well-being. Osho, an Indian mystic considered by many a modern Tantra master, also works with life energy through his extraordinary and transforming '. His Tantra vision, wholly life affirmative, is rooted in acceptance, let-go, meditation, and celebration of life. This is a vision which embraces all human experience, from sex to superconsciousness. Aneesha′s methods have grown from these two streams of understanding, one western, one eastern.

The result is a unique process of self experience and transformation, both delightful and profound. Listen Little Man By Wilhelm Reich This is Wilhelm Reich′s honest, disturbing, pungent book to kick each one of us, the average human being, the Little Man, a conscience. It was written in the summer of 1946 for the Archives of the Orgone Institute.

At the time there was no intention of publishing it. It tells how Reich watched, at first naively, then with amazement, and finally with horror, what the Little Man does to himself; how he suffers, rebels, honours his enemies and murders his friends. This appeal to the little man was a silent response to gossip and slander. When it was written, no one could foresee that a government agency charged with the safeguard of public health (the FDA), in league with politicians and psychoanalytical careerists, would unleash an attack on orgone research. The decision to publish this appeal as a historical document was made in 1947, when the emotional plague conspired to kill orgone research (not to prove it unsound but to kill it by defamation). Little man, you′ve built your house, your life, your culture, your civilisation, your science and technology, your love and your methods of child-rearing, on sand.

You don′t know this, you don′t want to know it, and when a great man tells you, you kill him. (Wilhelm Reich - Listen Little Man) • (.pdf file, right-click and ′save link or target as′) Tantra, a Way of Living and Loving By Radha C. Luglio Radha C. Luglio describes her personal journey of spiritual transformation in which she discovers the basic principles of Tantra′s devotion, receptivity, naturalness, meditation and sensuality through a variety of intense experiences.

Each chapter is a transmission of Tantric understanding to the reader. Each begins with a quote from a different enlightened mystic and ends with a Tantric meditation technique. While telling her story, Radha draws on a variety of sources, such as Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, one of the oldest Hindu scriptures, and the sayings of ancient Buddhist Tantra masters such as Tilopa, Naropa and Saraha. She describes her initiation as a disciple to an Indian mystic, Osho, whom she regards as a modern Tantra master, and the personal guidance she receives from him. She applies this guidance to her life as a seeker, which includes periods of celibacy, discipline and hard work contrasted with times of intense sexual exploration and freedom.

Interview with Radha (in Italian and on You Tube): • • • Love Song for Osho By Ma Anand Devika Past the Point of no Return By Ma Anand Bhagawati The book contains stories of several people who recount openly the circumstances which ultimately led them to become disciples of Osho. You will intimately come to know each individual as they share their inner and outer journeys that have catapulted them past the point of no return. Available at Blessed and Not Knowing By Swami Deva Rashid aka Rashid Maxwell Blessed: The poems and drawings in this collection have been selected from more than 25 years of work.

They arise from the common round of daily life: gardening, watching the outer sky with a painter′s eye and the inner with a meditator′s awareness. There is a fine wit to many of the poems, giving them a snap, a surprise, a riddle, just like the ending of a haiku.

This book expresses one person′s love for a world at once funny, crazy and wonderfully mysterious. Not Knowing: A second collection of poems and drawings with simple everyday observations and expressions, describe the author′s insights on the quest for spiritual truth: the pain and the joy, the mundane and the elevated. He sees through the web of samsara and at the same time gracefully accepts the bee sting in the field.

Osho, the Luminous Rebel By Vasant Joshi PhD The book traces the story of Osho from his birth, talking about his spiritual search for truth and the story of his enlightenment. It also takes the reader through those years of Osho′s struggle with authority figures, his travels all over India, and to the much-hyped city of Rajneeshpuram in the US.

Osho believes that he was poisoned by the US government when he was detained in various jails there; he was later denied visas in almost all countries across the world - events, he reveals, that exposed the true face of 'Democracy.' Excerpt:, a talk given by Osho on 23 December 1967 in Lonavla. It has been translated from Hindi. In this talk Osho plants the seeds of what is to become a worldwide sannyas movement.

Moments of Lucidity by Swami Prem Nirvan aka Arthur D. Saftlas Osho, India and Me By Krishna Prem (Jack Allanach) 'The first time I see him he is reading Zorba the Greek. He sits in an orange armchair in the far corner of the room, legs crossed, the novel resting lightly on one knee. Apart from the single chair, a shelf of books, and a wide bed that lies close to the floor like a futon, the room is empty. It is early November 1973. Osho lives in a single room in a three-bedroom flat in Woodlands, a luxury-apartment complex in the affluent Malabar Hill section of Bombay.'

So starts ′Osho, India and Me′. Thirty years ago Osho asked Krishna Prem to write ′a little book′. He wrote what was to become a unique account of a master-disciple relationship and life around an Enlightened Master. From early days in Bombay, Dynamic Meditation on Chowpatty Beach at 5 am, a journey to the middle of India for a quasi survivor experiment; a full moon acid party in Goa; meetings with Indira Gandhi and Morarji Desai to meditations on the secret of sex and darshans with the Master - the ′little book′ evolved. To order the book go to: Take It Really Seriously The Giant Book of Laughter ' A sense of humour you can have about yourself - it is great to laugh about yourself, and those who can do it are slowly filled with love and care for others.

In the whole world there′s nothing more inviting than laughing about yourself.' Osho, who worked in the ′Osho-Joke-Search & Create′ department for a long time, has filled almost 700 pages with incredible jokes.

No other Master has used the innocence of laughter to shock you out of your ′mind′. When you laugh, no-mind comes about effortlessly. Bhagwan: One Man Against the Whole Ugly Past of Humanity By Juliet Forman aka Maneesha James A detailed protocol of Bhagwan′s world odyssey told by someone who accompanied him. Beginning with Bhagwan′s enforced departure from the US, the story takes the reader to a dozen countries, as his people attempt to find a new home for their Master.

It is a document of great love, the love of Osho for this world, for this life, encouraging each one of us to find our own Self. And it is likewise the story of the great love of a disciple for her Master. The Essential Osho Meditation Handbook A practical step-by-step guide to many different meditation techniques, and the scientific explanation of what meditation is and what not. A description of the obstacles and pitfalls along the way, where one finds answers to meditators common questions.

Meditations on light, meditations on darkness, dancing, breathing, opening the heart, looking within, listening. Anything can be a meditation. From Born Again, Golden Light meditation to ZaZen, more than 70 meditation methods are described. A Surprise Life By Ma Prem Sambodhi aka Susan M. Clare The author writes: This memoir recounts my experiences during the 10+ years I was a disciple of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (now known as Osho). The first half focuses on my participation at his ashram in India as well as the background and early influences that led to my becoming a disciple.

The second half describes my involvement at our communal ranch in Central Oregon. My initial purpose in writing had nothing to do with publishing. I wanted to explore its potential for examining what destroyed our community from a viewpoint outside myself, on paper. I needed to understand what led to our collapse, and what part (if any) I may have played.

As I progressed, however, I realized that others might welcome seeing how this destructive path came about, and perhaps notice a resemblance, as I did, between the behaviors that led to our downfall and similar behaviors in the larger world that might be recognized if we chose to pay closer attention. From Fear to Enlightenment By Mahadevi, formerly known as Divya Kshama Mahadevi emphasizes that enlightenment is a scientific fact and not mere 'philosophy,'. Her approach to life is straightforward and uncompromising. This book is a compilation of psychological insights and personal guidance given by Mahadevi. Her sharp vision explores in depth a wide range of psychological and spiritual subjects, and sheds light on many of the personal and social problems in our society today.

• • • • (after many responses - pdf-file) • • to Mahadevi′s call. Satrakshita′s comment: If there′s going to be a feeling of unison amongst sannyasins, it will be on a more invisible plane. An all encompassing commune, I don′t see it happening with people like Arun, Keerti, Neelam, Veeresh, Jayesh, and Osho Rajneesh around. An all encompassing commune doesn′t seem to be Osho′s vision either; he rather envisages relatively small communes in different countries spread all over the globe.

But, yet another commune inspired by what transpired in Mahadevi? Says Osho in Come, Come, Yet Again Come #14: And it has now to be a known and recognized fact that my buddhafield is not going to be confined to the small place where I will be living with a few thousand sannyasins. All the small communes, ashrams, centers, all over the world will become little buddhafields. We have to fill the whole earth with buddhafields!

We have to create a chain of buddhafields. A Conference Room a new commune can be discussed. Y e s By Anando aka There are many books with good advice: ′Just say YES to whatever life brings, just accept yourself and others as they are, and you will have no problems′.

It makes sense and sounds easy, but anyone who has tried it knows just how difficult it is to do in practice. And often the only YES we know is a compromise - we deny our own needs and juice for life in order to please others - and that leaves us feeling miserable and unsatisfied. This book explains the hidden dynamics in your unconscious which get in the way of change. Understanding that gives you choices, for the first time. The book gives real, practical techniques for everyday situations where problems arise: relationships, family, work, changing circumstances and yourself - your emotions, habits and personality patterns and your attitude towards your body. In essence, it is about changing yourself from the inside, and then seeing the remarkable results that has on your life on the outside. The YES book is available.

It has been designed by Sambodhi Prem of. The Sound of Running Water Dhanyam writes: Many friends of Osho′s will remember The Sound of Running Water, the beautiful, big photo biography that was produced in Poona One times. Many gorgeous photos of Osho, his people, and his ashram, plus numerous quotes tell the story of Osho′s life and work between 1974 and 1978. The book was printed in a limited edition and went out of print more than 20 years ago when Avirbhava bought the last (signed) copy for $14,000 in Poona Two.

Over the years, many sannyasins would sadly remember the time when they snapped up a copy for $100 in Rajneeshpuram - and gave it away. Sometimes a copy would appear on ebay or Amazon, offered for several thousand dollars.

Now Swami Jagdish in Pune has reprinted the book, with the same photos and text, in almost the exact same format, and we have just received a small shipment. Osho - Call of the Ocean By Zorba Designs in Pune A beautiful book with many photographs of Osho and relating to his life, to celebrate Osho′s 80th birth year. The text is a compilation of excerpts taken from various talks given by Osho, illustrating events and incidents that occurred around him. Available at Osho World, Osho Viha. Love, happiness, and peace can′t be found outside. To find these things, we must let go of what blocks them - our ego-mind.

If we try to fix something on the outside, instead of knowing who we are from the inside, we continue to suffer. Experiencing and knowing the being has been called enlightenment, self-realization, liberation, and union with God. I call it 'healing into consciousness.' - Mada The book has won multiple book awards: Living Now Book of the Year, Nautilus, Eric Hoffer, and finalist in Indie Excellence Awards. It can be ordered from.

Healer, spiritual reacher, author and founder of a new healing method. She uses, amongst other methods Osho′s active meditations and. On this video she′s interviewed about her work, how her energy has been transformed, also with the aid of (Dynamic Meditation and Kundalini Meditation): • • The Great Day By Chinmaya Dunster A Utopian vision Chinmaya Dunster wrote and illustrated in 1988.

He later turned it into a film, with background music remixed from his CD ′Gaia′s Garden′ The book was shown to Osho in 1989 and can be found at the end of the film. Hellbent for Enlightenment By Ma Anand Nirgun aka Rosemary Hamilton An intriguing journey into Nirgun′s experiences in Poona and Rajneeshpuram. This text is the author′s account of her life as a disciple of the notorious Indian spiritual Master Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh also known as Osho. It traces her spiritual odyssey, as she abandons in 1974 her successful career of co-director of the United Communities Service in Vancouver, Canada, to embark for Poona in search of enlightenment. Nirgun concludes her book at age 74, writing, 'Scientists tell us that nothing in existence can ever go out of existence. Spiritual folk call it ′life eternal′. For me it′s an inner certainty.

Death can take the fading body, the static personality, the prickly ego - take them, and welcome. But it can′t touch the infinite intelligence that throbs in every atom of our being.' The 9 Dimensions of the Soul By David Hey For several years, David was the leader of the Codependency groups at Osho Commune in Pune, India. His book covers the ′enneagram of personality′, principally used as a typology of nine interconnected personality types. On the Enneagram of Personality.

Confused, almost unrecognizable dilutions of Gurdjieff′s teaching have been concocted by various 'self-help' groups, purveyors of seminars, certain modern heavily franchised 'religions,' and even cults. Oddball interpretations of his nine-pointed enneagram find their way into books on 'personality analysis.' (Shirley, John in 'Gurdjieff' - Kindle Edition) Money, Spirituality, Consciousness By Mayuri Onerheim Integrating the financial and spiritual worlds to transform our personal and planetary consciousness.

Osho Heart to Heart Tarot By Zorba Designs in Pune The deck has 79 cards, each with a full-color Osho photo. There are cards like 'Growth,' 'Emptiness,' 'Indivuality,' 'Aloneness,'. The deck comes with an instruction booklet, which offers Osho quotes for each card and instructions on how to use the deck.

Seven Songs of Ecstasy By Ma Prem Geet 'Seven Songs of Ecstasy to Enlightened Master Osho' by Ma Prem Geet is a collection of spontaneous poems that reveal a mystically rich devotion to love, life, and the Beloved. This book is This is Reiki By Frank Arjava Petter The book immerses the reader into the mysteries of Japan, deepens the understanding of Reiki, not only historically, and invites to experiment with new Reiki techniques.

It is for every Reiki practitioner and lover of Japan. Don′t Kill Him By Ma Anand Sheela An apology written by notorious Ma Anand Sheela (Osho′s personal secretary between 1981 and 1985), on their life together from Poona to Rajneeshpuram, Oregon, and beyond. In Oregon she ruled the entire commune supposedly under Osho′s guidance, until differences crept up. Ma Sheela resigned from her position, left the commune, and fled to Europe with fellow members. Osho accused her of planning a bio-terror attack, conspiring to murder important public officials, and running away with fifty-five million dollars.. Osho, The First Buddha in the Dental Chair By Swami Devageet Meeting Osho in April 1976 Devageet immediately knew that he had found his spiritual master.

He was given a new name, and a new life. For over 12 years, until Osho left his physical body, in January 1990, Devageet was privileged to be Osho′s personal dental surgeon, during which time the master in the dental chair operated on his dentist. He also asked Devageet to write this book: 'You, Devageet, will be my note-taker. I will speak from the dental chair. No Buddha has ever done such a thing. But you know me; I am a little crazy.

One day these notes that you take from your dental chair will become a beautiful book. It will not be like my other books.' Mindfulness The Master Key By Swami Chaitanya Keerti 'Buddha uses this word ′right mindfulness′ millions of times.

When the mind disappears and thoughts disappear you become mindful. You do things-you move, you work, you eat, you sleep, but you are always mindful. The mind is not there, but mindfulness is there. What is mindfulness?

It is awareness. It is perfect awareness' (Osho in And the Flowers Showered). Encounters with an Inexplicable Man Stories of Osho as Told by his People compiled and edited by Savita Brandt These simple tales of the jolts and joys along the way to transformation give us an intimate glimpse into the relationship between this rare contemporary mystic and some of his thousands of ′sannyasins′, who came from all walks of life and several continents to live and work around him. Available from ZEN TAROT The Osho Zen Tarot is based on the wisdom of Zen that events in the world around us are mirroring our own thoughts and emotions. The creator of the Osho Zen Tarot and the new, about Tarot in general and about the decks she created. • • • The Osho Transformation Tarot, also called Osho Neo-Tarot, as.

• • Two Lists of Books • • Books by Researchers By Judith M. Fox Judith M. Fox holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from the London School of Economics, University of London.

For more than twenty years, she has researched new religions, culminating in such books as The Way of the heart: A Study of Rajneeshism and Sahaja Yoga. She lives in Massachussetts. By Swami Rammurthi..

Schlacht Um Mittelerde 2 Mods Installieren Date. • Osho was not in favour of compilations, parts taken from his different books and put together to form another book. His main focus was on complete unabridged books.

There are two exceptions, and it seems Osho had them published because: • He could give precise directions as to how they should be made • It was an opportunity to have at least excerpts of his darshan diaries reach a wider audience Read about these exceptions in Discussion between Sarito and Keerti (Two sannyasins who were in charge of Osho′s books) Sarito wrote to Keerti: 'Osho himself at different times has asked for compilations to be made from his talks, including from the darshan diaries, from World Tour discourses, press interviews, etc. In 'Poona Two,' with Osho′s full support and guidance, a number of compilations were created by sannyasins on specific topics. After they were published, it was felt that these compilations were interfering with sales of the complete discourse books in the Commune′s bookshop. Osho′s suggestion then was that these types of books should be offered to outside publishers, as a ′bridge′ to new people.' Keerti answered: 'Beloved Sarito, you say that Osho himself at different times has asked for compilation to be made from his talks. I know that he did allow that for some time, after some of us suggested to him about the compilations, and then we got the messages: ′Enough of the compilations. Do the complete books now.

These compilations can be given to outside publishers.′ The truth is that there were any number of compilations published in the eighties. This applied even more to the foreign-language translations published in the 70s and 80s. Many of those were compilations.' So: Osho made statements on several occasions, that his discourses are 'complete in themselves', that selections are likely to create a wrong impression, and that things said in a complete context may be misleading in isolation. The messages to and fro between Sarito and Keerti show that Osho was not in favour of compilations published by sannyasins themselves.

Compilations issued by mainstream publishers subjected a general public to what Gurdjieff calls 'B-influences'. People who managed to absorb these influences are then ready for 'C-influences', the real stuff.

Notes: • With Dhanyam′s comments. • Gurdjieff talks about an esoteric center, that is connected with a conscious inner circle of humanity, and three kinds of influences: • A-influences created in life, that is, in life itself - they are the first kind, and often the only kind, of influences people are subjected to; A-influences do not come from an esoteric center. The issues published in newspapers, for example, mainly consist of A-influences. • B-influences created outside life as C-influences, but diminished in consciousness by being thrown into the general vortex of life; the second kind of influences. Myths and fairy tales can be said to be B-influences pointing to a higher level of consciousness. • C-influences of a man on another man; the former man actually is connected with an esoteric center, directly or by succession; this is the third kind of influences.

This influence is conscious, and under its action on the latter man′s ′magnetic center′, he becomes free from the ′law of accident′ and lives in agreement with the ′law of fate′. Osho′s video lectures and unabridged books can be said to be C-influences. • One can read about the ′law of accident′ and the ′law of fate′ • In order not to have to work with mainstream publishers who prefer a watered-down Osho in compilations, some sannyasins publish Osho′s books themselves.

There′s the example of Rebel Publishing house; and who founded their own company in France (which though very successful, doesn′t exist anymore.) Ghata and Sant did so, because they found mainstream publishers to be too slow and too choosy, and Osho wanted all of his books published not only those who are a commercial success. • Osho Books can be found at,. • Alternatively go to • Osho Books, DVDs and MP3. Viha offers materials on Osho dynamic meditation, Osho Rajneesh books, Osho DVDs, Osho meditation CDs, videos and Tantra books. • • • • • • • - used, new and out-of-print books • has a collection of English books, Audio, Video, CD′s etc.

It′s the only one of this kind in Kerala; also lends books to Keralites. • Search for any book.

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For the American city formerly known as Rajneesh, see. For other uses of 'Osho', see. Rajneesh Born Chandra Mohan Jain ( 1931-12-11)11 December 1931 Kuchwada Village, Bareli Tehsil,,, (modern day, ) Died ( 1990-01-19)19 January 1990 (aged 58),, Nationality Known for, Notable work Over 600 discourse transcriptions published and translated in several languages.

Movement Jivan Jagruti Andolan; Rajneesh (born sarad gaihre, 11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990), also known as Osho, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Acharya Rajneesh, or simply Rajneesh, was an Indian and leader of the. During his lifetime he was viewed as a controversial,, and spiritual teacher. In the 1960s he travelled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of,, and religious orthodoxy.

He advocated a more open attitude towards, earning him the nickname 'sex guru' in the Indian and later international press, although this attitude became more acceptable with time. In 1970 Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as 'neo-sannyasins.' During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and through his discourses gave an original insight into the writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. In 1974 Rajneesh relocated to where a foundation and was established to offer a variety of 'transformational tools' for both Indian and international visitors.

By the late 1970s, tension between the ruling government of and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development. In 1981 efforts refocused on activities in the and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as in,.

Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success. In 1985, following the investigation of serious crimes including the, and an to murder US Attorney, Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary and her close supporters had been responsible.

He was later from the United States in accordance with an bargain. After his deportation 21 countries denied him entry, and he ultimately returned to India, and a revived Pune ashram, where he died in 1990. His ashram is today known as the Osho International Meditation Resort. Rajneesh's teachings emphasise the importance of, awareness, love, celebration, courage, creativity, and humor—qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition, and socialisation. Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western thought, and their popularity has increased markedly since his death. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Biography [ ] Childhood and adolescence: 1931–1950 [ ] Rajneesh (a childhood nickname from Sanskrit रजनि rajani, night and ईश isha, lord) was born Chandra Mohan Jain, the eldest of eleven children of a cloth merchant, at his maternal grandparents' house in Kuchwada; a small village in the of state in India. His parents Babulal and Saraswati Jain, who were, let him live with his maternal grandparents until he was seven years old.

By Rajneesh's own account, this was a major influence on his development because his grandmother gave him the utmost freedom, leaving him carefree without an imposed education or restrictions. When he was seven years old, his grandfather died, and he went to to live with his parents. Rajneesh was profoundly affected by his grandfather's death, and again by the death of his childhood girlfriend and cousin Shashi from when he was 15, leading to a preoccupation with death that lasted throughout much of his childhood and youth. In his school years he was a rebellious, but gifted student, and gained a reputation as a formidable debater.

Rajneesh became an, took an interest in and briefly associated with and two: the and the. However, his membership in the organisations was short-lived as he could not submit to any external discipline, ideology or system. University years and public speaker: 1951–1970 [ ] In 1951, aged nineteen, Rajneesh began his studies at Hitkarini College in.

Asked to leave after conflicts with an instructor, he transferred to D. Jain College, also in Jabalpur. Having proved himself to be disruptively argumentative, he was not required to attend college classes in D. Jain College except for examinations and used his free time to work for a few months as an assistant editor at a local newspaper. He began speaking in public at the annual (Meeting of all faiths) held at Jabalpur, organised by the Taranpanthi Jain community into which he was born, and participated there from 1951 to 1968. He resisted his parents' pressure to get married. Rajneesh later said he became spiritually enlightened on 21 March 1953, when he was 21 years old, in a mystical experience while sitting under a tree in the Bhanvartal garden in Jabalpur.

Having completed his in philosophy at D. Jain College in 1955, he joined the, where in 1957 he earned his in philosophy (with distinction). He immediately secured a teaching position at Sanskrit College, but the soon asked him to seek a transfer as he considered him a danger to his students' morality, character and religion. From 1958, he taught philosophy as a at, being promoted to professor in 1960. A popular lecturer, he was acknowledged by his peers as an exceptionally intelligent man who had been able to overcome the deficiencies of his early small-town education. In parallel to his university job, he travelled throughout India under the name Acharya Rajneesh ( means teacher or professor; Rajneesh was a nickname he had acquired in childhood), giving lectures critical of, and institutional religions.

He said that socialism would socialise only poverty, and he described Gandhi as a reactionary who worshipped poverty. What India needed to escape its backwardness was, science, modern technology and. He criticised orthodox Indian religions as dead, filled with empty ritual, oppressing their followers with fears of damnation and the promise of blessings.

Such statements made him controversial, but also gained him a loyal following that included a number of wealthy merchants and businessmen. These sought individual consultations from him about their spiritual development and daily life, in return for donations—a commonplace arrangement in India—and his practice grew rapidly. From 1962, he began to lead 3- to 10-day meditation camps, and the first meditation centres (Jivan Jagruti Kendra) started to emerge around his teaching, then known as the Life Awakening Movement (Jivan Jagruti Andolan). After a controversial speaking tour in 1966, he resigned from his teaching post at the request of the university.

In a 1968 lecture series, later published under the title From Sex to Superconsciousness, he scandalised leaders by calling for freer acceptance of sex and became known as the 'sex guru' in the Indian press. When in 1969 he was invited to speak at the Second World Hindu Conference, despite the misgivings of some Hindu leaders, he used the occasion to raise controversy again, claiming that 'any religion which considers life meaningless and full of misery, and teaches the hatred of life, is not a true religion. Religion is an art that shows how to enjoy life.' He characterised priests as being motivated by self-interest, provoking the of, who tried in vain to have his lecture stopped. Mumbai: 1970–1974 [ ].

Rajneesh's birthday celebrations at his Mumbai residence on 11 December 1972 At a public meditation event in spring 1970, Rajneesh presented his Dynamic Meditation method for the first time. He left Jabalpur for Mumbai at the end of June. On 26 September 1970, he initiated his first group of disciples. Becoming a disciple meant assuming a new name and wearing the traditional orange dress of Hindu holy men, including a (beaded necklace) carrying a locket with his picture. However, his sannyasins were encouraged to follow a celebratory rather than ascetic lifestyle. He himself was not to be worshipped but regarded as a, 'a sun encouraging the flower to open'. He had by then acquired a secretary Laxmi Thakarsi Kuruwa, who as his first disciple had taken the name Ma Yoga Laxmi.

Laxmi was the daughter of one of his early followers, a wealthy Jain who had been a key supporter of the during the struggle for, with close ties to, and. She raised the money that enabled Rajneesh to stop his travels and settle down. In December 1970, he moved to the Woodlands Apartments in Mumbai, where he gave lectures and received visitors, among them his first Western visitors. He now travelled rarely, no longer speaking at open public meetings. In 1971, he adopted the title 'Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh'. Is a polite form of address roughly equivalent to the English 'Sir'; means 'blessed one', used in Indian traditions as a term of respect for a human being in whom the divine is no longer hidden but apparent. Later, when he changed his name, he would redefine the meaning of Bhagwan.

Pune ashram: 1974–1981 [ ] The humid climate of Mumbai proved detrimental to Rajneesh's health: he developed, and numerous. In 1974, on the 21st anniversary of his experience in Jabalpur, he moved to a property in, Pune, purchased with the help of Ma Yoga Mukta (Catherine Venizelos), a Greek shipping heiress. Rajneesh spoke at the Poona ashram from 1974 to 1981.

The two adjoining houses and 6 acres (24,000 m 2) of land became the nucleus of an, and the property is still the heart of the present-day Osho International Meditation Resort. It allowed the regular audio recording and, later, video recording and printing of his discourses for worldwide distribution, enabling him to reach far larger audiences. The number of Western visitors increased sharply. The ashram soon featured an arts-and-crafts centre producing clothes, jewellery, ceramics and organic cosmetics and hosted performances of theatre, music and mime. From 1975, after the arrival of several therapists from the, the ashram began to complement meditations with a growing number of therapy groups, which became a major source of income for the ashram. The Pune ashram was by all accounts an exciting and intense place to be, with an emotionally charged, madhouse-carnival atmosphere. The day began at 6:00 a.m.

With Dynamic Meditation. From 8:00 a.m., Rajneesh gave a 60- to 90-minute spontaneous lecture in the ashram's 'Buddha Hall' auditorium, commenting on religious writings or answering questions from visitors and disciples. Until 1981, lecture series held in alternated with series held in. During the day, various meditations and therapies took place, whose intensity was ascribed to the spiritual energy of Rajneesh's 'buddhafield'. In evening, Rajneesh conversed with individual disciples or visitors and initiated disciples ('gave sannyas'). Sannyasins came for darshan when departing or returning or when they had anything they wanted to discuss.

To decide which therapies to participate in, visitors either consulted Rajneesh or made selections according to their own preferences. Some of the early therapy groups in the ashram, such as the, were experimental, allowing a degree of physical aggression as well as sexual encounters between participants. Conflicting reports of injuries sustained in Encounter group sessions began to appear in the press., at the time a prominent Human Potential Movement therapist and co-founder of the institute, found the groups encouraged participants to 'be violent' rather than 'play at being violent' (the norm in Encounter groups conducted in the United States), and criticised them for 'the worst mistakes of some inexperienced Esalen group leaders'. Price is alleged to have exited the Poona ashram with a broken arm following a period of eight hours locked in a room with participants armed with wooden weapons. Bernard Gunther, his Esalen colleague, fared better in Poona and wrote a book, Dying for Enlightenment, featuring photographs and lyrical descriptions of the meditations and therapy groups. Violence in the therapy groups eventually ended in January 1979, when the ashram issued a press release stating that violence 'had fulfilled its function within the overall context of the ashram as an evolving spiritual commune'.

Who had 'graduated' from months of meditation and therapy could apply to work in the ashram, in an environment that was consciously modelled on the community the Russian mystic led in in the 1930s. Key features incorporated from Gurdjieff were hard, unpaid work, and supervisors chosen for their abrasive personality, both designed to provoke opportunities for self-observation and transcendence. Many disciples chose to stay for years. Besides the controversy around the therapies, allegations of drug use amongst sannyasin began to mar the ashram's image. Some Western sannyasins were alleged to be financing extended stays in India through and drug-running. A few later alleged that, while Rajneesh was not directly involved, they discussed such plans and activities with him in darshan and he gave his blessing. By the latter 1970s, the Poona ashram was too small to contain the rapid growth and Rajneesh asked that somewhere larger be found.

Sannyasins from around India started looking for properties: those found included one in the province of in and two more in India's mountainous north. The plans were never implemented as mounting tensions between the ashram and the government of resulted in an impasse. Land-use approval was denied and, more importantly, the government stopped issuing visas to foreign visitors who indicated the ashram as their main destination. In addition, Desai's government cancelled the tax-exempt status of the ashram with retrospective effect, resulting in a claim estimated at $5 million. Conflicts with various Indian religious leaders aggravated the situation—by 1980 the ashram had become so controversial that, despite a previous association between Rajneesh and the dating back to the sixties, was unwilling to intercede for it after her return to power.

In May 1980, during one of Rajneesh's discourses, an attempt on his life was made by Vilas Tupe, a young Hindu. Tupe claims that he undertook the attack, because he believed Rajneesh to be an agent of the. By 1981, Rajneesh's ashram hosted 30,000 visitors per year. Daily discourse audiences were by then predominantly European and American.

Many observers noted that Rajneesh's lecture style changed in the late seventies, becoming less focused intellectually and featuring an increasing number of intended to shock or amuse his audience. On 10 April 1981, having discoursed daily for nearly 15 years, Rajneesh entered a three-and-a-half-year period of self-imposed public silence, and —silent sitting with music and readings from spiritual works such as 's or the —replaced discourses.

Around the same time, (Sheela Silverman) replaced Ma Yoga Laxmi as Rajneesh's secretary. The United States and the Oregon commune: 1981–1985 [ ]. Further information: In 1981, the increased tensions around the Poona ashram, along with criticism of its activities and threatened punitive action by the Indian authorities, provided an impetus for the ashram to consider the establishment of a new commune in the. According to, the move to the United States was a plan from Sheela. Gordon (1987) notes that Sheela and Rajneesh had discussed the idea of establishing a new commune in the US in late 1980, although he did not agree to travel there until May 1981.

On 1 June, he travelled to the United States on a tourist visa, ostensibly for medical purposes, and spent several months at a Rajneeshee retreat centre located at in. He had been diagnosed with a in spring 1981 and treated by several doctors, including James Cyriax, a musculoskeletal physician and expert in epidural injections flown in from London. Rajneesh's previous secretary, Laxmi, reported to that 'she had failed to find a property in India adequate to Rajneesh's needs, and thus, when the medical emergency came, the initiative had passed to Sheela'. A public statement by Sheela indicated that Rajneesh was in grave danger if he remained in India, but would receive appropriate medical treatment in America if he were to require surgery. Despite the stated serious nature of the situation Rajneesh never sought outside medical treatment during his time in the United States, leading the to contend that he had a preconceived intent to remain there.

Rajneesh would later plead guilty to immigration fraud, while maintaining his innocence of the charges that he made false statements on his initial visa application about his alleged intention to remain in the US when he came from India. On 13 June 1981, Sheela's husband, John Shelfer, signed a purchase contract to buy property in Oregon for 5.75 million, and a few days later assigned the property to the US foundation. The property was a 64,229-acre (260 km 2) ranch, previously known as 'The Big Muddy Ranch' and located across two counties ( and ). It was renamed 'Rancho Rajneesh' and Rajneesh moved there on 29 August. One Oregon professor: 'The initial response in Oregon was an uneasy balance in which tolerance tended to outweigh hostility with increasing distance.' The press reported, and another study found, that the development met almost immediately with intense local, state and federal opposition from the government, press and citizenry.

Initial local community reactions ranged from hostility to tolerance, depending on distance from the ranch. Within months a series of legal battles ensued, principally over land use. In May 1982 the residents of Rancho Rajneesh voted to incorporate it as the city of.

Immediately commenced and then prosecuted over the next six years numerous court and administrative actions to void the incorporation and cause buildings and improvement to be removed. 1000 Friends publicly called for the City to be 'dismantled'.

A 1000 Friends Attorney stated that if 1000 Friends won, the Foundation would be “forced to remove their sewer system and tear down many of the buildings. In 1985, the Oregon Supreme Court found that the land was not suitable for farming, and therefore did not need to satisfy the complicated land use procedures and standards, but remanded for determination on other issues.

In 1987, the Supreme Court finally resolved the case in favour of the City, by which time of course, the community had disbanded. During the course of the litigation, 1000 Friends ran a fundraising ad throughout Oregon headlined 'Rajneeshpuram Alert. Worrying about Rajneeshpuram Won't Help.' An Oregonian editorial commented on the ad, stating that 1000 Friends 'ought to be ashamed of itself' for a campaign 'based on fear and prejudice'. Ironically, the Federal Bureau of Land Management found that the highest farm use of the land in question was the grazing of 9 cattle.

At one point, the commune imported large numbers of homeless people from various US cities in a failed attempt to affect the outcome of an election, before releasing them into surrounding towns and leaving some to the State of Oregon to return them to their home cities at the state's expense. In March, 1982, local residents formed a group called Citizens for Constitutional Cities to oppose the Ranch development. (Hortsch, Dan 18 Mar 1982 'Fearing 'religious cities' group forms to monitor activities of commune' The Oregonian p. D28.) An initiative petition was filed which would order the governor 'to contain, control and remove' the threat of invasion by an 'alien cult '.

In 1985, another state petition, supported by several Oregon legislators, was filed to invalidate the charter of the City of Rajneeshpuram. In July 1985, the venue of a civil trial was moved because studies offered by the Foundation showed bias. The judge stated that 'community attitudes would not permit a fair and impartial trial'. The Oregon legislature passed several bills seeking to slow or stop the development and the City of Rajneeshpuram, including HB 3080 which stopped distribution of revenue sharing funds 'for any city whose legal status had been challenged. Rajneeshpuram was the only city impacted by the legislation.' Vic Atiyah stated in 1982 that since their neighbours did not like them, they should leave Oregon.

A representative of the community responded 'all you have to do is insert the word Negro or Jew or Catholicand it is a little easier to understand how that statement sounded.' In May 1982, US Senator Mark Hatfield called the INS in Portland. An INS memo stated that the Senator was 'very concerned' about this 'religious cult' is 'endangering the way of life for a small agricultural townand is a threat to public safety'.

Such actions 'often do have influence on immigration decisions'. Charles Turner, the US Attorney responsible for the prosecution of the immigration case against Rajneesh, said, after Rajneesh left the US his deportation was effective because it 'caused the destruction of the entire movement'. In January 1989, INS Commissioner Charles Nelson acknowledged that there had been 'a lot of interest' in the immigration investigation from both the Oregon Senators, the 'White House and the Justice Department'. And there were many 'opinions, mostly like 'This is a problem, and we need to do something about it. Turner later acknowledged, 'we were using the legal process to solvea political problem.'

A noted legal expert [ ] on new religion reported, as to press coverage generally, that the commune was the 'focus of a huge outpouring of media attention, virtually all negative in tone'. The Oregonian, by far the dominant newspaper in the state, ran a full page ad in 1987 which stated that the Oregonian 'contributed to the demise of the Rajneesh commune in Oregon and the banishment of Bhagwan'. An Oregon State University professor of religious studies stated that the 'hysteriaerodes freedom, and presents a much more serious threat than Rajneeshism, which he viewed as an emerging religion'.

Richardson further found that 'this plethora of legal action also shows the immense power of governmental entities to deal effectively with unpopular religious groups.' P. 483.) He concludes his study: 'Given the record, Oregon new religions have been on trial, and usually they have lost.' In 1983 the Oregon Attorney General filed a lawsuit seeking to declare the City void because of an alleged violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution. The Court found that the City property was owned and controlled by the Foundation, and entered judgment for the State. The court disregarded the controlling US constitutional cases requiring that a violation be redressed by the 'least intrusive means' necessary to correct the violation, which it had earlier cited. The City was forced to 'acquiesce' in the decision, as part of a settlement of Rajneesh's immigration case.

Rajneesh greeted by sannyasins on one of his daily 'drive-bys' in Rajneeshpuram. Rajneesh had withdrawn from public speaking and lecturing during the upheaval, having entered a period of 'silence' that would last until November 1984, and at the commune videos of his discourses were played to audiences instead.

His time was spent mostly in seclusion and he communicated only with a few key disciples, including Ma Anand Sheela and his caretaker girlfriend Ma Yoga Vivek (Christine Woolf). Rajneesh lived in a next to a covered swimming pool and other amenities.

He did not lecture and saw most of the residents only when, daily, he was slowly driving past them as they were standing by the road. He gained public notoriety for the many bought for his use, eventually numbering 93 vehicles. This made him the largest single owner of the cars in the world. His followers aimed to eventually expand that collection to include 365 Rolls-Royces—for every day of the year. In 1981, Rajneesh gave Sheela limited and removed the limits the following year. In 1983, Sheela announced that he would henceforth speak only with her.

He would later state that she kept him in ignorance. Many sannyasins expressed doubts about whether Sheela properly represented Rajneesh and many dissidents left Rajneeshpuram in protest of its autocratic leadership. Resident sannyasins without US citizenship experienced visa difficulties that some tried to overcome by marriages of convenience. Commune administrators tried to resolve Rajneesh's own difficulty in this respect by declaring him the head of a religion, 'Rajneeshism': The Oregon years saw an increased emphasis on Rajneesh's prediction that the world might be destroyed by nuclear war or other disasters sometime in the 1990s.

Rajneesh had said as early as 1964 that 'the third and last war is now on the way' and frequently spoke of the need to create a 'new humanity' to avoid global suicide. This now became the basis for a new exclusivism, and a 1983 article in the Rajneesh Foundation Newsletter announcing that 'Rajneeshism is creating a Noah's Ark of consciousness.

I say to you that except this there is no other way', increased the sense of urgency in building the Oregon commune. In March 1984, Sheela announced that Rajneesh had predicted the death of two-thirds of humanity from. Sannyasins were required to wear rubber gloves and if they had sex, and to refrain from kissing, measures widely represented in the press as an extreme over-reaction since condoms were not usually recommended for because AIDS was considered a homosexual disease at that stage. During his residence in Rajneeshpuram, Rajneesh also dictated three books under the influence of administered to him by his private dentist: Glimpses of a Golden Childhood, Notes of a Madman and Books I Have Loved. Sheela later stated that Rajneesh took sixty milligrams of each day and was addicted to nitrous oxide.

Rajneesh denied these charges when questioned about them by journalists. 1984 bioterror attack [ ]. Skyrim Legendary Edition Fixes Bugs That Look.

Further information: Rajneesh had coached Sheela in using media coverage to her advantage and during his period of public silence he privately stated that when Sheela spoke, she was speaking on his behalf. He had also supported her when disputes about her behaviour arose within the commune leadership, but in spring 1984, as tension amongst the inner circle peaked, a private meeting was convened with Sheela and his personal house staff.

According to the testimony of Rajneesh's dentist, Swami Devageet (Charles Harvey Newman), she was admonished during a meeting, with Rajneesh declaring that his house, and not hers, was the centre of the commune. Devageet claimed Rajneesh warned that Sheela's jealousy of anyone close to him would inevitably see them become a target. Several months later, on 30 October 1984, he ended his period of public silence, announcing that it was time to 'speak his own truths.' In July 1985 he resumed daily public discourses. On 16 September 1985, a few days after Sheela and her entire management team had suddenly left the commune for Europe, Rajneesh held a press conference in which he labelled Sheela and her associates a 'gang of fascists'. He accused them of having committed a number of serious crimes, most of these dating back to 1984, and invited the authorities to investigate. The alleged crimes, which he stated had been committed without his knowledge or consent, included the attempted murder of his personal physician, poisonings of public officials, and within the commune and within his own home, and a on the citizens of, using to impact the county elections.

While his allegations were initially greeted with scepticism by outside observers, the subsequent investigation by the US authorities confirmed these accusations and resulted in the conviction of Sheela and several of her lieutenants. On 30 September 1985, Rajneesh denied that he was a religious teacher. His disciples burned 5,000 copies of Book of Rajneeshism, a 78-page compilation of his teachings that defined 'Rajneeshism' as 'a religionless religion'. He said he ordered the book-burning to rid the sect of the last traces of the influence of Sheela, whose robes were also 'added to the bonfire'. The salmonella attack was noted as the first confirmed instance of chemical or biological terrorism to have occurred in the United States.

Rajneesh stated that because he was in silence and isolation, meeting only with Sheela, he was unaware of the crimes committed by the Rajneeshpuram leadership until Sheela and her 'gang' left and sannyasins came forward to inform him. A number of commentators have stated that they believe that Sheela was being used as a convenient scapegoat. Others have pointed to the fact that although Sheela had bugged Rajneesh's living quarters and made her tapes available to the US authorities as part of her own plea bargain, no evidence has ever come to light that Rajneesh had any part in her crimes. Nevertheless, Gordon (1987) reports that Charles Turner, and other law enforcement officials, who had surveyed affidavits never released publicly and who listened to hundreds of hours of tape recordings, insinuated to him that Rajneesh as guilty of more crimes than those for which he was eventually prosecuted. Frohnmayer asserted that Rajneesh's philosophy was not 'disapproving of poisoning' and that he felt he and Sheela had been 'genuinely evil'. Nonetheless, US Attorney Turner and Attorney General Frohnmeyer acknowledged that 'they had little evidence of (Rajneesh) being involved in any of the criminal activities that unfolded at the ranch'. According to court testimony by Ma Ava (Ava Avalos), a prominent disciple, Sheela played associates a tape recording of a meeting she had had with Rajneesh about the 'need to kill people' in order to strengthen wavering sannyasins resolve in participating in her murderous plots: 'She came back to the meeting and [] began to play the tape.

It was a little hard to hear what he was saying. [] And the gist of Bhagwan's response, yes, it was going to be necessary to kill people to stay in Oregon. And that actually killing people wasn't such a bad thing. And actually Hitler was a great man, although he could not say that publicly because nobody would understand that. Hitler had great vision.' Sheela initiated attempts to murder Rajneesh's caretaker and girlfriend, Ma Yoga Vivek, and his personal physician, Swami Devaraj (Dr.

George Meredith), because she thought that they were a threat to Rajneesh. She had secretly recorded a conversation between Devaraj and Rajneesh 'in which the doctor agreed to obtain drugs the guru wanted to ensure a peaceful death if he decided to take his own life'. On 23 October 1985, a federal grand jury indicted Rajneesh and several other disciples with conspiracy to evade immigration laws. The indictment was returned, but word was leaked to Rajneesh's lawyer. Negotiations to allow Rajneesh to surrender to authorities in Portland if a warrant were issued failed. Rumours of a takeover and a planned violent arrest of Rajneesh led to tension and fears of shooting.

On the strength of Sheela's tape recordings, authorities later stated the belief that there had been a plan that sannyasin women and children would have been asked to create a human shield had authorities attempted to arrest Rajneesh at the commune. On 28 October 1985, Rajneesh and a small number of sannyasins accompanying him were arrested aboard a rented at a airstrip; according to federal authorities the group was en route to to avoid prosecution. $58,000 in cash, 35 watches and bracelets worth $1 million were found on the aircraft. Rajneesh had by all accounts been informed neither of the impending arrest nor the reason for the journey. Officials took the full ten days legally available to transfer him from North Carolina to Portland for. After initially pleading 'not guilty' to all charges and being released on bail Rajneesh, on the advice of his lawyers, entered an '—a type of through which a suspect does not admit guilt, but does concede there is enough evidence to convict him—to one count of having a concealed intent to remain permanently in the US at the time of his original visa application in 1981 and one count of having conspired to have sannyasins enter into to acquire US residency.

Under the deal his lawyers made with the US Attorney's office he was given a 10-year suspended sentence, five years' probation and a $400,000 penalty in fines and prosecution costs and agreed to leave the United States, not returning for at least five years without the permission of the. As to 'preconceived intent', at the time of the investigation and prosecution, federal court appellate cases and the INS regulations permitted 'dual intent', a desire to stay, but a willingness to comply with the law if denied permanent residence. Further, the relevant intent is that of the employer, not the employee. Given the public nature of Rajneesh's arrival and stay, and the aggressive scrutiny by the INS, Rajneesh would appear to have had to be willing to leave the US if denied benefits. The government nonetheless prosecuted him based on preconceived intent.

As to arranging a marriage, the government only claimed that Rajneesh told someone who lived in his house that they should get married in order to stay. Such encouragement appears to constitute, nor a crime in the US, but not a, which requires the formation of a plan and acts in furtherance. Travels and return to Pune: 1985–1990 [ ] Following his exit from the US, Rajneesh returned to India, landing in on 17 November 1985. He was given a hero's welcome by his Indian disciples and denounced the United States, saying the world must 'put the monster America in its place' and that 'Either America must be hushed up or America will be the end of the world.' He then stayed for six weeks in. When non-Indians in his party had their visas revoked, he moved on to, Nepal, and then, a few weeks later, to.

Arrested after a few days by the Greek National Intelligence Service, he flew to, then to and to, but was in each case refused entry. Next refused landing permission, so his plane returned to airport,, to refuel. There he was allowed to stay for two weeks, at a hotel in, on condition that he did not go out or give talks. He had been granted a Uruguayan identity card, one-year provisional residency and a possibility of permanent residency, so the party set out, stopping at, where the plane was surrounded by the.

He was allowed to spend one night at, then continued to and. In, the group moved to a house at where Rajneesh began speaking publicly until 19 June, after which he was 'invited to leave' for no official reason. A two-week visa was arranged for Jamaica but on arrival in police gave the group 12 hours to leave.

Refuelling in and in Madrid, Rajneesh returned to Bombay, India, on 30 July 1986. In January 1987, Rajneesh returned to the ashram in Pune where he held evening discourses each day, except when interrupted by intermittent ill health. Publishing and therapy resumed and the ashram underwent expansion, now as a 'Multiversity' where therapy was to function as a bridge to meditation. Rajneesh devised new 'meditation therapy' methods such as the 'Mystic Rose' and began to lead meditations in his discourses after a gap of more than ten years. His western disciples formed no large communes, mostly preferring ordinary independent living.

Red/orange dress and the mala were largely abandoned, having been optional since 1985. The wearing of maroon robes—only while on ashram premises—was reintroduced in summer 1989, along with white robes worn for evening meditation and black robes for group-leaders.

In November 1987, Rajneesh expressed his belief that his deteriorating health (nausea, fatigue, pain in extremities and lack of resistance to infection) was due to poisoning by the US authorities while in prison. His doctors and former attorney, Philip J. Toelkes (Swami Prem Niren), hypothesised and in a deliberately irradiated mattress, since his symptoms were concentrated on the right side of his body, but presented no hard evidence. US attorney Charles H. Hunter described this as 'complete fiction', while others suggested exposure to or chronic diabetes and stress. From early 1988, Rajneesh's discourses focused exclusively on.

In late December, he said he no longer wished to be referred to as 'Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh', and in February 1989 took the name ' Rajneesh', shortened to 'Osho' in September. He also requested that all trademarks previously branded with 'Rajneesh' be rebranded 'Osho'. His health continued to weaken. He delivered his last public discourse in April 1989, from then on simply sitting in silence with his followers. Shortly before his death, Rajneesh suggested that one or more audience members at evening meetings (now referred to as the White Robe Brotherhood) were subjecting him to some form of evil magic. A search for the perpetrators was undertaken, but none could be found. Death [ ] Rajneesh died on 19 January 1990, aged 58.

The official cause of death was, but a statement released by his commune claimed that he had died because 'living in the body had become a hell' after alleged poisoning in U.S. His ashes were placed in his newly built bedroom in Lao Tzu House at the ashram in Pune. The reads, 'OSHO // Never Born // Never Died // Only Visited this Planet Earth between // Dec 11 1931 – Jan 19 1990'.

Teachings [ ] Rajneesh's teachings, delivered through his discourses, were not presented in an academic setting, but interspersed with jokes and delivered with a rhetoric that many found spellbinding. The emphasis was not static but changed over time: Rajneesh revelled in paradox and contradiction, making his work difficult to summarise. He delighted in engaging in behaviour that seemed entirely at odds with traditional images of enlightened individuals; his early lectures in particular were famous for their humor and their refusal to take anything seriously. All such behaviour, however capricious and difficult to accept, was explained as 'a technique for transformation' to push people 'beyond the mind'. He spoke on major spiritual traditions including,,,,,,, on a variety of Eastern and Western mystics and on sacred scriptures such as the and the. The sociologist Lewis F. Carter saw his ideas as rooted in Hindu, in which the human experiences of separateness, duality and temporality are held to be a kind of dance or play of cosmic consciousness in which everything is sacred, has absolute worth and is an end in itself.

While his contemporary did not approve of Rajneesh, there are clear similarities between their respective teachings. Rajneesh also drew on a wide range of Western ideas. His belief in the recalls, while his description of man as a machine, condemned to the helpless acting out of unconscious, neurotic patterns, has much in common with and. His vision of the 'new man' transcending constraints of convention is reminiscent of 's Beyond Good and Evil; his promotion of bears comparison to; and his 'dynamic' meditations owe a debt to. Ego and the mind [ ] According to Rajneesh every human being is a with the capacity for, capable of unconditional and of responding rather than reacting to life, although the ego usually prevents this, identifying with social conditioning and creating false needs and conflicts and an illusory sense of identity that is nothing but a barrier of dreams. Otherwise man's innate being can flower in a move from the periphery to the centre.

Rajneesh viewed the mind first and foremost as a mechanism for survival, replicating behavioural strategies that have proven successful in the past. But the mind's appeal to the past, he said, deprives human beings of the ability to live authentically in the present, causing them to repress genuine emotions and to shut themselves off from joyful experiences that arise naturally when embracing the present moment: 'The mind has no inherent capacity for joy. It only thinks about joy.'

The result is that people poison themselves with all manner of,, and insecurities. He argued that, often advocated by religious leaders, makes suppressed feelings re-emerge in another guise, and that sexual repression resulted in societies obsessed with sex. Instead of suppressing, people should trust and accept themselves unconditionally. This should not merely be understood intellectually, as the mind could only assimilate it as one more piece of information: instead was needed. Meditation [ ] Rajneesh presented meditation not just as a practice but as a state of awareness to be maintained in every moment, a total awareness that awakens the individual from the sleep of mechanical responses conditioned by beliefs and expectations. He employed Western in the preparatory stages of meditation to create awareness of mental and emotional patterns.

He suggested more than a hundred meditation techniques in total. His own 'active meditation' techniques are characterised by stages of physical activity leading to silence. The most famous of these remains Dynamic Meditation, which has been described as a kind of microcosm of his outlook. Performed with closed or blindfolded eyes, it comprises five stages, four of which are accompanied by music.

First the meditator engages in ten minutes of rapid breathing through the nose. The second ten minutes are for: 'Let whatever is happening happen. Laugh, shout, scream, jump, shake—whatever you feel to do, do it!' Next, for ten minutes one jumps up and down with arms raised, shouting Hoo! Each time one lands on the flat of the feet. At the fourth, silent stage, the meditator stops moving suddenly and totally, remaining completely motionless for fifteen minutes, witnessing everything that is happening. The last stage of the meditation consists of fifteen minutes of dancing and celebration.

Rajneesh developed other active meditation techniques, such as the Kundalini 'shaking' meditation and the Nadabrahma 'humming' meditation, which are less animated, although they also include physical activity of one sort or another. His later 'meditative therapies' require sessions for several days, OSHO Mystic Rose comprising three hours of laughing every day for a week, three hours of weeping each day for a second week, and a third week with three hours of silent meditation.

These processes of 'witnessing' enable a 'jump into awareness'. Rajneesh believed such cathartic methods were necessary, since it was difficult for modern people to just sit and enter meditation. Once the methods had provided a glimpse of meditation people would be able to use other methods without difficulty. [ ] Sannyas [ ] Another key ingredient was his own presence as a; 'A Master shares his being with you, not his philosophy. He never does anything to the disciple.' The initiation he offered was another such device: '.

If your being can communicate with me, it becomes a communion. It is the highest form of communication possible: a transmission without words. Our beings merge. This is possible only if you become a disciple.'

Ultimately though, as an explicitly 'self-parodying' guru, Rajneesh even deconstructed his own authority, declaring his teaching to be nothing more than a 'game' or a joke. He emphasised that anything and everything could become an opportunity for meditation.

Renunciation and the 'New Man' [ ] Rajneesh saw his 'neo-sannyas' as a totally new form of spiritual discipline, or one that had once existed but since been forgotten. He thought that the traditional Hindu had turned into a mere system of social renunciation and imitation. He emphasised complete inner freedom and the responsibility to oneself, not demanding superficial behavioural changes, but a deeper, inner transformation. Desires were to be accepted and surpassed rather than denied. Once this inner flowering had taken place, desires such as that for sex would be left behind. Rajneesh said that he was 'the rich man's guru' and that material poverty was not a genuine spiritual value.

He had himself photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and, while in Oregon, drove a different each day – his followers reportedly wanted to buy him 365 of them, one for each day of the year. Publicity shots of the Rolls-Royces were sent to the press. They may have reflected both his advocacy of wealth and his desire to provoke American sensibilities, much as he had enjoyed offending Indian sensibilities earlier.

Rajneesh aimed to create a 'new man' combining the spirituality of with the zest for life embodied by ': 'He should be as accurate and objective as a scientist as sensitive, as full of heart, as a poet [and as] rooted deep down in his being as the mystic.' His term the 'new man' applied to men and women equally, whose roles he saw as complementary; indeed, most of his movement's leadership positions were held by women. This new man, 'Zorba the Buddha', should reject neither nor spirituality but embrace both.

Rajneesh believed humanity was threatened with extinction due to over-population, impending nuclear holocaust and diseases such as, and thought many of society's ills could be remedied by scientific means. The new man would no longer be trapped in institutions such as family,, political ideologies and religions. In this respect Rajneesh is similar to other counter-culture gurus, and perhaps even certain and thinkers. Euthanasia for crippled, blind, deaf and dumb children and genetic selection [ ] Rajneesh spoke many times of the dangers of, and advocated universal legalisation of contraception and abortion.

He described the religious prohibitions thereof as criminal, and argued that the United Nations' of the human ' played into the hands of religious campaigners. According to Rajneesh, one has no right to knowingly inflict a lifetime of suffering: life should begin only at birth, and even then, 'If a child is born deaf, dumb, and we cannot do anything, and the parents are willing, the child should be put to eternal sleep' rather than 'take the risk of burdening the earth with a crippled, blind child.' He argued that this simply freed the soul to inhabit a healthy body instead: 'Only the body goes back into its basic elements; the soul will fly into another womb. Nothing is destroyed. If you really love the child, you will not want him to live a seventy-year-long life in misery, suffering, sickness, old age. So even if a child is born, if he is not medically capable of enjoying life fully with all the senses, healthy, then it is better that he goes to eternal sleep and is born somewhere else with a better body.'

He stated that the decision to have a child should be a medical matter, and that oversight of population and genetics must be kept in the realm of science, outside of politicians' control: 'If genetics is in the hands of Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, what will be the fate of the world?' He believed that in the right hands, these measures could be used for good: 'Once we know how to change the program, thousands of possibilities open up. We can give every man and woman the best of everything. There is no need for anyone to suffer unnecessarily.

Being retarded, crippled, blind, ugly – all these will be possible to change.' Rajneesh's 'Ten Commandments' [ ] In his early days as Acharya Rajneesh, a correspondent once asked for his '. In reply, Rajneesh noted that it was a difficult matter because he was against any kind of commandment, but 'just for fun', set out the following: “ • Never obey anyone's command unless it is coming from within you also. • There is no God other than life itself. • Truth is within you, do not search for it elsewhere.

• Love is prayer. • To become a nothingness is the door to truth. Nothingness itself is the means, the goal and attainment. • Life is now and here.

• Live wakefully. • Do not swim—float. • Die each moment so that you can be new each moment.

• Do not search. That which is, is.

Stop and see. ” He underlined numbers 3, 7, 9 and 10. The ideas expressed in these Commandments have remained constant in his movement. The Osho International Meditation Resort in, attracts 200,000 visitors annually. Legacy [ ] While Rajneesh's teachings met with strong rejection in his home country during his lifetime, there has been a change in Indian public opinion since Rajneesh's death.

In 1991, an influential Indian newspaper counted Rajneesh, along with figures such as and, among the ten people who had most changed India's destiny; in Rajneesh's case, by 'liberating the minds of future generations from the shackles of religiosity and conformism'. Rajneesh has found more acclaim in his homeland since his death than he ever did while alive.

Writing in, columnist Tanweer Alam stated, 'The late Rajneesh was a fine interpreter of social absurdities that destroyed human happiness.' At a celebration in 2006, marking the 75th anniversary of Rajneesh's birth, Indian singer said that Rajneesh's teachings are 'more pertinent in the current milieu than they were ever before'. In, there were 60 Rajneesh centres with almost 45,000 initiated disciples as of January 2008. Rajneesh's entire works have been placed in the Library of in.

Prominent figures such as and the Indian writer have expressed their admiration for Osho. The actor and Rajneesh disciple, who had worked as Rajneesh's gardener in, served as India's from 2003 to 2004. Over 650 books are credited to Rajneesh, expressing his views on all facets of human existence.

Virtually all of them are renderings of his taped discourses. His books are available in more than 60 different languages and have entered best-seller lists in countries such as and. Rajneesh continues to be a known and published worldwide in the area of meditation and his work also includes social and political commentary. Transcriptions of his discourses are published in more than 60 languages and are available from more than 200 different publishing houses. Internationally, after almost two decades of controversy and a decade of accommodation, Rajneesh's movement has established itself in the market of new religions.

His followers have redefined his contributions, reframing central elements of his teaching so as to make them appear less controversial to outsiders. Societies in North America and Western Europe have met them half-way, becoming more accommodating to spiritual topics such as and meditation. The Osho International Foundation (OIF) runs seminars for corporate clients such as and, with a reported (2000) revenue between $15 and $45 million annually in the US Rajneesh's ashram in has become the Osho International Meditation Resort, one of India's main tourist attractions. Describing itself as the of the East, it teaches a variety of spiritual techniques from a broad range of traditions and promotes itself as a spiritual oasis, a 'sacred space' for discovering one's self and uniting the desires of body and mind in a beautiful resort environment. According to press reports, it attracts some 200,000 people from all over the world each year; prominent visitors have included politicians, media personalities and the. Before anyone is allowed to enter the resort, an test is required, and those who are discovered to have the disease are not allowed in.

In 2011, a national seminar on Rajneesh's teachings was inaugurated at the Department of Philosophy of the in. Funded by the office of the, the seminar focused on Rajneesh's 'Zorba the Buddha' teaching, seeking to reconcile spirituality with the materialist and objective approach. Reception [ ] Rajneesh is generally considered one of the most controversial spiritual leaders to have emerged from India in the twentieth century. His message of sexual, emotional, spiritual, and institutional liberation, as well as the pleasure he took in causing offense, ensured that his life was surrounded by controversy. Rajneesh became known as the 'sex guru' in India, and as the 'Rolls-Royce guru' in the United States. He attacked traditional concepts of nationalism, openly expressed contempt for politicians, and poked fun at the leading figures of various religions, who in turn found his arrogance unbearable. His teachings on sex, marriage, family, and relationships contradicted traditional values and aroused a great deal of anger and opposition around the world.

His movement was widely feared and loathed as a. Rajneesh was seen to live 'in ostentation and offensive opulence', while his followers, most of whom had severed ties with outside friends and family and donated all or most of their money and possessions to the commune, might be at a mere 'subsistence level'. Appraisal by scholars of religion [ ] Academic assessments of Rajneesh's work have been mixed and often directly contradictory. Uday Mehta saw errors in his interpretation of Zen and, speaking of 'gross contradictions and inconsistencies in his teachings' that 'exploit' the 'ignorance and gullibility' of his listeners. The sociologist Bob Mullan wrote in 1983 of 'a borrowing of truths, half-truths and occasional misrepresentations from the great traditions'.

Often bland, inaccurate, spurious and extremely contradictory'. Urban also said Rajneesh's teaching was neither original nor especially profound, and concluded that most of its content had been borrowed from various Eastern and Western philosophies., on the other hand, found such descriptions of Rajneesh's teaching as a 'potpourri' of various religious teachings unfortunate because Rajneesh was 'no amateur philosopher'. Drawing attention to Rajneesh's academic background he stated that; 'Whether or not one accepts his teachings, he was no charlatan when it came to expounding the ideas of others.' He described Rajneesh as primarily a Buddhist teacher, promoting an independent form of 'Beat Zen' and viewed the unsystematic, contradictory and outrageous aspects of Rajneesh's teachings as seeking to induce a change in people, not as philosophy lectures aimed at intellectual understanding of the subject. On the sayings of: • The Mustard Seed (the ) • Come Follow to You Vols.

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