1. During this time, which lasted until November 1984, in lieu of Rajneesh speaking publicly, videos of his discourses were played to commune audiences. The epitaph reads, "Never Born – Never Died Only visited this planet Earth between December 11, 1931 and January 19, 1990". Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh : biography 11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990 Homosexuality as perversion / segregation and relocation of homosexuals In the years before his move to the United States, Osho apparently supported and even encouraged homosexual sannyasins, stating, "No condemnation, no judgement, no evaluation. Khushwant Singh, an eminent author, historian, and former editor of the Hindustan Times, has described Rajneesh as "the most original thinker that India has produced: the most erudite, the most clearheaded and the most innovative". [9][10], In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as "neo-sannyasins". Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort,[19] and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation). Osho (1931-1990), líder religioso indio. 99. After pleading guilty, Rajneesh returned to India, where he found the number of his followers had significantly decreased. Rajneeshpuram was the only city impacted. On 30 September 1985, Rajneesh denied that he was a religious teacher. [196], He suggested more than a hundred meditation techniques in total. However, his movement had become so controversial that the local government threw up various roadblocks to make things difficult for him. [72] Bernard Gunther, his Esalen colleague, fared better in Pune and wrote a book, Dying for Enlightenment, featuring photographs and lyrical descriptions of the meditations and therapy groups. Paperback More Buying Choices $73.36 (16 used & new offers) The grass grows by itself: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh talks on Zen. [143][144][145] 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. (, harvnb error: no target: CITEREFFitzGerald1986b (, "The Bhagwan may also soon need his voice to defend himself on charges he lied on his original temporary-visa application: if the immigration service proves he never intended to leave, the Bhagwan could be deported." [58][64] Until 1981, lecture series held in Hindi alternated with series held in English. [93][241] His movement was widely considered a cult. There is no need to be a superman. The two adjoining houses and 6 acres (2.4 ha) of land became the nucleus of an ashram, and the property is still the heart of the present-day OSHO International Meditation Resort. On January 19, 1990, he died of heart failure at one of his few remaining communes in Pune, India. He will not be ready to be a soldier at all. [37] Having proved himself to be disruptively argumentative, he was not required to attend college classes at D. N. Jain College except for examinations and used his free time to work for a few months as an assistant editor at a local newspaper. [121] 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. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (1931-1990) was a religious leader who developed a following which included many Americans at Poona, India. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh was born Chandra Mohan Jain on December 11, 1931. And all ideals cripple and paralyse you. [74] He stated that the style of therapy Rajneesh devised, with its liberal attitude towards sexuality as a sacred part of life, had proved influential among other therapy practitioners and new age groups. When non-Indians in his party had their visas revoked, he moved on to Kathmandu, Nepal, and then, a few weeks later, to Crete. : ISBN None Number of pages : Not numbered Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes : Cloth-bound with transparent plastic cover. by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and Osho | Sep 1, 1984. Wild Wild Country. In the process, he became something of a pariah and earned himself the nickname "the sex guru.". [235] Funded by the Bhopal office of the University Grants Commission, the seminar focused on Rajneesh's "Zorba the Buddha" teaching, seeking to reconcile spirituality with the materialist and objective approach. And secondly, it has helped me to find my real, authentic people who are not in need of words to be with me. Live a simple, ordinary life – a day to day existence. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. He delivered his last public discourse in April 1989, from then on simply sitting in silence with his followers. Explore Shree's Public Records, Phone, Address, Social Media & More. [184] Urban, too, viewed Rajneesh as negating a dichotomy between spiritual and material desires, reflecting the preoccupation with the body and sexuality characteristic of late capitalist consumer culture and in tune with the socio-economic conditions of his time. His discourses continued to be published. [182] 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 humour and their refusal to take anything seriously. Indian cult leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh created the spiritual practice of dynamic meditation. Named after the iconoclastic Indian guru, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (aka Osho, 1931–1990), Rajneeshpuram was a wildly creative religious community that brought together thousands of young devotees from all over the world to create a kind of free-love, New Age utopia in the Oregon desert. It is the highest form of communication possible: a transmission without words. – because from the very beginning enmity has been at the base. Los seguidores en España del polémico gurú indio le defienden frente a la serie ‘Wild Wild Country’, que cuestiona su pasado [229] His books are available in more than 60 languages from more than 200 publishing houses[230] and have entered best-seller lists in Italy and South Korea. "[citation needed], 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?" [101], In May 1982 the residents of Rancho Rajneesh voted to incorporate it as the city of Rajneeshpuram. [4] 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. [39] He resisted his parents' pressure to marry. For the title of a Zen priest, see Oshō. Look Up Any Name. [232][233], Rajneesh's ashram in Pune has become the OSHO International Meditation centre 'Wild Wild Country' is one of the biggest hits on Netflix this year. [100] Within a year of arriving, Rajneesh and his followers had become embroiled in a series of legal battles with their neighbours, the principal conflict relating to land use. [205] Publicity shots of the Rolls-Royces were sent to the press. [79][80] Besides, Desai's government cancelled the tax-exempt status of the ashram with retrospective effect, resulting in a claim estimated at $5 million. Beware of them! [170] Red/orange dress and the mala were largely abandoned, having been optional since 1985. The Bagwash talks the way that he looks. [111] He had also supported her when disputes about her behaviour arose within the commune leadership, but in early 1984, as tension amongst the inner circle peaked, a private meeting was convened with Sheela and his personal house staff. Wild Wild Country. [105][106] In March 1982, local residents formed a group called Citizens for Constitutional Cities to oppose the Ranch development. [237][238] His message of sexual, emotional, spiritual, and institutional liberation, as well as the pleasure he took in causing offence, ensured that his life was surrounded by controversy. The really free man has no ideals.". "[212], "Science has been a dagger driven into the back of nature. In their quest for spiritual enlightenment, Rajneesh's followers took new Indian names, dressed in orange and red clothes, and participated in group sessions that sometimes involved both violence and sexual promiscuity. [196] The most famous of these remains Dynamic Meditation™,[196][197] which has been described as a kind of microcosm of his outlook. He lived with his grandparents during his early youth and then with his parents and was an intelligent but rebellious child. [169] The wearing of maroon robes—only while on ashram premises—was reintroduced in the summer of 1989, along with white robes worn for evening meditation and black robes for group leaders. [142] 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. [92] He lived in a trailer next to a covered swimming pool and other amenities. © 2021 Biography and the Biography logo are registered trademarks of A&E Television Networks, LLC. (Click HERE to expand picture). Further, the relevant intent is that of the employer, not the employee. Born: 11-Dec-1931 Birthplace: Kuchwada, Madhya Pradesh, India Died: 19-Jan-1990 Location of death: Pune, India Cause of death: Heart Failure Remains: Cremated, Pune, India Gender: Male Religion: Cult Race or Ethnicity: Asian/Indian Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Religion Nationality: India Executive summary: Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces Osho's followers also continue to spread his beliefs from one of the hundreds of Osho Meditation Centers that they have opened in major cities across the globe. Year of publication : 1980 Publisher : Rajneesh Foundation Edition no. The prospect enticed young Westerners to come reside at his ashram in Pune, India, and become Rajneesh's devout disciples, called sannyasins. The property was a 64,229-acre (260 km2) ranch, previously known as "The Big Muddy Ranch" and located across two counties (Wasco and Jefferson). [31][32] In his school years, he was a gifted and rebellious student, and gained a reputation as a formidable debater. [3] He criticised orthodox Indian religions as dead, filled with empty ritual, oppressing their followers with fears of damnation and promises of blessings. The Bhagwan Rajneesh was an eccentric Indian mystic guru, and spiritual leader (known as Chandra Mohan Jain before the 60's). Hence, ALL ideals are inhuman. In Uruguay, the group moved to a house at Punta del Este where Rajneesh began speaking publicly until 19 June, after which he was "invited to leave" for no official reason. [14] He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain. He will be more joyous. Osho Rajneesh" redirects here. AKA Chandra Mohan Jain. As to arranging a marriage, the government only claimed that Rajneesh told someone who lived in his house that they should marry to stay. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh - oshoemportugues. The Netflix docuseries Wild Wild Country follows the saga of the Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his cult in 1980s Oregon. [198][199], 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. [260][261][262] In his paper The Narcissistic Guru: A Profile of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Ronald O. Clarke, Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Oregon State University, argued that Rajneesh exhibited all the typical features of narcissistic personality disorder, such as a grandiose sense of self-importance and uniqueness; a preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success; a need for constant attention and admiration; a set of characteristic responses to threats to self-esteem; disturbances in interpersonal relationships; a preoccupation with personal grooming combined with frequent resorting to prevarication or outright lying; and a lack of empathy. [126] Sheela later stated that Rajneesh took sixty milligrams of valium each day and was addicted to nitrous oxide. [4], In a 1968 lecture series, later published under the title From Sex to Superconsciousness, he scandalised Hindu leaders by calling for freer acceptance of sex and became known as the "sex guru" in the Indian press. [184] George Chryssides, 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". The Court found that the City property was owned and controlled by the Foundation, and entered judgement for the State. p114, (1978) Bhagwan, The Movie, by Robert Hillman, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Byron v. 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[131] At this time, the three main identifiable entities within his organisation were: the Ranch Church, or Rajneesh International Foundation (RIF); the Rajneesh Investment Corporation (RIC), through which the RIF was managed; and the Rajneesh Neo-Sannyasin International Commune (RNSIC). Their destination: Rancho Rajneesh, a spiritual encampment 200 miles away in eastern Oregon. (American Notes, harvnb error: no target: CITEREFFitzGerald1986a (, harvnb error: no target: CITEREFOsho1985 (. There were also smaller organisations, such as Rajneesh Travel Corp, Rajneesh Community Holdings, and the Rajneesh Modern Car Collection Trust, whose sole purpose was to deal with the acquisition and rental of Rolls Royces. [178] His ashes were placed in his newly built bedroom in Lao Tzu House at the ashram in Pune. [184][209] In this respect Rajneesh is similar to other counter-culture gurus, and perhaps even certain postmodern and deconstructional thinkers. [113] He also gained public notoriety for amassing a large collection of Rolls-Royce cars, eventually numbering 93 vehicles. [100][103][102] 1000 Friends publicly called for the city to be "dismantled". And actually Hitler was a great man, although he could not say that publicly because nobody would understand that. Capably assembled from hundreds of hours of archival footage, Wild Wild Country’s focus is the late Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, an Indian guru in flowing robes and sporting a … [135][136] In July 1985 he resumed daily public discourses. Photograph: Netflix. Sam Wolfson. 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. "[183] 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. [58][64], To decide which therapies to participate in, visitors either consulted Rajneesh or selected according to their own preferences. [79] 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 satsangs—silent sitting with music and readings from spiritual works such as Khalil Gibran's The Prophet or the Isha Upanishad—replaced discourses. We can give every man and woman the best of everything. [236], Rajneesh is generally considered one of the most controversial spiritual leaders to have emerged from India in the twentieth century. [127][130], At the peak of the Rajneeshpuram era, Rajneesh, assisted by a sophisticated legal and business infrastructure, had created a corporate machine consisting of various front companies and subsidiaries. [79] The plans were never implemented as mounting tensions between the ashram and the Janata Party government of Morarji Desai resulted in an impasse. "[267][268] James finished by saying that Rajneesh, though a "fairly benign example of his type", was a "rebarbative dingbat who manipulates the manipulable into manipulating one another". [222] Rajneesh has found more acclaim in his homeland since his death than he ever did while alive. [191][193] 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. [56][57] Rajneesh spoke at the Pune ashram from 1974 to 1981. [219], While Rajneesh's teachings were not welcomed by many in his own home country during his lifetime, there has been a change in Indian public opinion since Rajneesh's death. Following his death, the commune was renamed the Osho Institute, and then later the Osho International Meditation Resort, which is currently estimated to attract as many as 200,000 visitors a year. [91] 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. He will be livelier. [176][177], Rajneesh died on 19 January 1990, aged 58, at the ashram in Pune, India. Laugh, shout, scream, jump, shake—whatever you feel to do, do it! The fact is otherwise, just the contrary. [231] Internationally, after almost two decades of controversy and a decade of accommodation, Rajneesh's movement has established itself in the market of new religions. [3] In December 1970, he moved to the Woodlands Apartments in Mumbai, where he gave lectures and received visitors, among them his first Western visitors. 5.0 out of 5 stars 2. This page was last edited on 12 January 2021, at 00:06. Following his graduation in 1957, Rajneesh accepted a position as an assistant professor of philosophy at Raipur Sanskrit College, but his radical ideas soon put him at odds with the institution's administration and he was forced to find work elsewhere, eventually becoming a professor at the University of Jabalpur. 318 Me gusta. 27 talking about this. [267][268][269] Responding to an enthusiastic review of Rajneesh's talks by Bernard Levin in The Times, Dominik Wujastyk, also writing in The Times, similarly expressed his opinion that the talk he heard while visiting the Poona ashram was of a very low standard, wearyingly repetitive and often factually wrong, and stated that he felt disturbed by the personality cult surrounding Rajneesh. [111] Devageet claimed Rajneesh warned that Sheela's jealousy of anyone close to him would inevitably make them a target. [231] His followers have redefined his contributions, reframing central elements of his teaching so as to make them appear less controversial to outsiders. [40] 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. Rajneesh was born Chandra Mohan Jain; he was known as the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh during the 1970s and 1980s, and finally as Osho in the last year of his life. Creator:Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh; Media in category "Rajneesh" The following 14 files are in this category, out of 14 total. [228] Many Bollywood personalities like Mahesh Bhatt, Parveen Babi were also known to be the followers of Rajneesh's philosophy. He died in 2017 after spending more than four decades in prison. [259] Rajneesh corresponded to Weber's pure charismatic type in rejecting all rational laws and institutions and claiming to subvert all hierarchical authority, though Urban said that the promise of absolute freedom inherent in this resulted in bureaucratic organisation and institutional control within larger communes. [104][101] 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 to their home cities at the state's expense. [111], Several months later, on 30 October 1984, he ended his period of public silence, announcing that it was time to "speak his own truths". 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". [4] From 1958, he taught philosophy as a lecturer at Jabalpur University, being promoted to professor in 1960. The guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and sannyasin devotees in a still from Wild Wild Country. To become a nothingness is the door to truth. [118] Resident sannyasins without US citizenship experienced visa difficulties that some tried to overcome by marriages of convenience. However, conflicts with the local community there resulted in Rajneesh and members of his group turning to crime to achieve their ends, and in 1985, Rajneesh was arrested for immigration fraud. During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, bhakti poets, and philosophers from around the world. [50] He now travelled rarely, no longer speaking at open public meetings. In the coming months, he searched unsuccessfully for a place to reestablish his ashram. Our beings merge. [153] The indictment was returned in camera, but word was leaked to Rajneesh's lawyer. [78], By the latter 1970s, the Pune ashram was too small to contain the rapid growth and Rajneesh asked that somewhere larger be found. The religious cult made national news after engaging in immigration fraud, busing homeless people to their commune, and perpetrating the largest bioterrorism attack in US history in an attempt to overthrow local government leaders.. Comparing Rajneesh with Gurdjieff, Anthony Storr wrote that Rajneesh was "personally extremely impressive", noting that "many of those who visited him for the first time felt that their most intimate feelings were instantly understood, that they were accepted and unequivocally welcomed rather than judged. [52] However, his sannyasins were encouraged to follow a celebratory rather than ascetic lifestyle. He lived with his grandparents during … [168] In late December, he said he no longer wished to be referred to as "Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh", and in February 1989 took the name "Osho Rajneesh", shortened to "Osho" in September. [41], Having completed his BA in philosophy at D. N. Jain College in 1955, he joined the University of Sagar, where in 1957 he earned his MA in philosophy (with distinction). Uday Mehta saw errors in his interpretation of Zen and Mahayana Buddhism, speaking of "gross contradictions and inconsistencies in his teachings" that "exploit" the "ignorance and gullibility" of his listeners. "So the first thing to be understood is: All ideals are perfectionist. Address 3. Robbins, while stressing that he was not a disciple, further stated that he had "read enough vicious propaganda and slanted reports to suspect that he was one of the most maligned figures in history". [155] On the strength of Sheela's tape recordings, authorities later said they believed that there had been a plan that sannyasin women and children would have been asked to create a human shield if authorities tried to arrest Rajneesh at the commune. [82], By 1981, Rajneesh's ashram hosted 30,000 visitors per year. Devotees said that he was a great omniscient spiritual master. And I repeat again: I don't accept anything higher than man. "[223] At a celebration in 2006, marking the 75th anniversary of Rajneesh's birth, Indian singer Wasifuddin Dagar said that Rajneesh's teachings are "more pertinent in the current milieu than they were ever before". Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose is known for working with Albert Einstein on the Bose-Einstein Condensate and as the namesake of the boson, or “God particle.”. [25] According to press reports, prominent visitors have included politicians and media personalities. [231] Societies in North America and Western Europe have met them half-way, becoming more accommodating to spiritual topics such as yoga and meditation. It was base for Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, a guru from India, and 2,000 of … Some rely on suing the bejezus out of dissidents; others rely on mass suicide, shootouts with the feds, creating their own uncritical media outlets, or putting rattlesnakes in mailboxes. [149] 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". 1982 Osho driving.jpg 800 × 535; 60 KB. [253] Hugh Milne (Swami Shivamurti), an ex-devotee who between 1973 and 1982 worked closely with Rajneesh as leader of the Poona Ashram Guard[254] and as his personal bodyguard,[255][256] noted that their first meeting left him with a sense that far more than words had passed between them: "There is no invasion of privacy, no alarm, but it is as if his soul is slowly slipping inside mine, and in a split second transferring vital information. "use strict";(function(){var insertion=document.getElementById("citation-access-date");var date=new Date().toLocaleDateString(undefined,{month:"long",day:"numeric",year:"numeric"});insertion.parentElement.replaceChild(document.createTextNode(date),insertion)})(); Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives. [74] Besides the controversy around the therapies, allegations of drug use amongst sannyasin began to mar the ashram's image. 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