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Osho
Osho
("Rajneesh" Chandra Mohan Jain,
रजनीश चन्द्र मोहन जैन)
Born 11 December 1931
Kuchwada,
India Died 19 January 1990 (aged 58)
Pune, India
Nationality Indian Movement Jivan Jagruti Andolan;
Neo-sannyas Works From Sex to Superconsciousness
My Way, the Way of the White Clouds
The Book of Secrets
Influenced by Gautam Buddha
Mahavira
G. I. Gurdjieff Influenced Peter Sloterdijk "Rajneesh" Chandra Mohan Jain (
Hindi: रजनीश चन्द्र मोहन जैन) (December 11, 1931 – January 19, 1990), also known as
Acharya Rajneesh from the 1960s onwards, calling himself
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh during the 1970s and 1980s and taking the name
Osho in 1989, was an
Indian mystic and spiritual teacher.
A professor of
philosophy, he travelled throughout India in the 1960s as a public speaker, raising controversy by speaking against
socialism,
Mahatma Gandhi, and institutionalised
religion. He advocated a more open attitude towards
sexuality, a stance that earned him the sobriquet "sex guru" in the Indian and later the international press.
[1] In 1970, he settled for a while in
Mumbai (Bombay). He began initiating disciples (known as
neo-sannyasins) and took on the role of a spiritual teacher. In his discourses, he reinterpreted writings of religious traditions, mystics and philosophers from around the world. Moving to
Pune (Poona) in 1974, he established an
ashram that attracted increasing numbers of Westerners. The ashram offered therapies derived from the
Human Potential Movement to its Western audience and made news in India and abroad, chiefly because of its permissive climate and Osho's provocative lectures. By the end of the 1970s, there were mounting tensions with the Indian government and the surrounding society.
In 1981, Osho relocated to the United States, and his followers established an
intentional community, later known as
Rajneeshpuram, in the state of
Oregon. Within a year, the leadership of the commune became embroiled in a conflict with local residents, primarily over land use, which was marked by bitter hostility on both sides. In this period Osho attracted notoriety for his large collection of
Rolls-Royce motorcars. The Oregon commune collapsed in 1985, when Osho revealed that the commune leadership had committed a number of serious crimes, including a
bioterror attack on the citizens of
The Dalles. Shortly after, Osho was arrested and charged with immigration violations. He was
deported from the United States in accordance with a
plea bargain.
[2][3][4] Following an enforced world tour during which twenty-one countries denied him entry, Osho returned to Pune, where he died in 1990. His ashram is today known as the Osho International Meditation Resort.
Osho's
syncretic teachings emphasise the importance of
meditation, awareness,
love, celebration,
creativity and
humour – qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and
socialisation. His teachings have had a notable impact on Western
New Age thought,
[5][6] and their popularity has increased markedly since his death.
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