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Nirman Reflects on the Second Gauchhami I believe most readers will know or remember that when Rajneeshpuram was created, there were three Gachchhamis that were an essential prayer and part of daily life. I am highlighting here the second jewel, taking refuge in the sangha – Sangham sharanam gachchhami . This technically alludes to bowing in…[Read more]

Celebrate and Rejoice                                                                                by Chaitanya Keerti In the summer of the year 2000 I was banned from Osho International Meditation Resort.  Five or six other well known sannyasins were also banned the same day. The ban was that we were not allowed to enter within 100 metres of…[Read more]

If by chance you upset Osho International by way of supposed copyright infringements you get this ” Legalise“,  as two Indian websites did recently…. all seems odd to us at Sannyas News. What comments do we have? OSHO INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT NOTICE TO OSHORAJNEESH.COM & MESSAGEFROMMASTERS.COM To Whom it may concern: We have identified your…[Read more]

“Taking Sannyas” There was and still is a thing called “taking sannyas”. However some argue it died in the flames of the book of Rajneeshism, of which 10,000 were burnt publicly in September, 1985 in the Ranch crematorium, presumably with Osho’s knowledge. The Book of Rajneehism published twice in 1983 , was a creation of Ma [...]

Parva reviews this recent controversial book.. (Sannyasnews has noticed that few of the sannyas media have taken note of this book. In fact with the exception of Viha Connection, where a version of this review first appeared it seems to have been ignored.  This is almost certainly because of the use of the word “dangerous”.  However even [...]

Swami Madhukar aka Swami Dhyan Hareesh died from a fatal traffic accident on 23rd May. Madhu was born in Germany 22nd June 1949 and actively participated in Osho’s communes. He has been living recently in Ainakatti (Tamil Nadu) and felt at home in his chosen “Motherland India”. Madukar published many cartoons of sannyas life. In [...]

Arun is to run a Meditation camp in the New Forest UK, this month. Nityananda writes: I went to Osho Tapoban a few years ago and since then I have taken part in every camp that Arun has run in the UK. Each time I have had extraordinary experiences that made meditation more real and [...]

Osho wrote many personal letters to those interested in him before the major departure into neo-sannyas in 1970. These letters were freshly translated into English in 1980 and appear under the Title “A Cup of Tea”. Letter 54 written in 1969 has proved controversial over the years… “Love. I am one with all things – in [...]