Osho’s early Kirtan groups

In October 1971 Osho started the early Kirtan Mandali groups of Indian and Western sannyasins, who traveled around India giving talks on His teachings, leading meditations, playing music, and singing and dancing.  This seemed a good natural development of Osho’s … Continue reading

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From Bhagwan to Osho… ..

(There is a lot of material over at Sannyaswiki on this, maybe gone overboard with detail.) When Osho changed his name previously from Acharya Rajneesh to Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (circa 1970),  he actually asked his then Joint Secretary, Swami Yoga … Continue reading

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London is waking up to Osho

Friends, the Osho fragrance is spreading again in the air of London, something is happening, the caravan is on the move! The inexplicable pull towards “the man who shook the world” is palpable; the Osho magnet is again attracting people … Continue reading

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A Salutary Story – Osho arrested in Crete

In March, 1986 Osho was arrested in Crete after just two weeks or so in the country. Stirred on by Greek Orthodox archbishops the Greek government decided he was an undesirable – and for much the same reasons as Socrates … Continue reading

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Osho and Gandhi – an Early Example

Laxmi (who is sometimes referred to as Osho’s first secretary – actually she was the third but for some reason anything that Osho did before 1970 is often excluded from accounts of his life, when in fact those years were … Continue reading

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