Don’t Kill Him: The Story of My Life with Bhagwan Rajneesh Osho

316 Pages·2013·5 MB·English

by  Ma Anand Sheela

MA ANAND SHEELA
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DON'T
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The story of my life with Bhagwan Rajn

DON'T
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The story of my life with Bhagwan Rajneesh
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‘Osho is the most original thinker that India has produced: the
most erudite, the most clearheaded and the most innovative.’
Khushwant Singh
‘Osho will long be remembered as a great philosopher—saint
and mystic of the twentieth century.’
Manmohan Singh
‘People like Osho are way ahead of their time. It is a good sign
that the youth of today is reading more and more of Osho.’
K. R. Narayanan
‘Osho is an enlightened master, who is working with all
possibilities to help humanity to overcome a difficult phase in
developing consciousness.’
His Holiness, The Dalai Lama
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
(Osho)
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, perhaps the most controversial
Indian spiritual guru till date, is counted among the most
influential figures of the twentieth century. He set up His first
major ashram in Pune, and later moved to the US, where His
followers established a commune in Oregon.
Named Rajneeshpuram, this commune was spread over
64,000 acres and was like a city in itself, housing more than
5,000 residents by 1985. Over time, it developed its own urban
infrastructure, complete with fire departments, a transportation
system, a police station, shopping malls, a water reservoir, a
sewage-disposal plant, a post-office, a well-staffed security
force, and even a 1,300-metre-long airstrip.
Till 1990s, Bhagwan was a bigger controversial figure
than a major spiritual guru. Though He enjoyed a massive
international following even back then, His irreverent
discourses and ideas, rumours about drug addiction, and His
general disregard for laws and religions ensured that He had
many critics and enemies everywhere, particularly in India and
in the States.
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His espousal of freer sexuality alarmed religious leaders in
India and popularized Him as “Sex Guru.” Later in the US, He
earned the sobriquet “Rolls-Royce Guru” as He indulged in
His desire for luxury cars and collected close to hundred Rolls-
Royces in less than five years. He reportedly had a penchant
for luxury watches and pens as well and spent hundreds and
thousands of dollars of donation money on them.
When Rajneeshpuram dissolved in mid-1980s, Bhagwan
was indicted on thirty-five counts—charges included immi¬
gration violations as well as making false statements on His
visa application. At the same time, other Rajneeshpuram
leaders, including Ma Sheela, were booked for much graver
charges. These included attempts to murder public officials,
setting an enormous wiretapping network, and plotting the
first bio-terror attack on the United States. While Bhagwan
was fined $400,000 and was deported from the country, some
commune leaders were sentenced to many years of imprison¬
ment. When nearly twenty-one countries denied Him entry,
Bhagwan returned to His ashram in Pune in 1986, where He
lived for another four years. A cardiac arrest reportedly killed
Him in 1990.
Today, Bhagwan’s official Facebook page has more than
750,000 Likes; His 650 books, available in 55 languages, have
sold millions of copies worldwide; and His ashram in Pune
still attracts 200,000 visitors annually from all over the world.
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh perhaps was born great; in
His life He achieved greatness; and after His death a greater
greatness was thrust upon Him.
But no man is perfect. And great men like Bhagwan
Rajneesh often have greater flaws.
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