Osho
1931-1990 58 years
aka: Rajneesh Chandra Mohan Jain (original birth name),
Acharya Rajneesh,
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh,
Zorba the Buddha,
Osho Rajneesh
Rajneesh Chandra Mohan Jain
Hindi: रजनीश चन्द्र मोहन जैन

famous Indian mystic, spiritual master
born Kuchwada, India
father: cloth shopkeeper
mother: mother of 11 children
eldest child of family
lives with maternal grandparents first 7 years in
rural village of middle India
moves back with family, public schooling
university student, studies
philosophy/psychology/religion.
university professor,
travels and speaks all over India
moves to Bombay, starts meditation camps,
seeing western people, starts "neo-sannyas"
movement.
moves to Pune, starts Shree Rajneesh Ashram,
therapy groups, meditations, sannyas
continue--speaks to audience on daily
basis--recorded and transcribed into books and
audio/video tapes.
moves to Oregon, USA--starts commune and city
called Rajneeshpuram, eventually arrested and
deported by US government for immigration
charges
World Tour, continues to speak discourses.
returns to Pune, continues to speak, focus on
Zen--center now called Osho Commune
International
health deteriorates, and Osho dies in January
1990.
cremated, and remains put in "samadhi" at Pune
commune.
center in Pune renamed Osho Meditation
Resort-- other Osho influenced communes,
meditation centers, and individual teachers spring
up around the world, publishing of his talks
expands, internet sites proliferate.
YouTube video of Osho talking about sex and death--01:48
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YouTube video of Osho talking about old and new techniques of meditation--08:53
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Ungan said, "Osho..."
Osho is really a great word of deep gratitude, love and honor. So much is implied that it cannot be translated by `reverend'; that reverend looks so ugly and Christian. Osho is very close and intimate, a very loving address, full of honor and gratitude...
– Osho Yakusan: Straight to the Point of Enlightenment, ch. 5
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