Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain, 11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990) and latter rebranded as Osho was leader of the Rajneesh movement. During his lifetime he was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader and mystic.
In the 1960s he traveled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Hindu religious orthodoxy.
Rajneesh emphasized the importance of meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity and humor—qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and socialization.
In advocating a more open attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru".
In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as "neo-sannyasins". During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. In 1974 Rajneesh relocated to Pune, where an ashram was established and a variety of therapies, incorporating methods first developed by the Human Potential Movement, were offered to a growing Western following. By the late 1970s, the tension between the ruling Janata Party government of Morarji Desai and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development and a back taxes claim estimated at $5 million.
In 1981, the Rajneesh movement's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon. Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government, and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success.
In 1985, in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers, including a mass food poisoning attack with Salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner, Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela and her close supporters had been responsible. He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain.[
After his deportation, 21 countries denied him entry. He ultimately returned to India and a revived Pune ashram, where he died in 1990. Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the Zurich registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation). Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western New Age thought, and their popularity has increased markedly since his death.
Nav daudz grāmatu, kuras lasot tu izej caur sevi, pārcilā atmiņas, rīcības, situācijas, meklē iemeslus, iesaucies: "Ah, jā, man tieši tā ir"!
OSHO māca dzīvot viegli. Kopš lasu viņa grāmatas manas dzīves moto no "Yes, I am a dreamer, but I am not the only one" ir nomainījies uz "Prieks vairo prieku". Ir jāiemācās iesmiet par ikkatru brīdi, ir jāiemācās palaist vakardienu un nelekt apkaklītē rītdienai.
Sevi izmainīt ir grūti un pēķšņi atbrīvoties tik ļoti, lai varētu dejot jebkur, ir diezgan grūti, bet lasot OSHO es ar vien vairāk saprotu, kā es vēlos, lai aug mūsu mīlestības bērni. Viņi ir neatkarīgi un viņiem ir tiesības smieties arī tad, ja kādam šķiet, ka tā nav smuki, un viņiem ir tiesības spēlēties un mētāties ar dubļiem arī tad, ja karaliene Elizabete trotuāra malā kliedz, ka jaunas drēbes ir pārāk dārgas.
Cilvēk, dzīvo šodienā, negaudies par smago dzīvi, slikto laiku vai draņķīgiem cilvēkiem. Atver acis un ieraugi, kas pilnīgi viss ir tevī, pat tas miljons, kurš vienmēr tik ļoti trūkst.
Mīliet sevi, mīliet viens otru un pasmejieties par šķietamām negācijām, jo, kā pauž arī fragments no grāmatas, pat, ja vīrs un sieva strīdās, viņi stridu var pārvērst rotaļās un smieklos..
Un vispār, kurš ir teicis, ka īsts vīrietis vai sieviete, izveido īstu ģimeni tikai tad, ja stājas laulībā. Man arvien vairāk sāk šķist, ka var būt mīlestība bez laulības, gluži tāpat, kā laulība bez mīlestības..