30 Facts About Rajneesh movement

Rajneesh movement are people inspired by the Indian mystic Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, known as Osho, particularly initiated disciples who are referred to as "neo-sannyasins".

The Bhagwan, as Rajneesh movement was then called, was deported from the United States in 1985 as part of his Alford plea deal following the convictions of his staff and right hand Ma Anand Sheela, who were found guilty of the attack.

Rajneesh movement began speaking in public in 1958, while still a lecturer in philosophy at Jabalpur University.

Rajneesh movement lectured throughout India during the 1960s, promoting meditation and the ideals of free love, a social movement based on a civil libertarian philosophy that rejects state regulation and religious interference in personal relationships; he denounced marriage as a form of social bondage, especially for women.

Rajneesh movement criticised socialism and Gandhi, but championed capitalism, science, technology and birth control, warning against overpopulation and criticising religious teachings that promote poverty and subjection.

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Rajneesh movement became known as Acharya Rajneesh, Acharya meaning "teacher or professor" and "Rajneesh" being a childhood nickname.

Rajneesh movement's became Rajneesh's first sannyasin, taking the name Ma Yoga Laxmi.

Rajneesh movement developed his role as a spiritual teacher, supporting himself through lectures, meditation camps and individual meetings for his wealthier followers.

Rajneesh movement differentiated his sannyas from the traditional practice, admitting women and viewing renunciation as a process of renouncing ego rather than the world.

Rajneesh movement became the first Eastern guru to embrace modern psychotherapy.

Rajneesh movement discoursed daily upon religious scriptures, combining elements of Western philosophy, jokes and personal anecdotes.

Several incidents that led to a decline of the Rajneesh movement occurred in The Dalles, the county seat and largest city of Wasco County, Oregon.

Rajneesh movement were discovered to have been running what was called "the longest wiretapping operation ever uncovered".

These revelations brought criminal charges against several Rajneesh movement leaders, including Ma Anand Sheela, personal secretary to Rajneesh movement, who pleaded guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault.

In 1990, Rajneesh movement died and was buried at the ashram in Poona; which became the Osho International Meditation Resort.

In 2003, sociologist Stephen Hunt wrote in Alternative Religions that "the Rajneesh movement has declined since 1985, and some would argue it is, for all intents and purposes, defunct.

The Rajneesh movement would be open to people of all religions or of none, experimenting with the inner methods of all religions in their pure, original form, not seeking to synthesise them but to provide facilities whereby each might be revived, maintained and defended and their lost and hidden secrets rediscovered.

Carter comments that the motivation for formalising Rajneesh movement's teachings are not easy to determine, but might perhaps have been tied to a visa application made to the Immigration and Naturalization Service to obtain "religious worker" status for him.

Rajneesh movement's disciples set fire to 5, 000 copies of the book Rajneeshism.

Rajneesh movement said he ordered the book-burning to rid the sect of the last traces of the influence of Sheela, whose robes were added to the bonfire.

Rajneesh movement held that families, large cities and nations would ultimately be replaced by small communities with a communal way of life.

Rajneesh movement clashed with Oregon officials and government while at Rajneeshpuram, resulting in tensions within the commune itself.

Hugh B Urban comments that "one of the most astonishing features of the early Rajneesh movement was its remarkable success as a business enterprise".

Gordon opined that what Rajneesh movement loved most about the Rolls-Royces, apart from their comfort, was "the anger and envy that his possession of so many—so absurdly, unnecessarily, outrageously many—of them aroused".

Rajneesh movement wrote of a bumper sticker that was popular among sannyasins: "Jesus Saves.

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At this time, the three main identifiable organisations within the Rajneesh movement were: the Ranch Church, or Rajneesh International Foundation; the Rajneesh Investment Corporation (RIC), through which the RFI was managed; and the Rajneesh Neo-Sannyasin International Commune (RNSIC).

In 1984 the average age of members of the Rajneesh movement was 34; 64 percent of the followers had a four-year college degree.

Internationally, by 2005, and after almost two decades of controversy and a decade of accommodation, Rajneesh's movement had established itself in the market of new religions.

Rajneesh movement's followers have redefined his contributions, reframing central elements of his teaching so as to make them appear less controversial to outsiders.

In 2011, a national seminar on Rajneesh movement's teachings was inaugurated at the Department of Philosophy of the Mankunwarbai College for Women in Jabalpur.