Osho movement
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(1931 - 1990)
The Osho movement is a new religious movement founded and inspired by the Indian guru and philosopher Osho (aka Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) (1931 - 1990) that has survived the guru's death. Centers, groups and individuals inspired by his teachings can be found all over the world.
Its unconventional syncretic teachings have elements of Western philosophy, Hinduism, Zen and several other religious sources, with an admixture of Western psychotherapeutic approaches.
In the 1980s it had an intentional community near Antelope, Oregon, United States, called Rajneeshpuram.
The movement was very controversial when the guru was still alive, both in India, Western Europe, and the United States.
Participants in the Osho movement are called neo-sannyasins, the prefix "neo" being used to distinguish them from traditional Hindu sannyasins, or renunciants, though that prefix is usually omitted in casual parlance. In the past they were also known as Rajneeshees and sometimes as "Orange People" because of the orange robes they once wore.
[edit] External links
- Osho Meditation Resort
- Osho World
- Cartoons from the world of Osho
- Premies Versus Sannyasins by the psychologists of religion Dr. Jan van der Lans and Dr. Frans Derks in which they compared the adherents of the Divine Light Mission and the Osho-Rajneesh movement, originally published in Update: A Quarterly Journal on New Religious Movements, X/2 June 1986
- Considering Controversy and Stagnation in the Osho Rajneesh Movement
- Article The Rise and Fall of Rajneeshpuram in Ashé Magazine
