Osho Oral History

Osho Oral History. Conversations with Individuals whose lives have been transformed by Osho - by Swaram & Vikrant

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This is a research document for people interested in investigating who Osho was and in what way his work and vision affected the lives of millions of individuals in the late part of the 20th century. 

Our interest is to portray a wide range of personal experiences in the interviewee’ own words. We have done minimum editing of the content of such interviewees, so that this oral history project could be used by future researchers interested in studying Osho’s legacy and vision. Here they will find a story which is told through the direct voice of the people who were personally involved with him. 

For this purpose, we selected thirty-seven interviews, which were divided into categories. Thirty-three of those interviews were made by Sawaram and four came from my archive. We were particularly interested in people whose stories were not readily available in the existing media, despite being close to or profoundly influenced by Osho. Some of them were already working on memoirs about their time with him. We have purposely included interviews with disciples who were critical of some aspects of Osho’s work and left his company before he died. Our aim is that the person who reads this book can make up their own opinion by listening to many different voices.

Some Chapters:

The first part. People with direct interaction with Osho
Working for him

Ma Prem Veena – the seamstress
Swami Chinmayananda (Chin) – teaching Osho to drive
Swami Ananda Buddha – protecting Osho’s life
Ma Prem Jalada – preparing Osho’s discourses
Ma Dharm Jyoti – the first sannyasins

Healing Osho’s body

Swami Prem Anubuddha – the bodyworker
Swami Deva Abhiyana – working with Osho’s body

The mediums

Ma Krishna Radha – the medium and Tantra teacher
Ma Prem Kavisho – the medium and librarian

Children and Teenagers

Ma Prem Kendra – the teenager
Ma Yoga Pratiksha – Osho’s niece
Siddhartha – the favourite kid
Ma Deva Priya – being guided by Osho

The second part. Ashram workers
Work as play

Swami Prem Indivar – the physician
Swami Anand Prabhat – Ranch security armed guard
Ma Prem Prartho – the designer
Swami Satya Vedant – the professor
Swami Anand Subhuti – the journalist
Ma Anand Suresha – the female samurai
Ma Anand Pratibha – the singer

The third part. Influential people inspired by Osho
Transforming experience into learning

Ma Ananda Sarita – the Neo-Tantra teacher
Ma Deva Premal – bringing devotion through her songs
Swami Anand Haridas – the scholar
Ma Amrit Roshani – the professor

The Fourth Part. A kaleidoscope of individuals
Their life, their growth

Ma Prem Gyana – a sannyas child
Parambodhi – being a gay sannyasin
Ma Anand Vandana – the struggle with alcoholism
Ma Deva Dwabha – caring for children in India

The Fifth Part. Therapists and group leaders
The meeting of East and West, of therapy & meditation

Turiya Hannover – Path of Love and therapist training
Ma Prem Vasumati – relationships
Swami Anand Rajen – zencounter
Swami Anand Somendra – energy work
Ma Prem Divya – introducing Primal Therapy
Ma Prem Amiyo – Osho-Gurdjieff Sacred Dances
Swami Prem Anam – Primal Therapy
Ma Prem Leela – meditative therapies

The Final Part. Turning the ashram into a resort
The intention to keep Osho’s legacy as a contemporary phenomenon
Swami Prem Amrito – Osho’s personal physician

ISBN: 978-956-01-1656-7, 525 Pages, 37 chapters