Notes
about Osho until
he
leaves his body 19 Jan 1990
19
May: in a General Meeting in Buddha Hall it is announced that Osho will not
speak publicly again.
23
May: Announcement of message from Osho: he will come to darshan in the
evenings. When he arrives everyone can celebrate with him. This is followed by
a period of silent meditation, after which Osho leaves. A video of one of
Osho's discourses is then shown. Osho also says that the Buddhafield energy is
at a new and higher level.
June:
Multiversity formed: the Centre for Transformation, Mystery School, Osho School
of Creative Arts, Osho School of Martial Arts; Osho gives message about wearing
white robes for darshan with him.
July:
Gurupurnima Festival of Full Moon begins: Osho comes out for 7 minutes. This is
the first appearance of the White Robe Brotherhood.
Three-day
meditation camps on the second weekend of each month start, under Zareen's
supervision.
Osho
answers written questions from journalist Pritish Nandy which are read to him
by Satya Vedant (last615)
August:
Osho School of Music starts; Osho Global Connections starts; Osho dictates
letter to Literaturnaya Gazeta (Russian paper); An electronic rooster, which
emits a very loud 'cock-a-doodle-doo" every hour on the hour was sent to
Osho as a gift, and he enjoys it so much he wants them installed in the ashram
as an awareness device.
18
August: Message from Osho via Anando at the evening video: "Few have
understood my words"
20
August: announcement that Osho will be coming out every evening from tomorrow;
Osho tells Anando of a vision of blue light Aum sign. According to tradition,
this vision intimates that the person will soon leave their body.
22
August: message from Osho that the poisoning in Oklahoma jail has weakened him
but he will be coming to the evening meeting, which is the highlight of whole
day for the commune.
23
August: Osho talks to Anando about the mystical gathering of energy into white
robes. Maroon robes are to be worn in future for meditations and groups; black
robes with white belt to be worn by group leaders during groups and sessions.
24
August: Anando announces about the 4 layers of energy, and about keeping the
absolute silence during darshan with Osho.
25
August: announcement that maroon robes are to be worn by everyone in the ashram
during work hours as well as for meditations.
31
August: Osho moves into his new Chuang Tzu bedroom, which is lined with marble
and lit by a large chandelier. The one-way floor to ceiling windows overlook
the garden and newly landscaped white marble waterfall and rock pools.
September:
Osho is sick for two weeks, he continues to have dental sessions nearly every
day. He is not well. The dentist, Dr Modi, makes a statement regarding Osho
being radiated.
12
September: Osho drops 'Rajneesh' from his name, and will from now on be known
simply as 'Osho'
14
September: Osho moves back to his former bedroom, and the Chuang Tzu bedroom is
used for Mystic Rose and No-Mind groups. The new glass walkway which has been
built for Osho to take walks in the garden, will be used for Vipassana and
Zazen-type groups. Several new groups are developed including a Women's
Liberation Group, and the Neo-Zen group run by Avirbhava, whose new title of
'high priestess' is announced before darshan.
October:
all the buildings in the Commune are painted black.
5
October: Osho creates "Born Again" group: one hour playing like a
child, followed by one hour silent sitting.
15
October: the mantra salute Yaa-Hoo! which is shouted before darshan is now
changed to "O-sho!"
17
October: Osho sends a message that the commune is to be called a Multiversity
Campus
22
October: Announcement that "Osho" can be used as a mantra
November:
Osho begins the "Stop exercises to create silence": Osho dances with
hands and stops suddenly with hands raised; everyone to stop with hands raised
also.
17
November: Osho gives instructions about when he leaves his body; he asks for a
group to be formed to translate his Hindi books into English; Osho says
"Nobody will be my successor; the Inner Circle will be the
successor." He gives further instructions on how the Inner Circle will
function.
23
November: Men's Liberation group created
28
November: there is a message from Osho that people buy and read his books. From
now on the reading of Osho's books will become an integral part of the
groundwork for all ashram groups.
29
November: Tan-san, the Japanese woman enlightened master, visits the ashram in
order to give Osho healing energy as, she indicates, the world needs his
continuing presence in the body. During darshan Osho showers her with rose
petals.
1
December: Rev Ryoju Kikuchi, Japanese enlightened master, visits
Throughout
December, Osho repeatedly comments, to his attendants, on the silent meditation
during darshan: "the silence is becoming so solid you can almost touch
it."
5
December: Osho creates new group "Osho Reminding Yourself the Forgotten
Language of Talking to Your Body", and gives instructions for the first
group
9
December: Nirvano (Osho's long-time companion, also known as Gudiya and Vivek)
leaves her body. Osho arranges a memorial for her: "Nirvano, who died an
untimely death". This is placed on the new Osho House building.
12
December: Osho comments on the Birthday celebration: "The celebration went
really well. It was the best celebration ever."
16
December: Osho requests a photo session with Videha and Veeresh, who have both
been very active in helping Osho's work in Europe. Swami Veeresh is a long-time
sannyasin therapist, and the founder of Humaniversity in Holland. Swami Videha
has translated into Italian and published many of Osho's books, which have been
widely distributed in Italy and become best sellers in the non-fiction category
of books. These photos are published in Osho Times International
24
December: The Sunday Mail, UK, prints an article about Cardinal Ratzinger and
the Vatican being partly responsible for expulsion of Osho from the USA.
16
January 1990: Osho's last darshan in Buddha Hall which includes dancing
followed by silent meditation. Osho has had severe pains in his arms for some
time and will not move his arms in future, but everyone should continue to
celebrate and dance when he arrives.
Osho
sends a message that during darshan someone is using black magic against him,
Osho could defend himself, but since the attacker would thus be harmed, Osho
will not do so. Steps are taken to discover who is involved, without success.
17
January: Dr Amrito announces Osho's message that Osho will only come and
namaste from now on, "Now your meditation is going to go deeper than
ever."
18
January: Osho remains in his room during darshan, but sends a message that his
presence would be felt as if he was there.
19
January: Osho leaves his body at 5:00 pm. Dr Amrito makes the announcement
after people have gathered for evening darshan. Before dying, Osho calls Jayesh
and tells him, "I leave you my dream." He also says, "Anando
will be my medium." Osho requests the same format of death celebration
which he set up for sannyasins: His body is brought into the Hall for ten
minutes celebration, then carried in procession to the nearby burning ghats,
where the celebration continues through the night.
21
January: Osho's ashes are brought to his samadhi, which is in the Chuang Tzu
auditorium, which was renovated into a bedroom for him, and then used for
groups. Now the samadhi room is used for silent meditations. The inscription
over his ashes says:
Osho
Never
Born
Never
Died
Only
visited this planet earth between
1931
- 1990