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The Rajneesh movement is a religious movement inspired by the Indian mystic Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (1931–1990), also known as Osho. [1] They used to be known as Rajneeshees or "Orange People" because of the orange they used from 1970 until 1985. [2] Members of the movement are sometimes called Oshoites in the Indian press. [3]
The Oregonian was informed in October 1985 by federal law enforcement officials that Leslie L. Zaitz, an investigative journalist who had written a 20-part series on the Rajneesh movement in Oregon, was on a "hit list" which also included Turner and Oregon Attorney General David Frohnmayer. [39]
Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain; 11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990), also known as Acharya Rajneesh, [2] Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, [1] and later as Osho (Hindi pronunciation:), was an Indian godman, [3] philosopher, mystic [4] and founder of the Rajneesh movement. [1] He was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader during his ...
The Oregonian ran a 20-part series on Rajneesh's movement, beginning in June 1985, which included an investigation into the Salmonella incident. As a result of a follow-up investigation, The Oregonian learned that Leslie L. Zaitz, one of their investigative journalists , had been placed as number three on a top-ten hit list by Sheela's group ...
Rajneesh greeted by followers on one of his daily "drive-bys" in Rajneeshpuram.Circa 1982.. Tensions with the public and threatened punitive action by Indian authorities originally motivated the founders and leaders of the Rajneeshee movement, Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh and Ma Anand Sheela, to leave India and begin a new religious settlement in the United States.
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Stork became exposed to the teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh as a young wife. [5] She decided to accept this as her new faith, and moved with her two children and her husband to live on an ashram of the Rajneesh movement, in India. [5] She and her family would later move to live with the Rajneesh movement in the United States. [5]
Philip John Toelkes, also known as Swami Prem Niren and Philip Niren Toelkes, [1] is an American lawyer and follower of Rajneesh who served as the second mayor of Rajneeshpuram from 1985 until the commune's disbandment in 1986. [2] He also served as the personal lawyer of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.