I asked everyone in the Commune about a Will but everyone said there was no Will. Thrust a mic in his face and ask? The other party got the Will examined in Italy, New Delhi and Aurangabad and it was found to be forged. Eventually, Jayesh and Amrito withdrew the Will. The Osho Commune had become secretive and stopped encouraging the media after he died.
But 25 years after his death, many were willing to talk. They were 11 siblings and 3 brothers are surviving, and 2 live in Pune. They were unwilling to talk and gave evasive replies. The most important interview was with Dr. He is now 81 years old. It's like a Holiday Inn. The preaching grounds in Pune where Osho offered a mish-mash of pop psychology and ancient Indian wisdom have become the site of a fierce dispute over his legacy.
The battle is being waged between a group of mainly foreign disciples in control of the resort, and an Indian-led faction that feels the guru's memory is being cheapened. Bhelke , a philosophy professor at Pune University and an admirer of the late guru.
Greed, he says, is the problem. Behind the commune's makeover are five Osho disciples -- a Canadian, a Briton, two Germans and an Indian -- who in the years after his death, seized control of the Inner Circle , the secretive group the guru entrusted with continuing his work. In addition to the property, they control a multimillion-dollar trove of Osho's assets, including 7, hours of recorded lectures, which have been published in more than books in 53 languages.
The renaming of the commune as a resort, the doubling of entrance fees and the razing of one of Osho's lecture halls have particularly upset the old-time Indian devotees. An influential faction broke away from the commune four years ago in protest. Denouncing what they saw as the commercialization of the mystic's legacy by foreign opportunists, they set up a rival camp called Osho World in New Delhi, with its own meditation hall, gallery and magazine.
The resort, which draws , visitors a year, is lovely. After 12 days of muggy monsoon rain, the unpaved roads, where beggars have been relegated away from the park gates, have turned into an excrement-scented muck, but the grounds remain a sparkling oasis. Gokani was asked to write myocardial infarction as the cause of death so as not to arouse suspicion. However, according to Abhay Vaidya, author of Who Killed Osho , several people think Osho was poisoned via drug overdose.
Osho's body was hurriedly cremated without any proper explanation. Devaraj and Jayesh apparently told everyone that Osho wanted his body cremated immediately, and that they should take darshan from a distance for all of 15 minutes.
After a hurried public announcement, Osho was cremated within an hour of his death. Questions still remain about why this was all done so quickly. Even Osho's closest family was not informed about his passing until much later. Osho's mother, who was present in the ashram herself, was not informed about his critical status during the day. Now 70 and settled in Switzerland where she runs two homes for the elderly and disabled, Sheela, accompanied by her two devoted secretaries-caretakers, and a film crew, was on a short, discrete visit to Pune to re-visit Koregaon Park.
She was happy with the rich greenery of KP, although the entire landscape had changed with large buildings, numerous shops and restaurants and the high volume traffic. She was not aware of the famous German Bakery restaurant because it did not exist when she was here. The most poignant and deeply emotional moment for her was when she visited the place where Osho was cremated on the night of January 19, , at Tulsiram Ghat in KP.
She was delighted to spot a dog sitting below the grill and spoke of her immense love for animals. For Sheela, this was one of the most significant moments of her journey with Osho.
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