His self-declared enlightened heirs
Another significant aspect of
Osho's legacy is the fairly large group, over 50, of his disciples who have announced
their arrival in the state of ultimate fulfillment, and readiness to help
others. This page, by no means exhaustive, looks at them in terms of how "faithful" are they to
what Osho himself indicated in terms of methods, forms, flavour, etc. Are they
"selling out" to traditional brain fog, stuck in old models or new
fads, or are
they life-affirmative? How to balance a sense of individual living freshness
with respect for their master and his innovations? Etc etc.
Another assessment of some of these people also of interest can be found
at Devakrishna's
Hardcore Guru Ratings. It is somewhat dated, but is mainly about Osho's
sannyasins in the biz: humourous, sometimes harsh, and based mainly on his
personal experience with them. And see also More on Osho
for a modest historical summary of his org since his mahaparinirvana, and Books
for a survey of his enormous output of books, in English and Hindi.
So here they are:
Michael Barnett (M) aka Swami Anand Somendra |
Paul Lowe (M) aka Swami Ananda Teertha  Allen Lowen (O) aka Swami Anand Rajen |
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These
guys were the pioneers, the first to declare. But they made the mistake
of doing it while Osho was still around to laugh at them. High marks for
courage, but they have not otherwise distinguished themselves. Rajen has
had the grace to a) admit he was on an ego trip and b) retire. Because
they made their moves when they did, they found it necessary to disavow
Osho to a varying extent, and though Somendra, bizarrely, adopted such
outwardly imitative forms as White Robe and white chair on podium for a
while, he is now said to be more ordinary. |
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Anamika (N) |
Nukunu (N) aka Jørgen Larsen OWK (N) aka Edgar Hofer, Swami Anand Vartman Premananda (N) aka John David Brian Qara (N) Rahasya (O) aka Dr Fritjof Kraft Prem Rani (N) aka Ranimu Samarpan (N) aka Sam Golden Susan (N) aka Ma Deva Sarovara Vasant Swaha (M) aka Swami Prem Vasant  Taro Gerritsen (N) Teertha (N) aka Philip Mistlberger Vartman (X) aka Sanford Perret, Alex Vishrant (N) Vistar Andresen (N) Yod (N) |
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These
guys are the result of the influence of other streams, most often Papaji, some
having cut Osho loose. Mostly they are in the Advaita end of the
spectrum. What the seeker gets from them will be a proportion of Osho and a
proportion of the other streams. |
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Arhata (O) aka Erik Olsen
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Gregory Penn (O) aka Swami Chaitanya Siraj Rumi Da (C) aka Ron Carson, Sw Anand RD, Karma Tigme Tashi, Pema Lhasung Sundeep Baldota (N) aka Sw Dhyan Siraj Prem Tyohar (D) Umi (F) aka Tom Lodge, Swami Anand Purno  Swami Nostradamus Virato (O) aka J Charles Banks Ian Wolstenholme (N) aka Nutan |
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These
guys are in a world of their own, having intersected with Osho's orbit
for a while, most of them not very long, then sooner or later
manifesting their already held ambitions. Those who continue to associate themselves with Osho
and/or his people and methods do so usually for marketing purposes. |
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(Sw) Anurag
Shantam (O)
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Miten Veniero Galvagni (O) aka Swami Prem Miten, Ciampa Leksce, Amico VG Sw Anand Nisarg (O) Swamiji Shri Omanand Bharti (O) Sw Advait Rahasya (O) Sw Satyaprem (N) Robin Wooldridge (O) aka Swami Santosh Robin |
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Unknowns and miscellaneous, not exactly,
uh, pure Osho. The general impression is one of using their association
with Osho to derive some of his authority but, as with the mini-advaitas,
other streams may be as or more significant.
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Swami Akhil Saraswati (O) |
Osho Priya (O)
Baba Purnanand (O) aka Swami Purnanand Bharti Rajn**sh (O) (2 e's) aka Rajn*sh Agrawal (one i), "the slow-walking man" Samdarshi (N) Osho Shailendra (O) aka Swami Shailendra Saraswati Osho Siddharth (O) Swami Anand Veeresh (O) aka Veeresh D Yuson-Sanchez |
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Out of all of Osho's people who have
declared their fulfillment of his vision, these people may be in their
presentation, style and form most faithful to Osho, in their different
individual ways. They basically represent themselves as carriers,
making Osho's gifts available in living forms. |
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