Osho's names: Difference between revisions

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"I insisted to my parents, "i won't have any name which is the name of God, so you have to find something else." For many years they could not name me. They simply called me "Rajah": Rajah means king, it has nothing to do with God. But that was just for the time being; meanwhile they searched and found a name. It must be the first time in the whole history of man that my name, Rajneesh, is used because you will not find it anywhere else. Yes, now there are three or four children in India whose name is Rajneesh, after me, because their parents are sannyasins; otherwise, I am the first man to have this name. It is a created name. You will not find any precedent. I have looked, tried hard, but I have not found any because it was created, it was artificial. Rajni means night, and Rajneesh means the lord of the night, the moon. It was my poet-uncle's creation. I liked it." (Osho, From Personality to Individuality, ch 15)

He was called Rajah until the age of 7.
His name in school was Rajneesh Mohan Chandra Jain**
His name in college was Rajneesh Chandra Mohan**

Acharya Rajneesh - Osho's name between the early 1960's to May 1971 - also as:

Acharya Sri Rajneesh

Acharya Sri Rajaneesh

Acharya Rajaneesh

Bhagwan or

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh - Osho's name between May 1971 and December 1988

Maitreya the Buddha, Beloved Friend, Beloved Buddha and

Beloved Zorba the Buddha - between December 1988 and January 1989

Shree Rajneesh - between January 1989 and February 1989

Osho Rajneesh - Osho's transitional name between February 1989 and September 1989

Osho - Osho's name since October 1989

From Bhagwan to Osho: The story From Bhagwan to Osho: Prequel to Osho's name change From Bhagwan to Osho: Publications table From Bhagwan to Osho: What's in a name? From Bhagwan to Osho: Website survey

see also: About early editions

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-:* '''Chandra Mohan Jain''' - [[Osho]]'s birth name
+"I insisted to my parents, "i won't have any name which is the name of God, so you have to find something else." For many years they could not name me. They simply called me "Rajah": Rajah means king, it has nothing to do with God. But that was just for the time being; meanwhile they searched and found a name. It must be the first time in the whole history of man that my name, Rajneesh, is used because you will not find it anywhere else. Yes, now there are three or four children in India whose name is Rajneesh, after me, because their parents are sannyasins; otherwise, I am the first man to have this name.
+It is a created name. You will not find any precedent. I have looked, tried hard, but I have not found any because it was created, it was artificial. Rajni means night, and Rajneesh means the lord of the night, the moon. It was my poet-uncle's creation. I liked it." (Osho, ''[[From Personality to Individuality]]'', ch 15)
-:* '''Acharya Rajneesh''' or
-:::'''Acharya Sri Rajneesh''' - [[Osho]]'s name between the early 1960's to May 1971
+{|
+|-
+|
+:* He was called '''Rajah''' until the age of 7.
+:* His name in school was '''Rajneesh Mohan Chandra Jain'''[[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|**]]
+:* His name in college was '''Rajneesh Chandra Mohan'''[[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|**]]
+:* '''Acharya Rajneesh''' - [[Osho]]'s name between the early 1960's to May 1971 - also as:
+:::'''Acharya Sri Rajneesh'''
+:::'''Acharya Sri Rajaneesh'''
+:::'''Acharya Rajaneesh'''
 :* '''Bhagwan''' or
 :::'''Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh''' - [[Osho]]'s name between May 1971 and December 1988
+:* '''Maitreya the Buddha''', '''Beloved Friend''', '''Beloved Buddha''' and
+:::'''Beloved Zorba the Buddha''' - between December 1988 and January 1989
+:* '''Shree Rajneesh''' - between January 1989 and February 1989
+:* '''Osho Rajneesh''' - [[Osho]]'s transitional name between February 1989 and September 1989
+:* '''Osho''' - [[Osho]]'s name since October 1989
+|
-::::I will tell you about the Japanese Buddhist seeress -- she has sent her picture:
-::::"Katue Ishida, mystic of one of the biggest and most famous Shinto shrines in Japan, stated recently after seeing Osho's picture, that: ''This is the person that Maitreya the Buddha has entered. He is trying to create a utopia in the twenty-first century. Lots of destructive power is against Him, and some people call Him Satan. But I have never known Satan to be poisoned. He is usually the poisoner, not the poisoned. We must protect this man, Osho. Buddha has entered Him."''
-::::With great love and respect I accept Ishida's prophecy. She will be welcome here as one of my people, most loved. And by accepting Gautam the Buddha as my very soul, I go out of the Hindu fold completely; I go against the Jaina fold completely.
-::::...
-::::You will have to learn, Maneesha, not to call me by that ugly name again. I am just your friend. That's what Gautam Buddha's prophecy was: "My name after twenty-five centuries, if I can find a vehicle, will be Maitreya Gautam Buddha." Maitreya means the friend. From now onwards you will have to change your old habit.
-::::I am your Beloved Friend. You can call me "Beloved Buddha," which simply means the awakened one. But we have to spread around the earth that I have denounced "Bhagwan." I have in fact, just one day, taken it on myself to denounce it. I don't have any rights on it, but I have every right not to call myself Bhagwan.
-:::::(Osho, Dec 26, 1988)
-:* '''Maitreya the Buddha''', '''Beloved Friend''' and
-:::'''Beloved Buddha''' - December 1988
-:* '''Shree Rajneesh''' then
-:::'''Osho Rajneesh''' - [[Osho]]'s transitional names between January 1989 and September 1989
-:* '''Osho''' - [[Osho]]'s name since October 1989
+{| class = "wikitable" style="width:440px; background-color:#fbf0b3;"
+|-
+|
+:[[From Bhagwan to Osho: The story]]
+::[[From Bhagwan to Osho: Prequel to Osho's name change]]
+::[[From Bhagwan to Osho: Publications table]]
+::[[From Bhagwan to Osho: What's in a name?]]
+::[[From Bhagwan to Osho: Website survey]]
+|}
+|}
-see also [[Osho Bibliography - About early Editions]]
+;see also
+:[[About early editions]]

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