LoveOsho podcast E090 Anuragi

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This is one of the LoveOsho podcasts. It was recorded on 21 July 2020.


Episode E090: Preserving Osho’s body of work
with Sw Satya Anuragi
listen to the interview: or click to play in your browser.


Anuragi travels to the places where Osho lived and worked to find, collect and preserve Osho’s objects. Some of the findings include Osho’s early days paintings and drawings, handwritten letters, signed books and photo, robes, footwear, and an old typing machine used by Osho. Meanwhile, Anuragi works in the corporate world and is faced with the constant challenge of being a sannyasin surrounded by a materialistic and non-spiritual environment.
Today our guest is Swami Satya Anuragi. Anuragi took sannyas in 1982 and is a board member of one of the top 10 Indian groups. Anuragi is currently working on a project to collect, secure and preserve Osho’s body of work in the form of books, letters, manuscripts, and other objects.
Anuragi travels to the places where Osho lived and worked to find Osho’s objects. Some of the findings include Osho’s early days paintings and drawings, handwritten letters, signed books and photo, robes, footwear, and an old typing machine used by Osho. Meanwhile, Anuragi works in the corporate world and is faced with the constant challenge of being a sannyasin surrounded by a materialistic and non-spiritual environment.
Here’s what you’ll learn in this episode:
  • 01.15 - How Anuragi came across Osho
  • 02.10 - Anuragi takes sannyas in the Poona Ashram whilst Osho is in America
  • 03.00 - Anuragi sees Osho for the first time
  • 06.10 - Anuragi spent a month with Osho in Manali
  • 09.10 - Anuragi handles two legal cases of defamation against Osho
  • 12.30 - What prompted Anuragi to collect Osho’s original body of work
  • 18.15 - How Anuragi goes about the difficult task of finding and collecting material
  • 20.00 - What Anuragi found and looking for
  • 22.20 - How to make Osho’s objects available without creating a museum or a place of worship
  • 25.10 - Osho’s University lectures
  • 26.50 - How Osho changed Anuragi’s life
  • 29.40 - How Osho in India today
  • 32.10 - How Osho is received in India vs the West today
  • 33.40 - Anuragi’s morning routine
  • 34.35 - Anuragi’s favourite meditation
  • 35.05 - Anuragi and Osho today
Music and Voice by Chinmaya Dunster


see also
Anuragi’s email
The LoveOsho podcasts