Music Group

Music Group was a Pune One celebration-oriented group. It was different from most other groups in that it was not a growth- or insight-oriented "process", nor bodywork, nor was it assigned by Osho. It was a drop-in group, available every night after dinner during darshan, except during camps, the 11th to the 20th every month, for whoever wanted to join in. It was totally and precisely herenow. Modes of participation included dancing, swaying, humming and singing your heart out, the first and last being the primary modes for most.

According to the groups timeline chart in The Sound of Running Water, it was happening continuously from Oct 1975 until Mar 1978, TSORW's cut-off date for group info. In fact, it ran all the way through to Jun 1981, when Osho left for the States.

In the beginning, it seems to have been led by Sw Kabir (potential middle name unknown). In Hammer on the Rock (9 Jan 1976), Kabir asks Osho for a name for "the music group". Osho gives it the name Nadam.

Later it was led by Anubhava, under whose aegis it grew into the Buddha Hall extravaganza remembered by everyone who made it to Pune One during those years (1977 - 1981). Its growth was helped of course by the tremendous explosion in the sheer numbers of people arriving to drink from Osho's well / wine. See The Ashram Music Group for details of the musicians involved, a discography, links to audio files and even a short video. Anubhava wrote over fifty short, catchy songs which provided ample fuel for the nightly fire. Most of them were compiled into The Song Book, published in 1980.

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