Sw Anand Bhavo

"With his remarkable beautiful long hair, his bushy beard and his graceful softness he perfectly represented the male image of the ashram." (Sw Veet Ric)

appo deepo bhavo - Be a light unto yourself

US citizen. Studied graphic design in New York, came to Pune in the late Seventies. As an ashram resident he worked in the graphic departments of Poona 1 and the Ranch and also worked on some of Osho´s books. Because of his HIV-positive status he was forced in 1985, according to the ignorant rules of the commune, to live with ten others who supposedly tested HIV-positive far away, totally isolated and cut off from the community at the Desiderata area, a residential trailer park.

When the Ranch was closed, he moved to California, worked for Levi Strauss and became a devoted follower of Gangaji.

Bhavo died in 2002.

Contact Details

address

San Francisco CA

USA

bibliography

Don't Just Do Something, Sit There (production)

The Guest (design)

The Last Testament, Vol 1 (editing)

Won't You Join the Dance? (design)

see also

The Dhammapada Vol 05 ~ 06

The Goose Is Out ~ 01

The City of Rajneeshpuram

a lecture by Gangaji on Bhavo's dying and death