Sw Chaitanya Veetaraga

(Kamlesh Sharma)

Veetaraga was an artist and a long time sannyasin. He drew Osho’s sketches for many Yukrand and other magazines. He married a Jain nun, who also took sannyas. Her name is Maya.

Osho wrote him many letters, in Hindi and in English, in the late 60s and early 70s, which the wiki will be sharing images of, see links below the gallery. Here is a translation of one from June of 1969, in which Osho talks about a certain aspect of his paintings:

Dear Kamlesh,

Love. I am very glad to know that you are exhibiting your paintings. There are many possibilities with your paintings. Perhaps your paintings are paintings of possibilities. These are not complete. And no good painting is ever complete. Being complete is the second name for death. And your paintings are alive. And that’s why they are incomplete. And what you convey from them is not important but what cannot be conveyed is important. Never try to complete these paintings. The incompleteness of these are like seeds. And there is a meaning in being a seed, there is movement, there is moment. In a tree all this is lost.

Accept my heartiest good wishes.

Convey my Pranaam to everyone there.

Rajneesh ke Pranaam.

26.6.1969

Veetaraga lived for a time in Raipur and then shifted to Giridih in Jharkhand State. He left his body in 2018.

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Osho's letters to Veetaraga

(will have both English and Hindi, including one to Maya)

Letter written on 26 Jun 1969 (Hindi) -- see translation above

Letter written on 16 Dec 1970 (Veetaraga) (Hindi)

Letter written on 14 Jan 1971 (Veetaraga) (mixed, mostly Hindi), published in Dhai Aakhar Prem Ka (ढ़ाई आखर प्रेम का), #61

Letter written on 20 May 1971 (Veetaraga) (English), published originally in The Silent Music, #18, and later in A Cup of Tea, #247

Letter written on 21 May 1971 (Veetaraga) (English), published originally in The Silent Music, #19, and later in A Cup of Tea, #203

Letter written on 22 May 1971 (Veetaraga) (English), published originally in The Silent Music, #20, and later in A Cup of Tea, #168

Letter written on 23 May 1971 (Veetaraga) (English), published originally in The Silent Music, #24, and later in A Cup of Tea, #283

Letter written on 25 May 1971 (Veetaraga) (English), published originally in The Silent Music, #29, and later in A Cup of Tea, #284