Testimonial letter from Amjad Ali Khan
This letter is one of a remarkable series of over 2650 letters amassed in 1983 to support Osho's attempt to get permanent resident status in the US at the time of the Oregon ranch. The image is reproduced here with the kind permission of The Oregon Historical Society. Information about their collection of these letters and other supporting material -- the "Jeffrey Noles Rajneesh Collection", named for Osho's immigration lawyer Jeffrey Noles, who compiled them in 1983 and donated them to the OHS -- can be found at this page. The wiki is grateful to the OHS for making access available for these documents. For more information and links to all the letters, see Testimonial letters.
This letter is from Amjad Ali Khan. It is "Exhibit A-1266" in the Noles collection.
The text version below has been created by optical character recognition (OCR), from the images supplied by OHS. It has not been checked for errors but this process usually results in over 99% correct transcription. Most apparent "errors" are correct transcriptions of typos already in the original. The image on the right in the text box links to a pdf file of the original letter, it has one page.
 Amjad Ali Khan TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERT The first time I heard the voice of Bhagwan Rajneesh was through my friend Mr. Vinod Khanna, who is a follower and believer of Bhagwan Rajneesh. The message through that voice was very clear and beutiful. I was engrossed and felt very close to Bhagwan Ranjneesh. Second time, I took the cassette from Swami Paul. I again listened to the cassette for hours together. The research and the truth of life and every aspect of the creation in the world was beautifully explained with examples. I have read a lot about Bhagwan Rajneesh. I am looking forward to have the honour of meeting and having his Darshan. I am also looking forward to pay my respect through my music. Now, it will be only possible in America. I am very happy and pleasantly surprised to see the maximum numbers of followers from so many different parts of the world. They have tremendous love, respect and belief. It is a great honour for our country to have such a great holy saint like Bhagwan Rajneesh. [signed] |
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