Testimonial letter from Frank Stribling
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 Frank Stribling. It is "Exhibit A-25" 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.
 SANCTUARY OF LIGHT CHURCH TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Rajneesh is one of the most outstanding and enlightened religious leaders in our times. His grasp and perception of the teachings of Jesus Christ are extraordinary and very needed by both ministers and laity of western materialistic Christianity. I have been the pastor of the Sanctuary of Light Church for over forty years. I am grateful for the presence of this Godly man in the United States, and pray that he may remain for many years. |
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