Testimonial letter from G X Pungaliya
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 G X Pungaliya. It is "Exhibit A-545" 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 2 pages.
 MAHARASHTRA ELECTRICAL & METAL INDUSTRES. OPINION ABOUT BHAGWAN RAJNEESH : I knew Shri Rajneeshji since last fifteen years. When he was in India he used to deliver lectures at various places I have heard his lectures quite a number of times. Thousand of people used to come & listen to his discourses. As far as I am concerned, I am proud to state that I have been benefited to a great extent by listening & putting iz practice his philosaphy & teachings. My friends, who are non-sanyasis are also sharing my views. His greatest contribution to the entire mankind & the present complex society is the meditation techniques. He has developed a number of different types of meditation techniques which are useful for everybody in ones day to day life. Psychologists say that man is a poly psychic animal. Every individual differs in a number of ways from other individuals. Spiritual level of every person is different from (?) other person. That is why one uniform type of meditation cannot be prescribed for all; on similar lines that one uniform medicine cannot be prescribed for a number of dieseases. That is why, he suggests that you should choose the type of meditation which suits you. United States has allowed a number of Gurus & Masters & Teachers uptill now from India. Every teacher has emphasis on a particular type of philosophy & a set meditation system. However with Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh I would like to say, he is prescribing correct type of meditation, taking into consideration his personality & his overall level in spiritual matters. Industrial houses in Japan are also now convianced about the advantages of meditation. That is why many of them have made it a practice of compulsary meditation for their top executives & policy makers. Since I have listened & put in practice his teachings & his system of meditation, I am pleased to State that as I have been benefited, so also, he who-so-over would practice his teachings, would be benefited to a very great extent. I am of the opinion that in the present complex political situation, the entire mankind is sitting on a volcano, which can erupt any time & at any moment. The volcano is so powerful, that the entire mankind can be destroyed. That is why, this is a right time when great masters like Bhagwan Rajneesh can help save the mankind from the present disaster. In my opinion therefore, it would be worth while for all, to understand & put in practice the teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Yours faithfully, |
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