Testimonial letter from Kumud Gokani
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 Mrs. Kumud Gokani. It is "Exhibit A-1189" 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.
 Dr. Gokul R. Gokani To Dear Sir, Iam a house wife Mrs. Kumud Gokani of Mombasa, KENYA. I run RAJNEESH M. Center with help of my hu sband Dr.Gokani M.B.B.S. D.L.O. ,R.C.P.(LOND)&R.G.S., (ENG.). As a hou se wife I feel that Bhagwan’s teaching helps us not only to get a spiritual insight but also to live a happie and healthier family life. I m et Bhagwan in 1971 at Poona. I took Sanyas after 3y ears . After having read lots of his boons, tapes, and participated in Meditation camps. Ifeel that I have become a better Mother and a housewife because of Him. Therefore I would like many people to know aim more. If all nations of the world followed his teaching the world will be better place to livein. I therefore beg you to let him stay in America and let him creat Buddhafield. Sincerely yours, |
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