Testimonial letter from Len Pitkowsky

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 Len Pitkowsky. It is "Exhibit A-1023" 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.

LEN PITKOWSKY, ARCHITECT 462 BROOME STREET NEW YORK CITY 10013 TELEPHONE (212) 925 - 0914 July 15, 1983 Rinzai Jesus Grove Rajneeshpuram, Oregon 97741 To Whom it may concern, For the last ten years of the thirty years that I have studied and practiced the Art of Architecture, I have become increasingly aware of the spiritual teaching of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. His views on the nature of human existance have been an inspiration for my life and work. When I heard of my country’s resistance to allowing him to remain and live in the United States, I was appalled by the ignorance that could deprive us of the presence and influence of a man of Rajneesh’s stature. Please lend my voice to the many you must already have to protest the denial of citizenship for this great man. Most sincerely yours, [signed] Len Pitkowsky

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