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August 3rd, 1983 | |||
To Whom It May Concern, | |||
It’s appalling that there are people who believe that Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh does not qualify as a spiritual leader. | |||
This July, I made my 2nd religious pilgrimage to Bhagwan in Oregon where, for seven days, I and thousands of others sat before him in silence each morning for Satsang and one evening for Darshan. | |||
This heart to heart communication between the master and his disciples is very precious. It’s more powerful than sitting for a discource. | |||
I’m grateful that Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh is in America and I pray that he will be allowed to remain here permanently. | |||
Yours Sincerely, <br> | |||
[signed] <br> | |||
Lydia Ravanis <br> | |||
20 Elmwood Road <br> | |||
Deer Park, N.Y. <br> | |||
11729 | |||
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Latest revision as of 03:26, 25 December 2023
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 Lydia Ravanis. It is "Exhibit A-2100" 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.
 August 3rd, 1983 To Whom It May Concern, It’s appalling that there are people who believe that Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh does not qualify as a spiritual leader. This July, I made my 2nd religious pilgrimage to Bhagwan in Oregon where, for seven days, I and thousands of others sat before him in silence each morning for Satsang and one evening for Darshan. This heart to heart communication between the master and his disciples is very precious. It’s more powerful than sitting for a discource. I’m grateful that Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh is in America and I pray that he will be allowed to remain here permanently. Yours Sincerely, |
(Please note: We assume that the above letter is still copyrighted, but we regard its historical interest to constitute a Fair Use exception for publication in this wiki.)
