Testimonial letter from Ma Prem Nirupo
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 Ma Prem Nirupo (Silvia Sanchez Reinoso). It is "Exhibit A-143" 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.
 Ma Prem Nirupo To whom it may concern From a professional standpoint as a physician, psychiatrist and assistant professor of child psychology I find Bhagwan’s contribution to the field of human developmental psychology and behavior not only outstanding, but astounding. Also his understanding of group dynamics, social psychology and history of man’s consciousness are without parallel. His teaching is a synthesis between modern western approaches, and ancient eastern techniques, put together in an unheard of manner. This multidirectional vision of man, oscillating between deepest misery and absolute glory, widens the scope of the relationship between doctor and patient and makes it more effective, more creative, more possitive, more joyous. Not only I have found Bhagwan's teaching useful in my practice, but it has also changed my whole teaching technique. At the university there has been an improvement in the quality of the student's work. Bhagwan’s place in today’s psychiatry is well ahead of Freud, Bion, Kemberg and Kohut. Furthermore he brings a totally new dimension to the sciences of human behavior. [signed] |
(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.)
