Testimonial letter from Ma Prem Pantho
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 Pantho (Karin Petersen). It is "Exhibit A-635" 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 Pantho To whom it may concern Berlin 16th July, 1983 I am an author, I studied modern and classical german languages and politics, and have published several articles, essays etc. and two books ( Karin Petersen: Das fette Jahr. Novel. Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch. Karin Petersen/Ma Prem Pantho: Ich will nicht mehr von dir,als du mir geben magst. Monate in Poona und Oregon. Rowohlt Verlag). I am a disciple of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh since 1980. My letter is meant to convince you that with Bhagwan an undiscovered treasure is living in your country, and that all your efforts should lead towards giving this extraordinary religious teacher and mystic a permanent stay in your country, and to support his work and the work of his commune in Rajneeshpuram, Oregon. I have come to know Bhagwan by reading his books which show an immense knowledge of all modern and classical theories, philosophies, psychologies, poetry and mystic, and this knowledge is given with the knowing of a loving heart. I was overwelmed to read his teachings. They are the culminating point of all my literary longing for truth and depth, and his language is of an uncredible poetry, breathing the air of love in every word.- So, I went to Poona and became his disciple. My life and my work have changed a lot .since then. There is more joy, more love, more depth and beauty in my work, and I feel an immense gratitude to my teacher and master. I have been to both Annual World Celebrations in Rajneeshpuram, I just returned from the last. Please, listen: There is a miracle happening in your country, a commune of love, a desert is flowering, 15 000 people have come together within the radius of Bhagwan’s love and all are blooming, opening their hearts, returning to their home countries and carrying love all over the world. So, even if you cannot open your heart to the spiritual dimension of Bhagwan’s work, look at his qualities as an extraordinary author and teacher, who has published nearly 400 books, translated in all languages, who has over 250 000 beautiful disciples all over the world, coming together for an international festival of love and joy in your country once a year. So please, don’t let him go. Support this beautiful flower in your many coloured garden of various nationalities, cultures and religions. [signed] |
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