Testimonial letter from Ma Vimal Suriya
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 Vimal Suriya (Janet Day). It is "Exhibit A-338" in the Noles collection.
The original letter was handwritten. The image below links to a pdf file of the original letter. It has 2 pages.
 This text transcription has been created by an automated process (OCR) and has not been checked for errors. St. John’s College To Who It Way Concern: I am a graduate member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. I have worked in research chemistry for ten years. I was employed from 1973-77 by Burroughs-Wellcome involved in pharmaceutical chemistry, especially searching for anti-depressant drugs. From 1977-1982 I was employed at Shell Research Centre engaged in agricultural chemistry. During this time eight patents were filed covering my work in this field. I am now studying for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. I became interested in the teachings of Bhagwan through the group of sannyasins in Oxford. I have read some of His books and heard many of His taped discourses. He is undoubtedly the most outstanding religous leader of our time. His inspiration has enabled me to enjoy my work more fully and consequently I have become more productive. I have spent the last month at Rajneeshpuram, Oregon and witnessed the outstanding acheivments that have happened there in His presence The agricultural acheivments here are outstanding compared to the progress which I saw during my work at the agricultural research centre. There is no doubt that Rajneeshpuram's approach to food production is exceptional. In the pharmaceutical induotry the search for new anti-depressants is increasingly important. With Bhagwasn's teachings and meditarions these drugs become unneccessary. As well as being an outstanding religous leader Bhagwan is exceptional in the fields of agriculture and human welfare. yours sincerely |
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