Testimonial letter from R. A. Vyas
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 R. A. Vyas. It is "Exhibit A-1311" 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.
 GEM INSURANCE AGENCIES The Chief Immigration Office United States Of America I hereby humbly request the Government of America to reassess the application of Bhagwan Rajneesh as to the best of my knowledge, America will definitely benefit by the Bhagwan. As, at present time, people are undergoing lots of problems, and the unawareness of the untimely events, have planted fear in the lives of people. Because of such mental and other problems, they take to drugs and alcohols to seek some peace and happiness during their hardships. To help the people, the main source is meditation, self-realization etc. which could be helped by Bhagwan Rajnesh if he is granted reassessment for application for visa and it will not be only to the benefit of the people of America but to the rest of the world. Since America has kindly given asylum to so many people, Bhagwan has a quality of best human being who has a wide knowledge of peace, consciousness, meditation and very many therapy like physic, Inner love, understanding, self-realization etc. I know Bhagwan since 1969 when I was a student of graduation. I have come across lots of his lectures and meditation programmes in India. From his teachings I have achieved self-realization and feel peace within myself, also his teachings have made me understand the true meaning of ’Dharma’. I am qualified in commerce graduation am also holding Master degree in Management, with double graduation in Law. At present I am holding business in Kenya. My request is for your kind understanding which will not be only to the benefit of the people of America, but to the rest of the world. Thanking You |
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