Testimonial letter from Sw Amrit Mandiro (1)
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 Sw Amrit Mandiro (Roberto Valquez). It is "Exhibit A-1815" 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.
 Mandiro is also the author of another letter, also type-written and undated. There is enough commonality between the two letters to establish definitively that the same one person has written both letters, not two different people with the same name. There are 22 other such cases known. We may be amused by the illicit possibilities here but just as likely he was simply giving the organizers two letters to choose from. See also Testimonial letters#duplication for more on this. Swami Amrit Mandiro TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN My name is Amrit Mandiro. I am an artist from Puerto Rico. I have been a disciple Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh for a year now. I was fairly successful at my line of work, but felt something was missing in my life. His ideas on art and life has clarified and given energy and direction to my art. I see art now not as an escape from life but as a beautiful experience to be shared with others. Since I became a disciple of Bhagwan my life has changed completely. My life is very rich and productive now. I feel great energy for my painting and much more sensitivity for beauty. We in America are very fortunate that all his books are translated or written originally in English. He has always spoken with great respect for this country. He is a fountain of wisdom available for everybody. He is my spiritual Master and he is a rose that sends out its perfume. I would like that many Americans would have a taste of his perfume of love. Truly yours, |
(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.)
