Testimonial letter from Sw Chitta Nirodha (Italian): Difference between revisions
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To whom it concerns. | |||
MY legal name is TONTINI LUCA , and my sannyas name is SWAMI CHITTA NIRODHA ; I’ m 22 years old. I' m studying for lawyer at Bologna Univrsity (Italy). I took my sanyas on June 28th ,1983 and I knew Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh on 1982. | |||
My beloved Master is a way for me, or (as He prefers) a gate. A gate through which I can find my inner growth and self - aknowledge. In it I can find the presence of God which is in all us. That’s why the first thing He leads us to is an infinite joy. | |||
TONTINI LUCA - Via Lionello d’Este, 9 <br> | |||
44100 FERRARA <br> | |||
ITALY <br> | |||
[signed] <br> | |||
Ferrara, 26 /O7/83 | |||
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Latest revision as of 05:37, 17 February 2024
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 Chitta Nirodha (Tontini Luca). It is "Exhibit A-2618" 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.
 To whom it concerns. MY legal name is TONTINI LUCA , and my sannyas name is SWAMI CHITTA NIRODHA ; I’ m 22 years old. I' m studying for lawyer at Bologna Univrsity (Italy). I took my sanyas on June 28th ,1983 and I knew Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh on 1982. My beloved Master is a way for me, or (as He prefers) a gate. A gate through which I can find my inner growth and self - aknowledge. In it I can find the presence of God which is in all us. That’s why the first thing He leads us to is an infinite joy. TONTINI LUCA - Via Lionello d’Este, 9 |
(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.)
