New Delhi: On Monday, Netflix launched the trailer of their latest documentary based mostly on the lifetime of Osho’s controversial closest aide, Ma Anand Sheela. The documentary will take a deep dive into the journey of Ma Anand Sheela who was Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh’s secretary from 1981 by means of 1985. The movie will function inputs from her and excerpts from interviews after she returned to India in 2019 after 34 years.
Public opinion on Sheela is split as some view her as a legal after her time in jail, whereas others establish her as an icon for her outstanding work with Osho.
After witnessing the intriguing story of Osho within the Netflix documentary ‘Wild Wild Country’, will probably be attention-grabbing to see Ma Anand Sheela, Osho’s right-hand girl’s story.
However, earlier than you watch the intriguing documentary ‘Searching for Sheela’, here are 5 controversial facts to know about Osho:
1. Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh, famously often known as Osho, was extraordinarily important of nationwide icon Mahatma Gandhi for advocating socialism. According to Osho, socialism would lead to poverty and strongly spoke out in opposition to it in his lectures.
2. While he was a professor of philosophy at Jabalpur University, he travelled throughout India to give lectures through which he closely criticised orthodox Indian religions as oppressive. He claimed that they had been full of empty rituals and instilled worry of their followers.
3. Osho spoke freely about human sexuality which scandalised many. In his lecture sequence titled ‘From Sex to Superconsciousness’, he advocated for a freer acceptance of intercourse. This earned him the label of the “sex guru” by the Indian media.
4. After his Pune ashram felt too small for his disciples, Osho and his commune moved to the State of Oregon within the US and acquired a 64,229-acre ranch, establishing it as the town of Rajneeshpuram in May 1982. The commune gained notoriety with its neighbours as many referred to as Osho’s followers as a part of an ‘alien’ or spiritual cult.
5. According to Osho’s private dentist Swami Devageet, the spiritual chief would eat nitrous oxide each day whereas he was in Rajneeshpuram because it gave him a euphoric feeling. Devageet even wrote a e-book ‘Osho: The First Buddha within the Dental Chair’ through which he documented humorous and insightful conversations he had with Osho.
The controversial determine Osho was deported from the US in 1985 due to being indicted with immigration fraud. Following his deportation, he returned to his Pune ashram and held his final public lecture was held in April 1989. Osho, who was fondly referred to as Bhagwan by his followers, died on the age of 58 on 19 January 1990.
The documentary ‘Searching for Sheela’ will launch on April 2, 2021, on Netflix.
