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Bhagwan: The Buddha for the Future

Bhagwan: The Buddha for the Future

Juliet Forman (Ma Prem Maneesha)
English
Osho International, 1988 – ISBN 978-3907757185
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Maneesha says of her trilogy:
"In 1985, after he returned to India from his world tour, Osho suggested that I write a book that would be, as he termed it, "the historical documentation" of his work and the movement that grew up around him. "Having at that point been with him for fourteen years, I found it impossible to squeeze all that needed to be said within the confines of one volume. So triplets emerged…an entire trilogy!
(Curiously enough, each book did take nine months to complete)

 

Bhagwan: The Buddha for the Future describes the evolution of Osho's first commune – in Pune, India – where I was to find myself (literally and figuratively!) in October 1974. Those seven years were, simply, awesome. "For the segment on the second commune, at Rajneeshpuram in Oregon, USA, I drew not only on my own experiences but on those of many others who were involved in work of which I had known little or nothing. That period, too, in an entirely different way, was extraordinary. Many of us felt we learnt invaluable lessons through being witness to both the US government's efforts to sabotage Osho's work, and those of a small group of sannyasins who became embroiled in internal politicking.
author
Juliet Forman S.R.N., S.C.M., R.M.N.
language
English
notes
Later republished under title Osho: The Buddha for the Future.

Bhagwan: The Buddha for the Future

Year of publication : 1987
Publisher : Rebel Publishing House, India
ISBN 3-907757-18-1 (click ISBN to buy online)
Number of pages : 542
Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H
Edition notes : First Edition. Copyright: © The Rebel Publishing House.
To Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh -the midwife of the new man-
Introduction: George Meredith M.D., M.B., B.S., M.R.C.P., Author of Bhagwan: The Most Godless Yet the Most Godly Man
Typesetting by Photon Graphics Pvt. Ltd., Poona, India
Printing by Tata Press Ltd., Bombay, India

 
ISBN
978-3907757185

Author

  • Ma Prem Maneesha

    Ma Prem Maneesha

    Maneesha James aka Okay Maneesha aka Juliet Forman)

    In docu film Meditation - The Art of Ecstasy (1996)
    Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1947, Maneesha graduated as a nurse. Meeting Osho in 1974 changed the course of her life. In Pune, she lived in Osho's house and edited many of his books, including nearly all of the darshan diaries. As well, under the name of Juliet Forman she wrote what he referred to as the "historical documentation" of his work in the form of a trilogy covering the years from Pune One through his World Tour.

    She was part of his entourage during the turbulent World Tour and on the return to Pune was the one who addressed him during discourse with questions and sutra readings, becoming famously "Okay Maneesha."

    After Osho left his body, Maneesha travelled internationally for 15 years, giving seminars, groups, and individual sessions on diverse aspects of meditation, written regular meditation columns in various print media, facilitated meditation courses and given numerous radio and TV interviews.

    Meeting Anna Freud in London some years ago, and being with her in her last moments, was a catalyst for a new direction for Maneesha. While maintaining her interest in meditation as a resource for all aspects of living, through that experience, she also saw the potential in bringing meditation to the dying process and co-founded The Sammasati Project, which offers a different vision of living and dying – that is, with awareness and celebration. With co-facilitator Sudheer P. Niet, she is presenting The Sammasati Support-Person Training in the UK and travelling internationally, offering a series of workshops.


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    Bhagwan: The Buddha for the Future, on the evolution of Osho's first commune in Pune One.
    Bhagwan: Twelve Days that Shook the World, on Osho's arrest and twelve-day disappearance at the end of the Ranch era
    Bhagwan: One Man Against the Whole Ugly Past of Humanity, on the World Tour
    Impara a Meditare: technica per una vita viva (to date available only in Italian)
    My Peak Moments with Osho, the Unsurpassable Man (currently available only in Japanese - Oshō to no shikō no shunkan (和尚との至高の瞬間))
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    2002 : Tuning Into the Moment
    2004 : Bubble of Joy: Guided Meditation