The crowd at the commune swelled to 15,000 during summer festivals, and residents of nearby communities resented the intrusion. Each time you land, on the flats of your feet, let the sound hammer deep into the sex center,″ he wrote. Jump up and down shouting the mantra ’Hoo 3/8 Hoo 3/8 Hoo 3/8. In ″The Orange Book,″ which contains the guru’s teachings, Rajneesh advocated ″dynamic mediation.″ In its heyday, the commune known as Rajneeshpuram was home to 4,000 red- clad followers, who toiled 12 hours a day and showered Rajneesh with jewels and Rolls-Royces that he used for daily drives past lines of singing, clapping fans. Music could be heard in the background as he spoke over the telphone from Poona, 750 miles southwest of New Delhi.Īs ″the Bhagwan,″ a Hindi word for ″god,″ Rajneesh presided over a 64,000-acre commune 120 miles east of Portland, Ore., from 1981 until 1985, when he pled guilty to violating federal immigration laws. ″Everybody is singing and celebrating,″ Prabhod said. Another of Rajneesh’s followers, Swami Prabhod, said the devotees burst into songs and chants to celebrate Rajneesh’s departure from his earthly body.
Kirti said the guru had greeted followers Wednesday in the Buddha Hall, his Indian commune’s main prayer center, but did not appear Thursday because of ″pain on the left side of his chest.″Ībout 10,000 followers, mostly Westerners, were at the Poona commune when Rajneesh died, Kirti said.
″I don’t think I ever wish anybody dead, but I wished many times that he would go back where he belongs,″ said Jean Opray, former mayor of the town of Antelope, Ore., which was taken over for a time by Rajneesh’s followers.
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