Osho International Foundation (post-Rajneesh)
Successor organisation to the Rajneesh / Osho movement after the founder's 1990 death. Operates Pune meditation resort and global network. Significantly less coercive than the 1980s Rajneeshpuram era but documented patterns of guru-veneration, financial extraction, and trademark litigation against ex-members continue.
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BITE breakdown
0 — post-1990 successor to Rajneesh's movement; reduced but persistent control patterns.
In context
Osho International Foundation manages the trademark, copyrights, and Pune meditation resort. The post-1990 movement is significantly less coercive than the Rajneeshpuram era but has been engaged in long-running global trademark disputes seeking to control who may use 'Osho' branding. Some ex-sannyasins describe ongoing financial pressure and severance patterns; the documentation is more contested than for the historical period.
Key control doctrines
- Osho as enlightened master
- Pune resort as primary spiritual destination
- Sannyasin identity
Legal cases & controversies
- Ongoing global Osho trademark litigation
Timeline
- 1990Osho dies; OIF takes over
- 2000s+Ongoing global trademark litigation
Sources
- Hugh Urban, 'Zorba the Buddha' (2015)
- Multiple Indian and international trademark cases
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