Prabodh Gitam
From Devakrishna we hear that Prabodh Gitam (Blackley) left his body yesterday, 30th November 2011. His friends recently organised a farewell party to celebrate his life. He had been suffering from a...
View ArticlePradeep from the UK
From Mahimo we hear that Pradeep (Philip) left his body on Thursday, 1st December, in Aberdeen. Many might remember him from the centre in Leeds, the Medina commune or the Mala Shop in Pune 1 or from...
View ArticleSwiss Ramapala
We hear, with some delay, from Mega via Arpana, that Swiss Ramapala died last September. Many of us will remember him as the coordinator of the Painting Studio at the Osho Meditation Resort in Pune, a...
View ArticleKaruno from Ireland
We hear from Neeraj that his beloved brother, Deva Karuno, has left his body on Friday 17th December, just before 1am. Neeraj sent us this poem by Henry Scott-Holland, Canon of St Paul’s Cathedral...
View ArticleDhyan Anando from Cologne
Dhyan Anando, who called herself Dhyana during the last few years she had been living in Cologne, left her body on 10th December 2011. She was ill with cancer that had started years ago in the uterus....
View ArticleNavajat
…we just heard from Yatro. And Raga informs us that a Celebration of Navajat’s life is going to be held at Worthing Crematorium, West Sussex on Tuesday 31st January at 3pm. His musician friends will...
View ArticleSwami Akash
From Tanmayo Poonam we hear that he was ailing for a few months and that the doctors couldn’t diagnose why. Yesterday afternoon he was apparently exhausted after a cycle ride to Kalidas Gandhi at East...
View ArticleAvi (aka Avinash)
From Shahido we hear that Avi Katz (architect, from South Africa) took his flight just before 11am yesterday morning. He has been suffering from COPD for many years. Avi’s Celebration is this coming...
View ArticleMa Antar Divyam
Sidika writes: “My dear friend Divyam died of pancreatic cancer on Saturday morning at 1am. The decline in her health was unexpectedly swift following her diagnosis with pancreatic and liver cancer on...
View ArticleFarewell Adhiraj
From Ghoshana via Mega we hear: We came to know this Thursday evening that a friend has passed away today. Adhiraj, Swedish by birth, but more French, as he lived there for a long time. Since so many...
View ArticleMa Prem Diana
Prem Diana received sannyas in 1980. Many of us may remember her as a one-time resident of Medina, where she worked in the design studio and was UK editor for ‘The Rajneesh Times.’ Chetan was a fellow...
View ArticleAmrit Bhaskar
He was born on 11th February 1946 and had been suffering from lung cancer. Bhaskar has seen the footage after his Death Celebration pictured here. There is nothing to fear in life, because life is...
View ArticleMa Deva Sitara
Sitara was a creative force of nature, perhaps best known for her work in musical theater at Osho’s commune in Pune. She was an Osho lover and devotee for more than 30 years, a high-energy,...
View Article‘Big’ Rama
Purushottama writes: “Just wanted to let you know that ‘Big’ Rama was found in his bed lying on his back after not showing up for work in Sedona. (Leave it to Rama to find the ‘Lazy Man’s Guide to...
View ArticleSwagato
Swagato is renowned mainly for playing the saxophone (but also the silver flute). He has been living in Cabo Verde for many years. Swagato has released, together with the band Olinôs, the CDs: ‘Sabura’...
View ArticleSiddhartha from Germany
Siddhartha was born in Vechelde, in 1936, as Heiner Maria Gartung. As an artist he took on the name of Y. Fongi (he was also a Jazz musician and a gardener) until Osho gave him the name Swami Ananda...
View ArticleVimal Pieter
From Baul we hear that Pieter left his body just before sunrise on the day of the Buddha Full Moon, the full moon in May when Buddha was born, became enlightened and left his body. “We will never know...
View ArticleMa Gyan Sigari
Mahana (via Swami Shunyam) writes: “Eleven days after Siddhartha left his body, his beloved wife and lover, Ma Gyan Sigari, also left her body, at 2.35pm.” She died in the Bayreuth hospital from...
View ArticleBodhi Karuna from Taiwan
From Shanti Prem via Mega we hear that a Farewell Ceremony has been organised by family and friends for her in Taiwan, on 3rd June. Bodhi Karuna took sannyas in 1993 and since 2009 she devoted herself,...
View ArticleSundaro
Tributes You can leave a message / tribute / anecdote to be published on Osho News using our contact form (pls add ‘Sundaro’ in the subject field)… Beloved Sundaro, Totality, totality, totality,...
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