WHAT DID THINK KRISHNAMURTI ABOUT OSHO?

 

 

The researcher Galaxio, who has studied Krishnamurti extensively, commented on this matter as follows:

 

« I remember that Osho's followers used to say that there were only two masters in the world: Osho and Krishnamurti. Osho himself said this, because before becoming a guru, he had been a reader of Krishnamurti, and in fact, he is one of the first and foremost thieves of Krishnamurti's teachings.

 

But Krishnamurti had a different opinion of Osho; first, he went through various classifications of him as a false teacher and ended up calling him "evil."

 

When Osho heard of Krishnamurti's rejection, he probably flew into a rage and began to speak disparagingly of Krishnamurti. »

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It would have been good if Galaxio had provided the references so that they could be transcribed verbatim, but that Krishnamurti felt an enormous repudiation towards Osho has been corroborated by Hugh Milne, who was Osho's bodyguard, and who in his book "Bhagwan, the god who failed" recounted the following anecdote:

 

 

« During the month I spent working in Zurich I met Deeksha (a former disciple of Osho) who in her distress she had sought out Krishnamurti, the only person whom Bhagwan recognized as an equal. 

 

(Cid's note: Before the scandal he caused in the United States and which forced him to leave that country, Osho called himself Bhagwan, which in India is one of the names used to designate God.)

 

Krishnamurti had no time for Bhagwan and was particularly opposed to the use of the word Bhagwan (God).

 

“No one but God Himself should use that title,” Deeksha claimed Krishnamurti told her.

 

And also that Krishnamurti added:

 

“I've received hundreds of letters from all over the world asking why I don't speak out publicly against this man, but I will not, as it is not my way.

 

However, I reveal to you that this man is a criminal. You must understand this very clearly. What he is doing to people in the name of spirituality is a crime. Because no one should surrender to another human being, and besides, he is simply a human being.

 

The main manifestation of consciousness in a human is his ability to make decisions for himself.

 

You made a big mistake by giving that man so much power for twelve years, but understand this: no man has power except the power his followers give him, and that's why he needs people around him all the time, and the more the better, according to him.

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When Krishnamurti called Bhagwan a criminal, I suspected that he did not mean disobedience of civil laws, but rather misuse of psychic and hypnotic powers. »

(Caliban Books, London 1986, p.275-276)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OBSERVATION

 

From everything I have studied about Jiddu Krishnamurti, I get the impression that Krishnamurti did indeed express this opinion, and I fully agree with what he said. And I also agree with Hugh Milne when he considers that Krishnamurti accused Osho of being a criminal because of the psychic, emotional, and mental manipulation that he exerted on his followers.