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English media in the Fire




"The world is too dangerous to live in - not because of
the people who do evil - but because of the people
who stand by the side and allows them to do it."

Albert Einstein



Complaint against The Evening Standard
filed with The Press Complaints Commission


A "cosmic shyster" or an Enlightened Master
in the tradition of Jesus or Buddha?


A complaint has been filed today against The Evening Standard (UK) with The Press Complaints Commission under the Code of Practice on the grounds of defamation and inaccuracy.

The editor for The Evening Standard has received a detailed complaint about the review Guru with a gun written by John Preston and published in The Evening Standard january 5, 2004,
but has not responded.

In this review, you can read the following statement: "Osho
(Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) was arrested on a 35-count indictment - mainly fraud and illegal immigrationcharges."

Contrary to rumours eagerly circulated in the media,
Osho has not been charged for fraud. In fact,
Osho has only pleaded guilty to two of thirty-four minor "immigrationviolations" with which he had been charged,
so as to avoid further risks to his life in the hand of the
American judical system. Osho acquiesced and entered
an "Alfred plea", a plea peculiar to the US judical system,
whereby he could accept the contention of guilt while at
the same time maintain his innocence. He was fined four
hundred dollars and ordered to leave the USA, not to
return for five years. So this is simply defamation, which
is quite serious.

Preston also exclaims in the review: Osho is "one of
the most cosmic shysters of recent times" and
is "still brimming with unrepentant egomania."

Below you will find three quotes from people,
who have actually meet Osho and that may
be qualified to make a more initiated and balanced
opinion than Preston.

The first one is Bernhard Levin of the London Times, who has
been described as the acerbic doyen of conservative
social commentators and who came away from his 1980 visit
"fascinated by my experience of the man ... and the
people around him." Osho, he said, was "a remarkable
teacher ... and an extraordinary magnet."

The second one is Ronald Conway, lecturer, author, Catholic, and
senior consultant psychologist at a leading Australian hospital,
who published a report of his visit to the ashram in
1980 in which he said,"To be within a few meters of
him can create aremarkable effect. Whatsoever its source,
Osho is a person of remarkable power and magnetism,
palpable enough to be felt ... He made me feel that perhaps Jesus might have been like this."

The third one is Dalai Lama, who commented "Osho is an enlightened
master, who is working with all possibilities to help humanity overcome
a difficult phase in developing consciousness."

"But maybe Standard The Evening also suspects Dalai Lama to be a "cosmic shyster"
"brimming with unrepentant egomania?", says Swami Dhyan Giten, who has 19 years of experience in teaching awareness and meditation and is author of the book Song of Meditation - About Meditation, Relationships and Spiritual Creativity.


The Press Complaints Commission takes normally 40 days
to handle a complaint.

Osho International in New York and Global Connections in Pune
has received copies, but has not responded.

The gist of the complaint can be read under the topic
Detailed complaint about the review The future was orange
in The Observer on www.SannyasWorld.com


Link to the review Guru with a gun in the Evening Standard:
 http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/entertainment/books/articles/8446789?source=Ev
ening%20Standard%20


For further information: Swami Dhyan GIten, ,  info@giten.net, www.giten.net
Copies of the whole complaint are available.