In recent years Bhagwan turned against free love because of concern about AIDS. In 1988 he began using a Buddhist honorific, Osho, whose literal meaning is “on whom the heavens shower flowers.”
Bhagwan’s fleet of Rolls-Royces was sold off after his departure from the United States, and his debt ridden Oregon ranch became a ghost town.
The property was put up for sale, but bill collectors blocked any transaction. An insurance company eventually foreclosed on it, but no buyer came forward and it remains unoccupied. Antelope regained its original name.
(Rajneesh in several interviews had supported the Sikh demand of an independent nation of Khalistan).
Article extracted from this publication >> January 26, 1990
