Editing Osho movement

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! colspan="2" | Osho movement
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! Family
| New religious movement / Neo-sannyas
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! Origin region
| India and international communities
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! Founding period
| Late 20th century CE
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! Estimated adherents
| Unknown; centers and meditation communities exist internationally.
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'''Osho movement''' is a modern spiritual movement based on the teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, later known as Osho, emphasizing meditation, inner freedom, celebration, and individual transformation.

== Overview ==
The Osho movement developed around the Indian teacher Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, who later adopted the name Osho. Britannica notes that by the early 21st century his movement had hundreds of centers in more than 60 countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bhagwan-Shree-Rajneesh |work=Encyclopaedia Britannica |access-date=2026-05-22}}</ref> The movement is also remembered for the controversies surrounding the Rajneeshpuram community in Oregon.

== Key beliefs ==

* Meditation is central to inner transformation
* Direct experience is emphasized over dogma
* Joy, celebration, and freedom are valued
* The individual should move beyond inherited social conditioning
* The movement combines Indian, Buddhist, Western therapeutic, and modern spiritual influences

== Practices ==

* Dynamic Meditation and other active meditations
* Discourses and study of Osho's talks
* Retreats and therapy groups
* Sannyas identity in some communities
* Music, dance, and celebration

== Places of worship ==

* Osho meditation centers
* Retreat communities
* Private meditation spaces
* Online study groups

== Sacred texts ==

* Osho's discourses
* Books compiled from talks
* Meditation manuals
* Community publications

== Holidays and observances ==

* Osho's birthday commemorations
* Retreat festivals
* Movement-specific meditation events

== Branches and related traditions ==

* [[New Age spirituality]] - Osho communities overlap with modern alternative spirituality.
* [[Buddhism]] - Osho used Buddhist language and Zen themes but was not limited to Buddhism.
* [[New Religious Movements]] - The movement is commonly studied as a modern religious movement.

== See also ==

* [[Religion]]
* [[Theology]]
* [[Philosophy of religion]]
* [[New Religious Movements]]

== References ==

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[[Category:Religions]]
[[Category:New Religious Movements]]
[[Category:New Age]]