A Guru of Greed; Ranjeeshpuram | Dark Dives

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Blair Zoń

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4.4 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Go to http://mintmobile.com/darkdives to get your new wireless plan for just $15 a month, and get the plan shipped to your door for free. Sign up for our Patreon to support what we do! https://www.patreon.com/iilluminaughtii Welcome to Dark Dives, a new series where we explore the murky and devious depths of humanity. Rajneeshpuram, run by their leader Bhagwan, was seen as a sanctuary for anyone that wanted to escape the difficult, stressful modern world. However, when they became involved with wire-tapping, poisoning, and immigration fraud, the community (or cult) doesn’t look so ‘innocent’ and restful after all. Was this all the result of a cult leader, a community led astray, or a few fringe members? Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii’ Sources: https://justpaste.it/94zq8 Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Ali Z-B This episode was edited and mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Last to Fall- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Sacred and Profane- Nicholas Rowe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	But you don't have yourself that you are surrounded by all the luxuries.
0:11.0	There is nothing more to be added to it, but who are you?
0:18.0	What would you give up for Enlightenment?
0:21.0	Would you become celibate?
0:22.0	Leave your wealth behind and maybe off- for Enlightenment, would you become celibate?
0:22.8	Leave your wealth behind and maybe offer mindless obedience
0:26.2	to your leader?
0:27.5	For many, that's what their image of Enlightenment is.
0:30.8	That's what's required in order for you to be accepted. No more worldly temptations. No more fun, more like it. However, this isn't what was required of the Rajnishis, or those who followed the religion of Rajnishpuram.
0:46.2	Named for the leader, Bhagwan Sri Rajnish, later called OSHA, their organization did believe in wealth and sex and a lot of both.
0:55.0	If sex becomes fun, prostitutes will disappear from the world. There is no need.
1:05.0	That's not to say they idolized material things, but Bhagwan had a different kind of mindset.
1:11.0	But who are you, living in a palace? But what the hell you are doing here?
1:20.0	He taught that while Eastern culture had spirituality, Western culture had hollow materialism.
1:27.0	In order for people to truly be complete and satisfied in their lives, they needed aspects of both, spirituality and materialism.
1:36.4	Westerners looking for Enlightenment as you could imagine loved this message.
1:41.8	No one was asking them to sacrifice anything except maybe a few dollar bills along the way.
1:47.0	They only had to transform their mindset and consider free love instead.
1:56.2	These teachings attracted anyone wanting peace as well as successful intellectuals that didn't want to give up their lives either. Not to
2:00.5	mention the teachings of Baguan also became incredibly popular in the early 80s,
2:05.7	when Americans in particular were disillusioned about the government lying to them during the Vietnam War.
2:12.0	Trust in authority figures was low,
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