Osho International Foundation (post-Rajneesh)
Successor organisation to the Rajneesh / Osho movement after the founder's 1990 death. Operates Pune meditation resort and global network. Significantly less coercive than the 1980s Rajneeshpuram era but documented patterns of guru-veneration, financial extraction, and trademark litigation against ex-members continue.
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BITE breakdown
0 — post-1990 successor to Rajneesh's movement; reduced but persistent control patterns.
Profile facts
In context
Osho International Foundation manages the trademark, copyrights, and Pune meditation resort. The post-1990 movement is significantly less coercive than the Rajneeshpuram era but has been engaged in long-running global trademark disputes seeking to control who may use 'Osho' branding. Some ex-sannyasins describe ongoing financial pressure and severance patterns; the documentation is more contested than for the historical period.
Key control doctrines
- Osho as enlightened master
- Pune resort as primary spiritual destination
- Sannyasin identity
Recovery resources
- ICSA (International Cultic Studies Association) — General referral and cult-aware therapist directory; ICSA has Osho-lineage archive material.
- Sarlo's Guru Rating Service — Long-standing critical assessment of Osho and successor organisations.
- INFORM — LSE-founded UK research-based information service covering Osho-derived movements.
- Reclamation Collective — Religious-trauma-aware therapist network.
- Freedom of Mind Resource Center — Steven Hassan's organisation; BITE-model resources.
See the full curated list at /resources.
Legal cases & controversies
- Ongoing global Osho trademark litigation
This profile is in progress — history, deeper BITE evidence and survivor voices are still being added. Contributions welcome via GitHub.
Timeline
- 1990Osho dies; OIF takes over
- 2000s+Ongoing global trademark litigation
Sources
- Hugh Urban, 'Zorba the Buddha' (2015) search ↗
- Multiple Indian and international trademark cases search ↗
We cite sources by name and outlet rather than fabricating links. Where a source includes its own URL, the open ↗ link opens it directly; otherwise search ↗ runs a Google Scholar query for the cited title — useful for verifying academic sources. For news outlets, search the outlet's own archive.
Change history
Substantive edits logged per the score-updates policy.
- 2026-05-29Phase 1 Batch D: per-group recovery resources curated. 5 verified entries tailored to post-Rajneesh Osho-lineage exits.
- 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.
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