Disappearing far into the background, this most skillful biographer navigates seamlessly between objective fact and subjective feeling. Joshi demonstrates mastery of editorial restraint and tone throughout the 268-page book. With vast information and experience to draw from, Dr. Joshi stated, “I found it subsequently necessary that the story after Osho’s arrival in the USA must be told and the following fascinating and yet turbulent times with the Master, the heart breaking treatment given to his body, the shameful utter injustice done to him, his incredible world tour, and finally, the reflowering of Osho Energy in Poona must all be shared.” “Luminous Rebel” incorporates and expands on Joshi’s earlier book published in 1983 as “The Awakened One: Life and Work of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.” In a recent interview, Dr. Vasant Joshi is a trusted biographer, respected academician, and first-person witness to much of what he has written about. “Luminous Rebel” is elegant evidence that Osho lives on as the highest order spiritual master with a universal message of revolutionary aliveness for the 21st century and beyond. As a world-renown authority on Osho, Joshi’s chapters communicate a pulsing intimacy with its precious subject. Thirty-five years and millions of Osho rumors later, “Luminous Rebel” factually traces the life of the most prolific, humorous, and outrageous enlightened being the world has ever known. Vasant Joshi, selected by Osho himself in 1975 to write the Awakened One’s life story. This illuminating account was written by one of his closest long-time associates and translator, Dr. “Osho Luminous Rebel-Life Story of a Maverick Mystic” is a long-awaited and much-needed biography of Enlightened Spiritual Master Osho, also known as Bhagwan Rajneesh around the world. TITLE: “Osho Luminous Rebel-Life Story of a Maverick Mystic” June 2010 BOOK REVIEW TITLE: “Osho Luminous Rebel-Life Story of a Maverick Mystic” AUTHOR: Vasant Joshi, PhD Publisher: ISBN: 978-81-8328-154-6 Book Review by Sally Henderson, MFA “Osho Luminous Rebel-Life Story of a Maverick Mystic” is a long-awaited and much-needed biography of Enlightened Spiritual Master Osho, also known as Bhagwan Rajneesh around the world. Osho The Luminous Rebel is for all Osho lovers and admirers, for the uninitiated but spiritually inclined, and for those who are just curious to know more.more The book also takes the reader through those years of Oshos struggle with authority figures, his travels all over India, to the much-hyped city of Rajneeshpuram in the US, to one of the greatest mysteries of our timesOsho believes that he was poisoned by the US government when he was detained in various jails there he was later denied visas in almost all countries across the worldevents, he reveals, that exposed the true face of democracy. Osho The Luminous Rebel traces the story of Osho from his birth, talking about his spiritual search for truth and the wondrous story of his enlightenment. This is only one of the many astounding facts about Osho which this book reveals. Enlightenment of this stature is not attained in a few years or even in a lifetimeit is spread over hundreds of years and over lives, as was with the case of Osho, who spoke about his previous life and birth. This made him the most talked about and controversial mystic of the twentieth century. He spoke fearlessly against orthodox religions, priests, politicians, age-old traditions and anything he thought was a hindrance to the path of self realisation. He brought about a spiritual revolution in the lives of those who cared to grow intellectually.
He spoke fearlessly against orthodox religions, priests, politicians, age-old traditions and anythin Often described as a rebel, an iconoclast, an enlightened mystic and an intellectual giant, Osho (also known as Acharya Rajneesh and Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) is all this and more.
Often described as a rebel, an iconoclast, an enlightened mystic and an intellectual giant, Osho (also known as Acharya Rajneesh and Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) is all this and more.