Why Did Osho Buy All Those Rolls Royces?

[Guest username]

I'm not an expert on him, but I'm just curious what his motive was. 

You could probably give me the best answer on this @Prabhaker

Edited May 12, 2017 by username

[Prabhaker]

@username

Excerpts from Osho talks:

People are very much interested in your Rolls Royces. What do You want to prove with this, so many cars and so much luxury around You?
Why are people concerned? Then certainly they need it; then more Rolls Royces will be here. Until they stop asking me, more and more Rolls Royces are going to be here. Now it has to be seen that it is a challenge: the day nobody asks me about Rolls Royces, they will not be coming.

People's interest in Rolls Royces shows their mind. They are not interested what is happening here. They don't ask about meditation, they don't ask about sannyas, they don't ask about people's life, love, the laughter that happens in this desert. They only ask about Rolls Royces. That means I have touched some painful nerve. And I will go on pressing it till they stop asking.

I am not a worshipper of poverty. That's what those Rolls Royces prove. I respect wealth. Nobody before me had the guts to say it. The pope cannot say that he respects wealth, although he is the wealthiest man on the earth.

I am not a hypocrite. I am the poorest man on the earth. I don't have a single cent with me. But I want to show these people what attracts their mind. If there were no Rolls Royces here, perhaps there would be nothing for the whole world ask about me, about you, about meditation, about initiation into sannyas, about love, about anything. It is for those idiots that I am keeping all those Rolls Royces, because they cannot move their eyes away from those Rolls Royces. And meanwhile I will go on pouring other things in their minds. Without those Rolls Royces they would not have asked a single question.

Those Rolls Royces are doing their work. Every idiot around the world is interested in them. And I want them to be somehow interested—in anything in Rajneeshpuram. Then we will manage about other things.

So tell those people—when anybody asks, tell them that "These Rolls Royces are for you idiots. Otherwise you are not interested in anything." Once they stop asking about Rolls Royces, then I will have to think of something else, whether to have rockets which are going to the moon…. I will have to think of something else. 

I received a letter from a bishop of Wasco County, who had been for almost five years condemning my Rolls Royces. In every Sunday sermon he was not preaching Jesus Christ, he was preaching me and my Rolls Royces. The day I was leaving he wrote a letter to me, "Now you are leaving, it will be great kindness on your part if you can donate one Rolls Royce to this church." Now, this shows the man….

I informed him, "Would you like all ninety-three, or only one?"

And a letter came, "If you can give all ninety-three, that is just the right thing. You are really great. I'm very sorry that I condemned you for five years. You are a man to be worshiped."

It is a very strange world if you understand people: whatever they are saying shows more about them than it shows about the person they are talking about.

[Prabhaker]

Excerpts from Osho talks:

Just the other day Anando was showing me one book published against me in Australia by a couple who have been sannyasins for three years and have been in the commune. But just looking at their ideas, it seems they have never seen me. They are saying that they were working, working hard, and with their work I was purchasing Rolls Royces. 
You can see the absurdity: their work was not bringing any money. Their work was making their own houses to live in, the roads - which were needing money, not producing money. But in their mind - and for all those three years also - they must have been resentful.

Those Rolls Royces were not produced by the commune. They were presents from outside, from all over the world. And I was not their owner - I had given them to the commune. They were commune property, and I have not brought any of them with me; I have left them with the commune.
Everything that I had has been left with the commune. I never owned anything. But there must have been the idea that they are earning money, and I am wasting money. That is their resentment.

What money were you earning? In fact you needed money to make houses, to make roads, to make a dam - a dam needed two and a half million dollars to make. You were contributing your labor, but we were not creating money out of it so that I could purchase Rolls Royces, so that I could purchase anything. I have not purchased anything from the money produced by the commune because the commune never produced any money. The commune was absorbing money. In fact all my royalties, all my books, all their profits were going to the commune. The situation is just the opposite - that I had given everything to the commune. Now, four hundred books in different languages were bringing millions of dollars in royalties, and those royalties were going to the commune.

If I had wanted to purchase Rolls Royces, I could have purchased my own Rolls Royces, as many as I wanted, just out of my royalties.

(Osho - Beyond Psychology #24)

OSHO: I Am the Rich Man's Guru

 

[Prabhaker]

Excerpts from Osho talks:

“There was no need for ninety-six Rolls Royces. I could not use ninety-six Rolls Royces simultaneously – the same model, the same car. But I wanted to make it clear to you that you would be ready to drop all your desires for truth, for love, for spiritual growth to have a Rolls Royce. I was knowingly creating a situation in which you would feel jealous.”

“The function of a master is very strange. He has to help you come to an understanding of your inner structure of consciousness: it is full of jealousy.”

“…Those cars fulfilled their purpose. They created jealousy in the whole of America, in all the super-rich people. If they were intelligent enough, then rather than being my enemies they would have come to me to find a way to get rid of their jealousy, because it is their problem. Jealousy is a fire that burns you, and burns you badly.” (Beyond Psychology ~by Osho)

For many people these cars were a barrier between them and Osho. They could not see past the cars.

It is said that Sufi masters create disguises so that they may go about their business unrecognized and do not have to waste time with people who are not seekers.

[Ricksta]

When you say "buy" I think that is a relative term. I doubt that Osho himself actually walked into a car dealership and took a few Rolls' out on a test drive and swiped the ol card. As far as I understand it a lot of his followers (who apparently were very wealthy) purchased these cars for him. Personally I find it a bit odd.

However I will say this, which is that the one day I read a bit into his life story. Admittedly this was before I knew much about him and frankly I was shocked at the outlandish nature of his life lol. Poisonings, orgies, being imprisoned and taking over that town in America, it makes for strange reading. After I got over my shock at the strange stories that surround him, I realised that actually, being as enlightened as he was, it makes sense. Somebody that enlightened would live the type of life that cannot be explained in terms of normal societal thinking, and therefore pretty much anything he did would seems exceptionally strange.

Perhaps his followers struggled to come to terms with the weight of his enlightenment and thus also behaved in strange ways when they were around him.

[Prabhaker]

6 minutes ago, Ricksta said:

I doubt that Osho himself actually walked into a car dealership and took a few Rolls' out on a test drive and swiped the ol card.

Osho was not the owner of cars. He had no bank account, no property, no pockets in his dress. He was one of the poorest person but he lived a luxurious life.

[Hsinav]

9 hours ago, username said:

 

I'm not an expert on him, but I'm just curious what his motive was. 

 

He´s approach was to provoke people.

[Hsinav]

I bet he enjoyed it too! Everyday he took a 1 h drive in one of them. Everytime with the company of a girl, if I have got it right.

According to his secretary Ma Anand Sheila (can´t find the video right now) he was very, VERY specific about what car he wanted to drive the next day and the administration around it.

The colour and model was very important.

Edited May 12, 2017 by Vanish

[jse]

11 hours ago, username said:

Why Did Osho Buy All Those Rolls Royces?

Apparently the number of Rolls Royces one owns, determines the level of enlightenment one's at.
That puts me at a well-below-ignorant level. 

[Harikrishnan]

4 hours ago, Prabhaker said:

Osho was not the owner of cars. He had no bank account, no property, no pockets in his dress. He was one of the poorest person but he lived a luxurious life.

Perfect slap on Economic views 

[Guest username]

1 hour ago, jse said:

Apparently the number of Rolls Royces one owns, determines the level of enlightenment one's at.
That puts me at a well-below-ignorant level. 

Makes sense ;P

[Shanmugam]

Whether he was fond of Rolls Royces or he just used it to provoke the society, no one can know.. We have to either go by Osho's words or choose to believe what the critics of Osho has said about that... But it obviously did its work.. It is only after Osho, people are able to accept that spirituality and material things can go together. The fact that Osho had so many Rolls Royces has made it easier for people to accept when Sadhguru flies a helicopter... He indeed created a revolution...

@username By the way, Why did you get an username called 'Username'? Is your password 'password'?

[Guest username]

@Shanmugam I just didn't want to develop any sort of identity around this account, so I try to be a bland as possible. My only focus on the forum is learning and helping others learn.

[pluto]

Gotta love Osho, Badass, Direct and Free as can be!

That's how its done!

[electroBeam]

@Prabhaker Osho sounds bitter in that excerpt

[Prabhaker]

1 minute ago, electroBeam said:

Osho sounds bitter in that excerpt

He was a notorious person, never cared about his respectability and respectability of others. He wanted to shake us from our sleep. 

[Prabhaker]

1 minute ago, iii said:

Might be a fraud

That might be the reason he declared that "I am rich man's Guru."

[pluto]

3 minutes ago, Prabhaker said:

He was a notorious person, never cared about his respectability and respectability of others. He wanted to shake us from our sleep. 

I am quite the same that's why i love him Raw Direct Truth!

The seed will blossom regardless

[SOUL]

What's the difference between Osho and any one of those TV evangelist preachers living lavishly? No joke, really what?

[Prabhaker]

47 minutes ago, SOUL said:

What's the difference between Osho and any one of those TV evangelist preachers living lavishly? No joke, really what?

Osho lived much more lavishly, he had no bank account, no property, he was not owner of anything including Rolls Royces cars. Nobody has courage to speak like him.

Here are excerpts from his interviews.

Q: I MIGHT ASK YOU HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE IN THE BANK, AND YOU MAY TELL ME THAT YOU HAVE NOTHING IN THE BANK. I CAN'T TELL WHETHER THAT IS TRUE OR NOT.
A: Just listen to me: you can inquire. Has anybody ever seen me with a single dollar? I don't even have pockets. I don't have even a diary to keep my accounts.

I don't have any connection with any bank in the whole world. You can put your F.B.I. or C.B.I. or whatsoever nonsense you have in America -- if they can find a single bank account of mine, I am ready to be shot. They should inquire. And I am ready -- if they can find a single paise in my name anywhere...

Q: YOUR BEING WILLING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS DOESN'T SETTLE THE ARGUMENT.
A: Nothing settles the argument. Has any argument ever been settled? Is it settled that Jesus was the son of a virgin girl? For two thousand years theologians have been arguing, and he was simply a bastard.
Q: YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IS MORE EASILY DEALT WITH THOUGH...
A: No, this is a simpler case to decide, because a virgin woman giving birth is a simple matter to decide. My case of bank account will take a long investigation.
Q: BUT IT COULD BE DETERMINED.
A: Yes, it can be determined.
Q: THE OTHER CANNOT.
A: The other can also be determined -- I determine it. And no medical person can refuse me.
Q: THAT HAS TO DO WITH MATTERS OF FAITH. WHAT IS YOUR NOTION OF FAITH?
A: Faith is simply for the ignorant and the idiots; faith is not for intelligent people. Intelligent people try to know things. Either they know, or they don't know. If they don't know, they simply accept that they don't know.

Edited May 17, 2017 by Prabhaker