Editing Rajneesh movement (section)

=== Commerce ===

Hugh B. Urban comments that "one of the most astonishing features of the early Rajneesh movement was its remarkable success as a business enterprise".<ref name="urban179">{{Harvnb|Urban|2005|p=179}}</ref> It "developed an extremely effective and profitable corporate structure", and "by the 1980s, the movement had evolved into a complex, interlocking network of corporations, with an astonishing number of both spiritual and secular businesses worldwide, offering everything from yoga and psychological counselling to cleaning services."<ref name="urban171">{{Harvnb|Urban|2005|p=171}}</ref> It has been estimated that at least 120&nbsp;million dollars were generated during the movement's time in Oregon, a period when the acquisition of capital, the collection of donations, and legal work were a primary concern.<ref name="urban180" /> The popular press reported widely on the large collection of [[Rolls-Royce (car)|Rolls-Royce]] cars Rajneesh had amassed,<ref name="hunt127" /> reported to be 93 at the final count.<ref name="oregonian-apr2011-1">{{Citation |last=Zaitz |first=Les |title=25 years after Rajneeshee commune collapsed, truth spills out&nbsp;– Part 1 of 5 |date=14 April 2011 |newspaper=[[The Oregonian]] |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/rajneesh/index.ssf/2011/04/part_one_it_was_worse_than_we.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320131107/http://www.oregonlive.com/rajneesh/index.ssf/2011/04/part_one_it_was_worse_than_we.html |archive-date=20 March 2016 |access-date=27 March 2018}}</ref> James S. Gordon reported that some sannyasins saw the cars as an unrivalled tool for obtaining publicity, others as a good business investment or as a test, others as an expression of Rajneesh's scorn for middle-class aspirations and yet others as an indication of the love of his disciples.<ref name="JSG114-115">{{harvnb|Gordon|1987|pp=114–115}}</ref> Gordon opined that what Rajneesh loved most about the Rolls-Royces, apart from their comfort, was "the anger and envy that his possession of so many—so absurdly, unnecessarily, outrageously many—of them aroused".<ref name="JSG114-115" /> He wrote of a bumper sticker that was popular among sannyasins: "Jesus Saves. Moses Invests. Bhagwan Spends."

By the mid-1980s, the movement, assisted by a sophisticated legal and business infrastructure, had created a corporate machine consisting of various front companies and subsidiaries.<ref name="urban179" /> At this time, the three main identifiable organisations within the Rajneesh movement were: the Ranch Church, or Rajneesh International Foundation (RIF); the Rajneesh Investment Corporation (RIC), through which the RFI was managed; and the Rajneesh Neo-Sannyasin International Commune (RNSIC). The umbrella organisation that oversaw all investment activities was Rajneesh Services International Ltd., a company incorporated in the UK but based in [[Zürich]]. There were also smaller organisations, such as Rajneesh Travel Corp, Rajneesh Community Holdings, and the Rajneesh Modern Car Collection Trust, whose sole purpose was to deal with the acquisition and rental of Rolls-Royces.<ref name="urban180">{{Harvnb|Urban|2005|p=180}}</ref><ref name="WRIGHT141-146">{{harvnb|Wright|1985|pp=141–146}}</ref> By the early 21st century, members of the movement were running stress management seminars for corporate clients such as [[BMW]], and the movement was reported in 2000 to be making $15–45&nbsp;million annually in the U.S.<ref name="Carrette 2004 154">{{harvnb|Carrette|King|2004|p=154}}</ref>

From 1981 to 1985, the movement owned an airline, [[Air Rajneesh]].