Editing Rajneesh movement (section)

=== Origins ===
{{Main|Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)}}
[[File:Osho 1972 Birthday seek-index 268 0.26.ogv|thumb|Rajneesh's birthday celebrations at his Bombay residence on 11 December 1972]]

Rajneesh began speaking in public in 1958, while still a lecturer (later professor) in philosophy at [[Rani Durgavati University|Jabalpur University]]. He lectured throughout India during the 1960s, promoting meditation and the ideals of [[free love]],<ref name="hunt127">{{Harvnb|Hunt|2003|p=127}}</ref> a social movement based on a [[Civil libertarianism|civil libertarian]] philosophy that rejects state regulation and religious interference in personal relationships; he also denounced marriage as a form of social bondage, especially for women.{{Ref label|a|a|none}}<ref>McElroy, Wendy. "The Free Love Movement and Radical Individualism." Libertarian Enterprise .19 (1996): 1.</ref> He criticised [[socialism]] and [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Gandhi]], but championed capitalism, science, technology and birth control,<ref>FitzGerald, Frances (29 September 1986), "Rajneeshpuram", ''The New Yorker'', p. 77.</ref> warning against overpopulation and criticising religious teachings that promote poverty and subjection.

He became known as Acharya Rajneesh, ''Acharya'' meaning "teacher or professor" and "Rajneesh" being a childhood nickname (from Sanskrit रजनि rajani, night and ईश isha, lord).<ref name="Gordon26-27">{{Harvnb|Gordon|1987|pp=26–27}}</ref> By 1964, a group of wealthy backers had initiated an educational trust to support Rajneesh and aid in the running of meditation retreats.<ref>{{harvnb|Lewis|2005|p=119}}</ref> The association formed at this time was known as Jivan Jagruti Andolan ([[Hindi]]: Life Awakening Movement).<ref>{{harvnb|Osho|2000|p=224}}</ref> As Goldman expresses it, his rapidly growing clientele suggested "that he was an unusually talented spiritual therapist". Around this time he "acquired a business manager" from the upper echelons of Indian society, Laxmi Thakarsi Kuruwa, a politically well-connected woman who would function as his personal secretary and organisational chief. She became Rajneesh's first [[sannyasa|sannyasin]],<ref>{{harvnb|Goldman|2004|p=119}}</ref> taking the name Ma Yoga Laxmi.<ref name="Lewis">{{harvnb|Lewis|2005|p=122}}</ref><ref name="RP155-30">{{harvnb|Palmer|1993|p=30}}</ref><ref name=Carter44>{{Harvnb|Carter|1990|p=44}}</ref> Laxmi, the daughter of a key supporter of the [[Nationalist Congress Party]], with close ties to [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru|Nehru]] and [[Morarji Desai]],<ref name="Fitzgerald77">{{harvnb|FitzGerald|1986|p=77}}</ref><ref name="Metha89">{{harvnb|Mehta|1993|p=89}}</ref> retained this role for almost 15 years.<ref name="Gordon93">{{Harvnb|Gordon|1987|p=93}}</ref>