He had made such an impact! This is how I had my first darshan.Īfter that, I became so busy with the outside world, with studies, family – I forgot everything about that first meeting.Īfter I had gotten married, a friend of mine shared a cassette with me without telling me what it was about. He was only one person but he had left everyone absolutely stunned, transfixed. I didn’t know anything about gurus or enlightenment at that time but this much became clear to me – this person in front of me had left an incredible effect on the whole audience. It was this silence that touched me deeply. There was a huge audience and the hall was completely full, yet not a single person moved. His appearance was all white except for his black hair and eyes. He had a lungi draped around him and carried a shawl. I still remember how he was sitting on the stage, what he looked like. If anyone wants to attend, they can go.” I went to the talk and didn’t understand a word he spoke but I enjoyed myself. Osho was scheduled to give a Hindi discourse at a nearby engineering college, so our matron told us, “Acharya Rajneesh has come to the city to give a talk. My language then was Gujarati, and I barely knew Hindi as we also hadn’t studied the language at my village school. It was there in 1967 that I saw Osho for the first time. When I was 14 years old and started eighth grade, I moved to the city of Morbi where I lived in a boarding school. Till seventh grade, I studied in my village school in Gujarat. Sanjay Swamiji, when did you first hear of Osho? Walking through these gardens, one feels the Master’s energy throbbing, pulsating through the flowers, bees, and even the sweet, unpredictable pooches.

The most recent addition to this thriving family is rows of sunflowers that dot the fields surrounding the meditation hall. He has lovingly planted mango trees, neem trees and hundreds of other kinds of plants. During our interview, he doesn’t profess his love for nature through words, but his love for the soil silently permeates every corner of Osho Vatika. Sanjay is a man of few words it is his quiet, simple, raw presence that speaks for him instead. Perhaps that explains the fragrance of groundedness and ordinariness around him. Born into a family of farmers, he learnt farming at a very young age. Swami Sanjay currently runs the Osho Vatika Meditation Centre in Rajkot, Gujarat.

Krishna meri drishti mein osho