"Osho strove so intensely to create what he called ‘a
Buddhafield’ in this hall where people can go into deep meditation very
easily. This took a great deal of time as for many years people remained
totally silent and meditated deeply in this hall and these sacred
vibrations, this magnetic aura, this sacred space is now being
demolished, "she said.
"This Buddha Hall belongs to all who came to be with
Osho between 1975 and 1990 and no one—absolutely no one—has the right to
demolish the space where thousands upon thousands had their first
experience of the bliss of meditation, the experience of being so close
to the Master seated in his Japanese pagoda style podium and the
benediction when, on his arrival, he greeted everyone of the ten
thousand present with an eye-to-eye contact. How can anyone who claims
to be working for Osho even think of destroying it?" she asked
"This hall belongs to the global spiritual heritage
and is as sacred as the Golden Temple to the Sikh devotees," she added.
"Everyone who has ever been close to Osho will be disgusted at its
destruction. Work must start immediately to put back the roof and
preserve the pagoda from where Osho delivered his discourses. We must
seek recourse from the courts, from the media, from public protests and
individual efforts to keep Osho’s legacy safe from these vandals," she
said. "The photographs, the video recordings of Osho are mostly taken in
this hall and destroying this hall is destroying the venue where he
lived. In this light, the next building to be razed will be Osho’s
samadhi!" she added.
Constructed in 1975 at the Koregaon Park Commune,
thousands of Osho sanyasins have strong emotional attachment with the
Buddha Hall. It was in this large, circular hall with a canvas dome,
marble flooring and seating capacity for over 10,000 people that many
visitors had their first glimpse of Osho. This was where Osho gave
discourses and initiated disciples into meditation for three years till
his death on January 19, 1990