Within a year, the leadership of the commune became embroiled in a conflict with local residents, primarily over land use, which was marked by bitter hostility on both sides. In 1981, Osho relocated to the United States, and his followers established an intentional community, later known as Rajneeshpuram, in the state of Oregon. By the end of the 1970s, there were mounting tensions with the Indian government and the surrounding society. The ashram offered therapies derived from the Human Potential Movement to its Western audience and made news in India and abroad, chiefly because of its permissive climate and Osho's provocative lectures. Moving to Pune in 1974, he established an ashram that attracted increasing numbers of Westerners.
In his discourses, he reinterpreted writings of religious traditions, mystics and philosophers from around the world.
He began initiating disciples (known as neo-sannyasins) and took on the role of a spiritual teacher. In 1970, he settled for a while in Mumbai. He advocated a more open attitude towards sexuality, a stance that earned him the sobriquet "sex guru" in the Indian and later the international press. "Rajneesh" Chandra Mohan Jain (11 December 1931-19 January 1990), also known as Acharya Rajneesh from the 1960s onwards, calling himself Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh during the 1970s and 1980s and taking the name Osho in 1989, was an Indian mystic and spiritual teacher.Ī professor of philosophy, he travelled throughout India in the 1960s as a public speaker, raising controversy by speaking against socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and institutionalised religion.