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In 1985, in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers, including a mass food poisoning attack with salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government, and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success. In 1981, the Rajneesh movement's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon. By the late 1970s, the tension between the ruling Janata Party government of Morarji Desai and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development and a back tax claim estimated at $5 million. In 1974, Rajneesh relocated to Pune, where an ashram was established and a variety of therapies, incorporating methods first developed by the Human Potential Movement, were offered to a growing Western following. During this period, he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, bhakti poets, and philosophers from around the world. In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as " neo-sannyasins". In the 1960s, Rajneesh travelled throughout India as a public speaker and became known as a vocal critic of mainstream political ideologies and of Mahatma Gandhi, as well as the orthodoxy of mainstream religions. In advocating a more open attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru".

Rajneesh emphasised the importance of freethought, meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity, and humour-qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious dogmas and traditions, and socialisation. During his lifetime, he was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader and a mystic Guru. Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain, 11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990), also known as Acharya Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and later as Osho ( / ˈ oʊ ʃ oʊ/), was an Indian godman, mystic, cult leader, and founder of the Rajneesh movement. Osho International Meditation resort, Pune
