A Tale of Sexual and Spiritual Transformation

Krishna Prem

Krishna Prem left his body three years ago. His partner, Sourabh, says she felt he stayed with us despite his illness just to finish the book.

KP, as we all knew him, took sannyas in the early 70′s and had a very special relationship with Osho who loved his wit and outrageousness!

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Reviews

If you were there in Poona One – reading this book is a must.

If you were not there in Poona One – reading this book is a must.

Krishna Prem has resurrected those extraordinary days.  He lived them and he kept a diary.  His writing has the ring of truth, the bloom of spontaneity and the vivid hues of a disciple’s devotion.

Krishna Prem was one of Osho’s early western sannyasins.  We are lucky that he happens to have a natural gift with words, a sense of narrative and a heart bursting with excitement and love.  I find this book a joy and an inspiration.  And an accurate history too.

Krishna Prem starts by describing the car accident and his ensuing moment of bliss and luminosity that brought him to India and Osho.  He describes in rich and humorous details the India of the early seventies, its discomforts and diseases and the devices Osho used to start his people’s wake-up processes.  Krishna Prem describes, completely openly, the sexual triangle that is part of his own unfolding path, his sexual and spiritual transformation.

He goes on to describe how love and trust developed into devotion and surrender, essential ingredients of the master-disciple relationship.  He records being given tasks by Osho that he could not fulfil – how hour after hour, day after day he sweated and wrestled with the introduction to a book or the functioning of the Press Office until, in the end, he learned the knack of stepping aside, of inviting Osho’s help, of letting the work accomplish itself.

Krishna Prem of necessity had many dealings with Laxmi, Osho’s secretary, so the reader gains many insights into the inner and outer workings of the commune.  Dealing on behalf of Osho with politicians and the world press, radio and TV companies he has wonderfully shocking and entertaining stories.

“The wheel that Buddha moved has stopped.  The wheel has to be moved again and that is my life-work and yours.” said Osho in a discourse that Krishna Prem quotes.  That day i arrived in Poona for the first time.  He writes how he shivered in anticipation then at so great a challenge.  So do i now.  We are at a critical time in the history of civilisation.  Osho has the vision and compassion that humanity longs for.

Krishna Prem is a worthy messenger.

Rashid Maxwell

“AMAZING! Absolutely devouring it. Gobbling it up in huge chunks. Can’t get enough of it. It’s just like “our” (sannyas) family history! Each time I have to sop (eyes won’t stay open, middle of the night), I lie in bed with tears falling. No particular reason – it just reminds me of everything that I have ever loved about Osho / sannyas/ community etc.”

xxxx Garimo

I have just finished reading your manuscript. I have to confess it is now in a complete mess as I have been reading it in the bath, in bed, on the train and so on. I was gripped. Many of the pages are very wet – either from bath water or tears. It’s been a roller coaster ride, funny, illuminating, tragic and awe inspiring. I have really enjoyed reading it and vicariously sharing your life – a privilege I have to say.

Michael Mann, Watkins Publishing