Maybe India needs less heritage and more rebellion.

Discourse: Jyun Macchali Bin Neer - 05

Discourse: Jo Bole To Hari Katha

I’m writing this because I care deeply about this community, and something happened recently that I believe every member here needs to be aware of.

Let's get one thing out of the way first: I’m no saint! I’m not claiming to have some perfect, flawless "zen" patience, and I completely admit that I lost my temper in the DMs when dealing with an absolute wall of shifting excuses. But my personal level of enlightenment isn't the issue here. This is about basic fairness, transparency, and how this sub is being run.

Before publishing this, I checked directly with a neutral member of the moderation team and was told it's okay to share this as long as its polite, transparent and constructive. If it is subsequently removed or if my account is banned again, it will not be an enforcement of subreddit rules, it will be a unilateral action by the single moderator whose conduct is documented below.

You can check my post history; I have dedicated significant time to sharing excerpts of Osho’s discourses on this subreddit. Recently, to not alienate people because of language I began adding dual English/Hindi subtitles and hardcoding source info onto the videos.

A few days ago, I uploaded two original, unmanipulated clips. In these excerpts, Osho is heavily critical of politics. Both posts were immediately deleted.

Post 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/Osho/s/lyRz2vSVAX
Post 1 Reposted: https://www.reddit.com/r/Osho/s/JZBWuMUrxa

Post 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/Osho/s/ZspKn5ohER
Post 2 Reposted: https://www.reddit.com/r/Osho/s/iNsH0ZZx6J 

What followed was a series of changing explanations, inconsistent moderation, two permanent bans, and eventually a mute that prevented me from contacting the rest of the moderation team. I've documented the timeline below using direct quotes so everyone can judge for themselves.

The Timeline of Events & The Shifting Goalposts

When I asked the mod(s) why my posts were deleted instead of simply asking me to add a source citation, I received a series of changing explanations from one specific, highly active moderator:

Excuse 1: The "AI" Claim - The moderator initially claimed the posts were deleted because I needed to prove they weren't AI.

"Please give proper reference of your post. As in the name of OshO may be a misleading content... include the video in the description so that we can see proof thats its really Osho and not AI."

Note: I have been posting on this sub for the longest time. The clips are entirely authentic. On the contrary, it is deeply concerning that a moderator of an Osho forum claims they cannot recognize his actual voice.

Excuse 2: The Invented Rule - When I pointed out that his reasoning made no sense, the moderator abandoned the AI excuse and invented a completely incomprehensible new rule to justify deleting the political critiques:

"Posts that are not about Osho in relation to Osho will just be taken down as we do not tolerate spamming."

This line above is pure, unadulterated word salad, devoid of any meaning at all. The man literally spoke for roughly 30 years about everything from global history to philosophy and you are essentially demanding he only talk about himself. It’s absurd!

Hiding behind the team: Throughout our entire exchange, this moderator constantly used the word “we,” hiding behind the collective identity of the mod team to make his personal, prejudiced opinions look like official subreddit policy. It was a clear tactic to intimidate me into compliance, when in reality, it was just one guy acting completely on his own without the team's backing.

Baseless Accusations: When the policy excuses failed, he resorted to throwing random allegations at the wall to see what would stick. He actually accused me of creating alternate accounts to comment on my own posts. A completely fabricated, unfounded claim with absolutely zero evidence behind it.

The Personal Attacks Unable to defend the double standard, the moderator stopped discussing subreddit rules entirely and began evaluating my personal spirituality, lecturing me about my "sadhana" and telling me I "lack peace."

The Abuse of Power: Bans, Mutes, and Lies

When I refused to settle for the vague "in relation to Osho" word-salad, the abuse of mod tools began.

1. The First Ban: The moderator abruptly stated, "We have already approved your posts, what more do you want of us? ... and immediately hit me with a Permanent Ban.
2. The Reinstatement: I appealed to the rest of the mod team. A neutral, objective moderator reviewed this and gracefully reinstated my account.
3. The Second Ban & The Mute: The next morning, the rogue moderator waited until the dust settled, and then permanently banned me a second time for absolutely no reason, and then muted me from modmail so I could not reach the other moderators to appeal.
4. The Cover-Up: I managed to reach the neutral mod again. I figured that the other moderator had actually lied to the rest of the team about the reason he kicked me out the second time. I say he lied because the reason he gave the rest of the team completely contradicted the reality of our DMs.
5. Collateral Damage: In the middle of all this, another member who spoke up to defend me was also hit with an immediate permanent ban for using some harsh language against the mod. Look, to be completely clear, I’m not defending the use of slurs or saying it’s okay to throw around a word like "retard" publicly. I don't condone that at all. But dropping an instant permanent ban over it just to protect a fragile ego feels incredibly ironic on a forum dedicated to a mystic who famously used the most provocative language in the dictionary to shatter egos.

The Core Issue

This was never a real argument about citations or account behavior. I have since reposted those exact clips with full sources, and they are sitting on the feed right now, proving the material was always 100% authentic.

This looks like a clear attempt at selective political censorship that completely backfired. The moment I uploaded clips of Osho targeting nationalistic organizations and the ruling party, he scrambled for any technicality he could find to wipe them off the feed. But because I called his bluff, complied with the rules, and reposted them with full citations, he couldn't delete them a second time without making his political bias blindingly obvious to the entire sub.

Since he failed to suppress the content, he decided to target me instead with a permanent ban simply because he didn't get his way.

Osho didn't belong to any political party, country, or ideology. Using moderator tools, silent mutes, and fake rules to hide his historical discourses because they don't align with a personal political stance completely goes against what this community should be about.

I am more than happy to follow any consistent formatting rules the team agrees on. But an open forum dedicated to Osho should be an unfiltered archive of his actual spoken words. We deserve transparency, and we deserve a moderation team that protects the archives rather than manipulating them to fit a personal narrative. 

Lastly, I want to make it absolutely clear that this isn't a shot at the moderation team as a whole. The rest of the mods here have been incredibly kind, patient, and cooperative throughout this entire mess, and they genuinely care about fairness. It’s just deeply unfortunate that this one specific individual spent the whole time hiding behind their collective authority and reputation just to justify his own personal prejudice.

I’m opening this up to the sub. How do you think we should handle Osho’s political discourses moving forward?

Note for the MODS: The source is hardcoded directly into the video this time. Hopefully, this saves you from another "authenticity panic" and prevents you from deleting the entire post. (And yes, my sincere apologies again! He is still talking about something other than himself here)

But here are the full details below too, just in case reading the screen is a stretch.

Discourse: Es Dhammo Sanantano - 119
Date: 21st June, 1978
Location: Poona, India
Language: Hindi

Source/Discourse: UDIO PANKH PASAR - 09
Date: 21st July, 1978
Location: Poona, India
Language: Hindi

Note for the MODS: If you require any further metadata to prove this original audio isn't an AI deepfake, let me know. I'll figure something.

Otherwise, I’m truly sorry he isn't talking about himself in this clip. I know how much that throws off your rules.

It is profoundly embarrassing that the moderators of an Osho subreddit cannot distinguish an authentic voice recording from an AI voice. Even more hilarious is the bizarre rule they invented in my DMs: "Posts that are not about Osho in relation to Osho will be taken down." Imagine running a forum dedicated to a man who spoke for over 30 years covering everything from Zen to global politics, and demanding he only talk about himself.

It takes a spectacular level of incompetence to censor the literal spoken archives of a mystic because you don't personally recognize the quote. Ban me if your feelings are that fragile, but the community deserves to see how completely hollow your logic is.

Below is the exact source.

Source/Discourse: UDIO PANKH PASAR - 09
Date: 21st July, 1978
Location: Poona, India
Language: Hindi

Note for the MODS: Re-uploading this with full academic citations to prevent any further panic. I assure you this is an actual, physical archival recording of Osho and not an AI voice. I also hope this particular discourse meets the incredibly profound criteria of being "Osho in relation to Osho," even if he dares to speak about something other than himself for five minutes.