Unlike in the general population though, it seems that few if any involved pre-pubescent girls. There are many stories of sexual exploitation of very young women in sannyas contexts, Ko Hsuan School included. This kind of honest (re-)examination of such material is very rare. It's a warm and intelligent documentary in which both mother and daughter do not condemn, but discover more of themselves and of each other, and come to understand each other better. "I was on a search and because of it you are on a search yourself now", her mother says. She is glad that her mother was willing to cooperate in the making of this challenging and confrontational film. Maroesja says that she wanted her documentary to shed light on the responsibility of parents towards their children. It's about the general liberal attitude with regard to sexuality in Osho communes in the late seventies and early eighties of the twentieth century, and on how the choices the mother made had consequences for her daughter the mother didn't take her responsibility as a parent as much as she probably would have in ordinary society. The thread is on looking at herself, how she as a young girl was willing to do everything to be accepted and be part of the scene, and on her relationship with her mother, now and at the time (her mother was and still is a sannyasin). These experiences - especially the sexual ones - weren't entirely positive, but there's more to the documentary than sex. It's made by Maroesja Perizonius, and tells us about her experiences asĪ young teenage girl (around 14 years of age) in an Osho commune in Amsterdam and England. the Dutch documentary, "Communekind" (Commune Child) on Belgian TV. How could it? I had a link on my website to the full-length documentary until it went obsolete.
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The programme the above trailer refers to is available on a pay-per-view TV site (link at the end of the clip), haven't seen it though yet. Seems there have been a number of cases recently where sannyasin kids, now grown up, have said they were neglected or sexually abused in Osho communes (incl.
See: [ From the 'LivingOsho' Group on Yahoo Groups: There is a disturbing video (unfortunately on pay to view) that details the sexual abuse that a young girl experienced at an Osho / Rajneesh ashram (probably Pune?). Re: Osho / Rajneesh Cult Sexual Abuse of Minors