Psh, these people are crazy. But hey, they are legally fighting for equality. These people are legitimately crazy! Oh look, they reclaimed rough land and made it green again. THESE PEOPLE ARE CRAZY! Some of them hippie chicks got nice cans, like to be naked, and are dtf. THESE PEOPLE ARE FUCKING BIOTERRORISTS?! Seriously, how is Ma Sheela not in jail. Shout out to youtube series Down the Rabbit Hole. Usually covers weird Internet stories but was where I first learned about this story. Good stuff

This is fucking batshit crazy and it's the first I am hearing of it. I was very young when it happened but even with the amount of time I spend pointlessly reading things never a word did I see about this. There is every form of drama, corruption, violence, sex, and humanity you can imagine.

A wild wild ride. Worth a watch but huge problems. It is the story of Sheela and not Rajneesh. Sheela story is really interesting! But the dark side of Rajneesh is glossed over. He comes almost looking like a good man. The child abuse wasn't even mentioned! The limited main interviews is a problem. While it was fascinating to hear from Sheela, it also made the story lopsided. We needed people who were in the cult telling their stories good and bad. Needs a 2nd season about the guru and abuse.

Last episode was more or less pointless and almost nowhere in te series I caught a glimpse of the devotees' and the guru's actual motivations. It is funny to see him stacking up the rolls royces while staying indoors at all times. He truly seems to be some kind of human bird, sitting in his nest, collecting shiny things for no apparent reason.

First few episodes were better than the last few episodes, but all were worth a watch.Bizarre yet real, and really not all that long ago. What I couldn't quite figure out though is why people followed Bagwhan in the first place.

I am a sucker for cult documentaries. This was a very interesting story. It lost its way a little in the middle, but captured pretty well overall.

Entertainment: 4. Heart: 1.5. Mind: 1.5. Wholesome: 0.5.

A heavily whitewashed portrayal, particularly w/r/t the—watta surprise—abuse & trafficking of women & children (see Win McCormack & co.'s invaluable reporting in THE RAJNEESH CHRONICLES, or here https://archive.ph/gvAIR) and marred by the airless hyper-stylized presentation now standard in these streaming-era true crime things, where nagging questions go unaddressed and needed pressings unpressed so as not to disrupt the seamless hybrid editing. Nevertheless, essential for the archival footage.

Starts off very promising, interesting villains on both sides, utopian city of love vs rednecks, conspiracies etc. But it gets mundane but the end, seems like a lot have been left out because they focused on conspiracy theories mentioned by locals without digging into them. Loudly annoying music didn't help either.

Lots of material. Too much perhaps. Hard to follow after a while. And yet some important issues seem to have been left out like suspected sexual abuse of women and children within the cult.

Intelligence as morality; I'm smarter than you, therefore I'm justified in exploiting you. Even better if I'm a woman because, Girl Boss! Women can be psychopaths too! So empowering you guise! What exactly did this guy even do other than fuck the exhaust pipe of a Rolls Royce and wipe his ass with gold bullion?

I'm actually fond of Osho's philosophy, despite the extremes of some of his beliefs. But this documentary isn't about the man specifically and moreso about the cult he created. On that end it's an engaging story that somewhat drags on too long but to hear accounts of everyone involved is engaging. However, the weakness of the story is that the people weren't really questioned on the core of Osho's beliefs, since that is fundamentally why this debacle began to begin with.

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."? Edmund Burke

One of the most fascinating stories in modern American history. This documentary does an outstanding job at presenting it.

The lawyer cried in every episode

What a crazy story.. So crazy, but the series paces itself well and tells a good story. Very well put together, but one just can't understand the psychology of these people. Not the fault of the documentary.. You just learn how this manipulative and self serving a person can still be honored today..

indescribably dazzling.

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What a batshit crazy stranger than fiction story & ride. The ending was pitch-perfect and the complexity of the situation (the creator of Nikes was somehow involved) mixed in spiritual fervour, xenophobia, non monogamy, getting high on power and a guru that is still read on the subway round my parts. Without basically taking any sides. I loved that the story took its time. 6 hours well spent, I was in for all of the gory details.

Much too long so I withdrawn 10-15 points.

The whole human comedy/tragedy on display here. What a ride. Many have noted the dual nature of the Osho story here, but the two sides are inseparable I think. Rajneeshpuram was both a fantastic spiritual experiment on a massive scale fighting oppression and total misunderstanding, and its opposite, a terrifying, degenerate doomsday cult of abuse, lust (for sex, for power, for money), and fanaticism. "Your experience may vary." The film actually omits some of the group's worst crimes.

A-

I hear mixed reviews about this show, but I have to say.. This documentary was pretty fair from how I saw it and showed an interesting part of US History, that I wasn't even aware of. I highly recommend this series.

Great series. Best documentary I've ever seen (edit 2020 - best after Tiger King:3). Both parties (rajnishes and oregon locals) were given a chance to express their opinions and film directors did their best to keep the series as neutral as possible, but still amazingly entertaining and educational.

Hey Netflix, how's your fucking documentary run-time. Make this 2 hours and it's gold

Amazing and very informative. The score and the editing of archive footage and new footage makes it very suspenseful. Equally funny and touching.

uns 2 episódios bem bons, excelente montagem e uns 2 últimos meia boca

Skip the buffet.

My father used to go to a Rajneesh café in Melbourne in the early 80s, and he felt they seemed mostly OK, fairly thoughtful if overly optimistic people. Despite all the melodrama and Sheela's homicidal plots, what we see here tends to support that view of the followers. And, for all his Rolls-Royces, the Bhagwan comes across as not too bad either, with some good impulses, but obviously he should not have divorced himself from goings on, nor allowed his deputy to pursue such hostile strategies.

tarikat belgeseli demek her anlamda haksız geliyor. gerçek hikayeyi anlatılır kılan, ilgi çekici nokta birbirinden sevimsiz iki cephenin itici erk mücadelesi. belgesel buna odaklandığı anlarda kendiliğinden yükselirken aksi durumlarda etki oluşturmak adına kurgu marifetlerinin arkasına sığınıyor. ama genel itibariyle kurulan denge yine de başarılı. daha sıkı bir kurgu rejimi çok daya sağlam bir iş çıkarabilirmiş.

Just gets better as it goes. This is a weirdly forgotten story, despite being a big enough story that Johnny Carson cracked wise about it. There are a couple of problems--including that we don't really get a sense of what Rajneesh was about or why people followed him in the first place and some overuse of "artsy" slow-mo shots. But damn if this isn't a fine docu-series that taught me a lot. Sheela is straight wild

Fascinating documentary about one of the most bizarre chapters of forgotten American history. Also a well-paced piece on cults, violence and influence.

As a diehard supporter of religious freedom of expression, I accidentally watched each episode in one day in shock. The show oscillates between surprising sympathy to the Bhagwan, even after showing scenes of gang rape and revealing he thought "Hitler had great vision" - and showing a steely-eyed lunatic preying on human frailty. So even for my normally supportive religious self, this comes off more unfocused than nuanced - so although it's crazy bingeable, it's perversely unsatisfying.

A bizzare and twisting story which has to be seen to be believed.