Osho (11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990), born Chandra Mohan Jain and also known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, was a highly influential, charismatic, and controversial Indian spiritual teacher, mystic, and philosopher. He gained international notoriety for his radical critiques of institutionalized religion, traditional morality, and political systems. Proclaiming a philosophy of total spiritual freedom, he advocated for a synthesis of material enjoyment and deep meditation—a concept he famously termed “Zorba the Buddha”