I found this passage a few weeks ago.

"When a man "dies", that is simply a stopping of the breath, and you think he is dead. He is not dead: that takes time. Sometimes, if the person has been involved in millions of lives, it takes many days for him to die; that's why with sages, with saints, particularly in the East, we never burn their bodies. Only saints are not burned, otherwise everybody is burned because other's involvement is not so much: within minutes the energy gathers, and they are no more part of this existence; but with saints, the energy takes time. Sometimes it goes on and on-that's why if you go to Shirdi, to Sai Baba's town, you will still feel something happening; still the energy goes on coming; he is much involved that for many people he is still alive. Sia Baba's tomb is not dead. It is still alive. But the same thing you will not feel near many tombs-they are dead. By "dead" I mean they have accumulated all their involvement. They have disappeared.

When I am dead, don't bury my body, don't burn it, because I will be involved in you, many of you. And if you can feel, then a sage remains alive for many years, sometimes thousands of years-because life in not only of the body. Life is an energy phenomenon. It depends on the involvement, on how many persons he was involved in. And a person like Buddha is not only involved with persons, he is involved even with trees, birds, animals; his involvement is so deep, that if he dies his death will take at least five hundred years. And the meaning is here, because he will be a live force for five hundred years. It will take five hundred years for him to get out of the involvement totally."

Osho - And the Flowers Showered

Sophia....go to www.oshoviha.org...My friends Dhanyam and Avinasho have some wonderful pics! You will find some goodies.

Luvs to you, Krishna

The story goes that the US government under Ronald Reagan poisoned Osho's while he was being transferred to Portland for alleged immigration violations. He suffered with physical deterioration for a couple of years until his heart could no long support him. He watched his body die without fear and was fully aware of his immortality and welcomed the new beginning. Soon, after his heart stopped beating his body was taken to Buddha hall for a celebration of love. They then took his body to the burning ghats and he was burned in a pyre, surrounded with song and tears. His ashes where returned to the Ashram (later changed to resort) and placed in a marble auditorium (His Samadhi Hall). Some people have proclaimed their enlightenment from meditating in the Samadhi.