Bodhisattva Swami Anand Arun is the founder and coordinator of Osho Tapoban – an international commune and forest retreat centre in Nepal. An engineer by profession, he is also a celebrated writer and orator. He has worked as engineering consultant for various international agencies like World Bank, Asian Development Bank, USAID, to name a few. Recently the Government of Nepal awarded him with Suprabal Janasewasri Padak in recognition of his contribution for Nepali Society. He divides his time between nepal and twenty other countries of Europe, North America, Russia and Asia​, where he gives discourses and facilitates Osho meditation retreats regularly.

in 1974, he took initiation from Osho at Pune. After a few months of staying with his master, he was instructed to open an ashram in Nepal and spread his vision. Today, he has initiated around a hundred thousand seeks from hundred and ten different countries into Osho Neo- sannyas. He actively guides and mentors many communes in Nepal and meditation centers around the world.