Having left the music business , Gärdestad made a brief and unsuccessful attempt at acting and shortly thereafter began exploring meditation and Eastern religions . He became involved with the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ( also known as Osho ) movement and publicly renounced his earlier life . In an interview with Swedish newspaper '' Aftonbladet '' in mid-1983 , he said he no longer wanted to be addressed as " Ted Gärdestad , " his name was now '' ' Swami Sangit Upasani ' '' . Like all Bhagwan disciples , he wore clothes in a specific shade of orange . Gärdestad distanced himself from his friends in the music business and his family as his involvement in the movement gradually took over his life , affecting his personality . In June 1983 , one month before his second child with actress Ann Zacharias was born , he unexpectedly left his family and friends and moved to the movement 's headquarters in Oregon , United States . Three years later , after Rajneesh was convicted for immigration fraud , tax evasion , embezzlement of his disciples ' funds and bioterror attacks on the citizens of The Dalles and subsequently deported from the US , Gärdestad 's family persuaded him to move back to Sweden . His severe mental health problems became increasingly apparent
bioterror attacks
1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
Ted Gärdestad