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The quantity and variety of books Osho has authored are second to none in the world of spiritual literature. Thus, when he changed his name near the end of his time in the body, it threw his publishers for a loop and, especially in his commune, the coping with this change was done hurriedly and chaotically. The tables below are an attempt to track and illustrate how the change was dealt with. There are | The quantity and variety of books Osho has authored are second to none in the world of spiritual literature. Thus, when he changed his name near the end of his time in the body, it threw his publishers for a loop and, especially in his commune, the coping with this change was done hurriedly and chaotically. The tables below are an attempt to track and illustrate how the change was dealt with. There are seven tables, dealing with: | ||
:1. New books: first editions of his ongoing talks, starting with those that had been given seven months or less before the name change, that had never been published previously in any form. Some but not all of these books came with explanations of his new name. | :1. New books: first editions of his ongoing talks, starting with those that had been given seven months or less before the name change, that had never been published previously in any form. Some but not all of these books came with explanations of his new name. | ||
:2. New editions of older books bearing his new name. As with the first group, some but not all of these books came with explanations of his new name. | :2. New editions of older books bearing his new name. As with the first group, some but not all of these books came with explanations of his new name. | ||
:3. The cascade of explanations printed in various parts of the new books, ''plus'' a | :3. The cascade of explanations printed in various parts of the new books, ''plus'' a parallel cascade of stickers inserted in old, already printed but unsold books with his old name. | ||
:4 and | :4. A similar cascade of explanations in Hindi books, with corresponding stickers in old unsold books with his old name. | ||
:5 and 6. News of the name-changes and relevant context in the official newspapers at the time, Rajneesh Times International and Osho Times International. | |||
:7. Other sources: Miscellaneous historical publications pointing to stories and events relating to Osho's name change. | |||
The data in the tables were verified from physical copies of the books. One of the authors of this page kept a record when acquiring books, mostly shortly after publication. The dates of publication were also asked from a source in the Publications department at the time. And some dates have been ascertained by ISBN searches. | |||
This page is referenced by two longer articles: | This page is referenced by two longer articles: | ||
* [[From Bhagwan to Osho]], which describes the birth of the name Osho and | * [[From Bhagwan to Osho: The story]], which describes the birth of the name Osho and | ||
* [[What's in a | * [[From Bhagwan to Osho: What's in a name?]], which focuses on the given explanations for the name-change. | ||
==New First Editions== | ==New First Editions== | ||
This table is | This table is sorted on the dates that Osho's talks were given, but can be sorted by any of its columns. (Click and see!) It tracks the names used to address him, the books' author name, publication date and any explanations of his new name given. See the third table, below, for the text of those explanations. | ||
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| 1988-07-25||1988-08-01||Dogen: The Zen Master||Beloved Bhagwan||Our beloved master||Osho Rajneesh||1989 -- 09 [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|**]]||None||Our beloved master | | 1988-07-25||1988-08-01||Dogen: The Zen Master||Beloved Bhagwan||Our beloved master||Osho Rajneesh||1989 -- 09 [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|**]]||None||Our beloved master | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1988-08-02||1988-08-11||The Miracle||Beloved Bhagwan||Our beloved master||Osho Rajneesh||1989 -- 07 [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|**]]||[[#codeB|#B]]. Flap text.||Our beloved master | | 1988-08-02||1988-08-11||The Miracle (discourses)||Beloved Bhagwan||Our beloved master||Osho Rajneesh||1989 -- 07 [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|**]]||[[#codeB|#B]]. Flap text.||Our beloved master | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1988-08-12||1988-08-28||Turning In||Beloved Bhagwan||Our beloved master||Osho Rajneesh||1989 -- 07 [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|**]]||[[#codeB|#B]]. Flap text.||Our beloved master | | 1988-08-12||1988-08-28||Turning In (discourses)||Beloved Bhagwan||Our beloved master||Osho Rajneesh||1989 -- 07 [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|**]]||[[#codeB|#B]]. Flap text.||Our beloved master | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1988-08-16||1988-08-25||The Original Man||Beloved Bhagwan||Our beloved master||Osho Rajneesh||1989 -- 07 [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|**]]||[[#codeB|#B]]. Flap text.||Our beloved master | | 1988-08-16||1988-08-25||The Original Man||Beloved Bhagwan||Our beloved master||Osho Rajneesh||1989 -- 07 [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|**]]||[[#codeB|#B]]. Flap text.||Our beloved master | ||
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==Older Books, New Editions== | ==Older Books, New Editions== | ||
This table is | This table is sorted on the publication dates of new editions of Osho's older books, but can be sorted by any of its columns. (Click and see!) As with the first table above, it tracks the names used to address him, the books' author name and any explanations of his new name given. Titles with lecture dates are first-editions from the "Bhagwan" period. See the third table, below, for the text of those explanations. | ||
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== [[Rajneesh Times International | == [[:Category:Hindi Publications|Hindi Publications]] == | ||
This table contains various offerings purporting to explain Osho's new name in Hindi publications, in text and image form. In most respects it is very similar in its principles to [[#Explanations and Stickers|the table above]]. Examples are not numerous but the text so far seems to conform fairly closely to translations of the "types" above, even including a few choice English words transliterated into Devanagari. Notes below the Hindi text outline which of the English types they most closely resemble. | |||
As above, the "code" is the wiki's tag classifying the various types. Besides the explanations printed in new books, a parallel program of stickering was carried on to offer similar explanations in old unsold books retaining Osho's name as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. | |||
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! Code !! Explanation text !! Samples printed in books !! Stickers | |||
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| style="width: 50px; text-align:center;" | '''#A''' | |||
| 27 फरवरी 1989 को भगवन श्री रजनीश के शिष्यों ने उन्हें ओशो रजनीश पुकारने का निर्णय लिया । <br> | |||
"ओशो" प्राचीन जापानी भाषा से लिया गया शब्द है, और यह पहली बार एका <u>द्वारा</u> प्रयोग किया गया था -- अपने सद्गुरु बोधिधर्म का सम्बोधित करने के लिए । <br> | |||
ओ का अर्थ : "परम सम्मान, प्रेम और अहोभाव सहित" के अतिरिक्त, "समक्रमिकता" (सिंक्रॉनिसिटी) और "समस्वरता" (हॉर्मनी) होता है । <br> | |||
शो का अर्थ : "चेतना का बहु-आयामी विस्तार" और "समस्त दिशाओं से बरसता हुआ अस्तित्व" होता है । <br> | |||
Text is a fairly faithful translation of the A2 text above. One word (underlined) was not able to be completely replicated according to the typographical standards of the example book, ''[[Mera Swarnim Bharat (मेरा स्वर्णिम भारत)]]'', published in Apr of 1989. Remarkably, this was two months before the first books explaining Osho's name change in English. | |||
| [[image:Mera-Swarnim-Bharat-name-change.jpg|270px]] | |||
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| rowspan="2" style="width: 50px; text-align: center;" | '''#B''' | |||
| 7 जनवरी 1989 को भगवन श्री रजनीश ने घोषणा की कि वे "भगवन श्री" संबोधन को हटा रहे हैं क्योंकि बहुत से लोग इसका अर्थ करते हैं "ईश्वर" । | |||
27 फरवरी 1989 को संन्यासियों ने एक स्वर से उन्हें "ओशो रजनीश" पुकारने का निर्णय लिया । | |||
"ओशो" प्राचीन जापानी भाषा से लिया गया शब्द है, और पहली बार ''एका'' <u>द्वार</u> इसका प्रयोग किया गया था — अपने सदगुरु बोधिधर्म को सम्बोधित करने के लिए । | |||
"ओ" का अर्थ "परम सम्मान, प्रेम और अहोभाव सहित" के अतिरिक्त | |||
"समक्रमिकता" (सिंक्रॉनिसिटी) और "समस्वरता" (हॉर्मनी) होता है । | |||
"शो" का अर्थ "चेतना का बहु-आयामी विस्तार" और "समस्त दिशाओं से बरसता हुआ अस्तित्व" होता है । | |||
मा योग नीलम <br> | |||
ओशो रजनीश की निजी सचिव | |||
| [[image:Sadhana Path 1989 deluxe name change - Neelam.jpg|270px]] | |||
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| colspan="2" | Text is a fairly faithful translation of the B text above signed by [[Ma Prem Hasya]]. One word (underlined) was not able to be completely replicated according to the typographical standards of the example book, ''[[Sadhana Path (साधना पथ)]]'', published in June of 1989. Not only is the text of the explanation a close translation of B above, its similarity extends to being signed ''ex officio'', in this case by [[Ma Yoga Neelam]], "Osho Rajneesh's personal secretary" instead of Hasya. | |||
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| style="text-align:center;" | '''#D''' | |||
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भगवान श्री रजनीश अब केवल ‘ओशो’ नाम से जाने जाते हैं। ओशो के अनुसार उनका नाम विलियम जेम्स के शब्द ‘ओशनिक’ से लिया गया है; जिसका अभिप्राय है सागर में विलीन हो जाना। <br> | |||
‘ओशनिक’ से अनुभूति की व्याख्या तो होती है, लेकिन वे कहते हैं कि अनुभोक्ता के संबंध में क्या? उसके लिए हम ‘ओशो’ शब्द का प्रयोग करते हैं। बाद में उन्हें पता चला कि ऐतिहासिक रूप से सुदूर पूर्व में भी ‘ओशो’ शब्द प्रयुक्त होता रहा है, जिसका अभिप्राय है : भगवत्ता को उपलब्ध व्यक्ति, जिस पर आकाश फूलों की वर्षा करता है । <br> | |||
Sticker was found in the Mar 1989 edition of ''[[Bin Ghan Parat Phuhar (बिन घन परत फुहार)]]''. It was inserted into a relatively empty page announcing the name of the preface author. It is not known when the book was purchased, thus there is no clue as to when the sticker was inserted. Text of the sticker is a close translation of the William James / "Oceanic" type-D stickers. ("ओशनिक" = "oceanic" transliterated.) | |||
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== [[Rajneesh Times International]] == | |||
In this newspaper, until issue of Vol 1, number 24 (Dec 31, 1988) the master is referred to as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. | In this newspaper, until issue of Vol 1, number 24 (Dec 31, 1988) the master is referred to as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. | ||
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| Vol 2, number 1, <br>Jan 16, 1989 | | Vol 2, number 1, <br>Jan 16, 1989 | ||
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:Editorial: The Sanest Man in an Insane World | :Editorial: The Sanest Man in an Insane World | ||
::In this issue, RTI brings you the update and culmination of the story of the opposition of Maharashtran Neo-Buddhists to Our Beloved Master. ... | ::In this issue, RTI brings you the update and culmination of the story of the opposition of Maharashtran Neo-Buddhists to Our Beloved Master. ... | ||
:There are a number of press quotes from Maharashtra | :There are a number of press quotes from Maharashtra newspapers on the story. | ||
:With reports of the lectures of Jan 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 21. | :With reports of the lectures of Jan 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 21. | ||
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::“Osho” is derived from ancient Japanese. | ::“Osho” is derived from ancient Japanese. | ||
::O means “with great respect, love and gratitude” as well as “synchronicity” and “harmony.” | ::O means “with great respect, love and gratitude” as well as “synchronicity” and “harmony.” | ||
::SHO | ::SHO means “multi-dimensional expansion of consciousness” and “existence showering from all directions.” | ||
::Fittingly enough, “Osho” was first used by Eka, the disciple who became Bodhidharma’s successor, to address his master Bodhidharma. | ::Fittingly enough, “Osho” was first used by Eka, the disciple who became Bodhidharma’s successor, to address his master Bodhidharma. | ||
::::Sarito | ::::[[Ma Deva Sarito|Sarito]] | ||
:Article on Sannyas: Shinto Prophetess Takes Sannyas | :Article on Sannyas: Shinto Prophetess Takes Sannyas | ||
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| Vol 2, number 10, <br>June 1, 1989 | | Vol 2, number 10, <br>June 1, 1989 | ||
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:Header on cover: The New Osho Rajneesh | :Header on cover: The New Osho Rajneesh Multiversity | ||
:Naming unchanged. | :Naming unchanged. | ||
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::September 12 Osho announced that He would be coming out again in the next few days. He said: | ::September 12 Osho announced that He would be coming out again in the next few days. He said: | ||
::“You will be facing a new man who will no longer be known as Rajneesh but simply as Osho.” | ::“You will be facing a new man who will no longer be known as Rajneesh but simply as Osho.” | ||
:This is the last issue of this newspaper-title. | :This is the last issue of this newspaper-title. See also the [[Media:Press release 1989-09-15 - Rajneesh disappears.pdf|Sep 15 press release]] from [[Ma Prem Hasya]]. | ||
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== [[Osho Times International ( | == [[Osho Times International (newspaper)|The Osho Times]] == | ||
The issue-numbers of this new title are continued from | The issue-numbers of this new title are continued from those of the Rajneesh Times. | ||
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| Vol 2, number 19, <br>Oct 16, 1989 | | Vol 2, number 19, <br>Oct 16, 1989 | ||
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:Masterpieces: Just Osho: | :Masterpieces: Just Osho: | ||
::RAJNEESH has disappeared! As we announced in a “stop | ::RAJNEESH has disappeared! As we announced in a “stop press” in our last issue, Osho has dropped His old name Rajneesh and is now known simply as Osho. The announcement was made after disciples were informed that His health was improving again after a period of intense dental treatment. [[Ma Deva Anando]] said that when He appears again in the near future, “A new man will be facing you who will no longer be known as Rajneesh. He will simply be called Osho.” | ||
:See the [[Media:Press release 1989-09-15 - Rajneesh disappears.pdf|Sep 15 press release]] from [[Ma Prem Hasya]] for more on this. | |||
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| Later issues | | Later issues | ||
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:All issues until Vol 3, number 19 of Oct 10, 1990 were checked (except Vol 2, number 21, which was missing). Special attention was given to editorials and article titles. No further references to the naming of Osho were found, other than the ones mentioned above. Also, no reference to “oceanic” was found. | :All issues until Vol 3, number 19 of Oct 10, 1990 were checked (except Vol 2, number 21, which was missing). Special attention was given to editorials and article titles. Aside from one issue, [[The Strange Case of OTI Vol 3 No. 06]], no further references to the naming of Osho were found, other than the ones mentioned above. Also, no reference to “oceanic” was found (aside from that one issue). | ||
:Briefly, in that one issue, the WJV makes a low-profile appearance as part of a minor point in an article by [[Sw Prem Amrito|Amrito]]. But since that issue appears to have two editions, and the WJV does ''not'' appear in both versions of the article, the story is too complicated to be told in this page. See [[The Strange Case of OTI Vol 3 No. 06|Strange Case]] for as much of the story as the wiki has been able to determine so far. | |||
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== Miscellaneous == | |||
First entry in this class is a report in the Apr/May 1989 issue of [[Viha Connection]], a reproduction of the press release of Feb 28 describing the meeting in Buddha Hall when sannyasins "voted" to go with the name Osho | |||
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| Vol II number 2, <br> Apr / May 1989 <br> | |||
[[image:Viha-89-pdf.jpg | 130px | thumb | Front page story. <br> VC was just getting started, this was one of only 14 pages, note new subtitle, click to enlarge]] | |||
|Press Release <br> | |||
Rajneeshdham Press Office, February 28, 1989 <br> | |||
TWENTY THOUSAND HANDS VOTE FOR "OSHO RAJNEESH"! | |||
:In the last month since enlightened mystic Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh dropped the controversial honorific "Bhagwan" from his name and simply became Shree Rajneesh to his two million lovers around the world, a vacuum was felt in the thousands of hearts of his friends at Rajneeshdham, Poona. What to call their beloved enlightened spiritual master? | |||
:"It was a very difficult time," admitted [[Ma Yoga Neelam]], personal secretary to Rajneesh. "Ever since our beloved master exposed the ugliness of the word 'Bhagwan' and virtually condemned its use forever, we were all left in a bit of a gap. To call our beloved master 'Shree Rajneesh' just sounded too formal and awkward, and yet to call him 'Our Beloved Master' also seemed too long, wordy and cumbersome. But in these last few days so many friends and lovers who have come here from around the world have been spontaneously and imultaneously calling Him 'Osho' in their daily letters and questions that we finally all took a vote last night and twenty thousand hands immediately shot up into the air and confirmed the fact that our beloved master is now to be called — 'Osho Rajneesh'!" | |||
:Neelam explained that the Japanese word OSHO was first used for Bodhidharma by his disciple Eka; and thereinafter has been used for centuries by many Zen monks when intimately addressing their Zen Masters. OSHO literally means the whole man, the fully awakened one and respectfully symbolizes a man of peace, grace and love upon whom Existence is showering all its blessings from every direction. | |||
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;see also | |||
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:::From Bhagwan to Osho: Publications table | |||
:::[[From Bhagwan to Osho: What's in a name?]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:42, 9 June 2022
The quantity and variety of books Osho has authored are second to none in the world of spiritual literature. Thus, when he changed his name near the end of his time in the body, it threw his publishers for a loop and, especially in his commune, the coping with this change was done hurriedly and chaotically. The tables below are an attempt to track and illustrate how the change was dealt with. There are seven tables, dealing with:
- 1. New books: first editions of his ongoing talks, starting with those that had been given seven months or less before the name change, that had never been published previously in any form. Some but not all of these books came with explanations of his new name.
- 2. New editions of older books bearing his new name. As with the first group, some but not all of these books came with explanations of his new name.
- 3. The cascade of explanations printed in various parts of the new books, plus a parallel cascade of stickers inserted in old, already printed but unsold books with his old name.
- 4. A similar cascade of explanations in Hindi books, with corresponding stickers in old unsold books with his old name.
- 5 and 6. News of the name-changes and relevant context in the official newspapers at the time, Rajneesh Times International and Osho Times International.
- 7. Other sources: Miscellaneous historical publications pointing to stories and events relating to Osho's name change.
The data in the tables were verified from physical copies of the books. One of the authors of this page kept a record when acquiring books, mostly shortly after publication. The dates of publication were also asked from a source in the Publications department at the time. And some dates have been ascertained by ISBN searches.
This page is referenced by two longer articles:
- From Bhagwan to Osho: The story, which describes the birth of the name Osho and
- From Bhagwan to Osho: What's in a name?, which focuses on the given explanations for the name-change.
New First Editions
This table is sorted on the dates that Osho's talks were given, but can be sorted by any of its columns. (Click and see!) It tracks the names used to address him, the books' author name, publication date and any explanations of his new name given. See the third table, below, for the text of those explanations.
First lecture date | Last lecture date | Book | Audio salutation | Book salutation | Book author as | First edition publication month | Name explanation (see below) | CD-ROM salutation (published 1994 - 06) |
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1988-07-11 and earlier | Bhagwan or Beloved Bhagwan | Bhagwan or Beloved Bhagwan | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh | None | Beloved Osho | |||
1988-07-12 | 1988-07-24 | Zen: The Diamond Thunderbolt | Beloved Bhagwan | Beloved Bhagwan | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh | 1988 -- 11 | None | Beloved Osho |
1988-07-25 | 1988-08-01 | Dogen: The Zen Master | Beloved Bhagwan | Our beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 09 ** | None | Our beloved master |
1988-08-02 | 1988-08-11 | The Miracle (discourses) | Beloved Bhagwan | Our beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 07 ** | #B. Flap text. | Our beloved master |
1988-08-12 | 1988-08-28 | Turning In (discourses) | Beloved Bhagwan | Our beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 07 ** | #B. Flap text. | Our beloved master |
1988-08-16 | 1988-08-25 | The Original Man | Beloved Bhagwan | Our beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 07 ** | #B. Flap text. | Our beloved master |
1988-08-29 | 1988-09-07 | The Language of Existence | Beloved Bhagwan | Our beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 07 ** | #B. Flap text. | Our beloved master |
1988-09-08 | 1988-09-15 | The Buddha: The Emptiness of the Heart | Beloved Bhagwan | Our beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 07 ** | #B. Flap text. | Our beloved master |
1988-09-16 | 1988-09-25 | Ma Tzu: The Empty Mirror | Beloved Bhagwan | Our beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 09 ** | None | Our beloved master |
1988-09-26 | 1988-10-04 | Hyakujo: The Everest of Zen | Beloved Bhagwan | Our beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 09 ** | None | Beloved Osho |
1988-10-05 | 1988-10-14 | Nansen: The Point of Departure | Beloved Bhagwan | Our beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 09 ** | None | Beloved Osho |
1988-10-14 | 1988-10-22 | Joshu: The Lion's Roar | Beloved Bhagwan | Our beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 09 ** | None | Beloved Osho |
1988-10-23 | 1988-10-31 | Rinzai: Master of the Irrational | Beloved Bhagwan | Our beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 09 ** | None | Our beloved master |
1988-11-01 | 1988-12-02 | Isan: No Footprints in the Blue Sky | Beloved Bhagwan | Our beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 09 ** | None | Our beloved master |
1988-12-03 | 1988-12-06 | Kyozan: A True Man of Zen | Beloved Bhagwan | Our beloved master | Osho | 1990 -- 10 | #D. Flap text. | Our beloved master |
1988-12-26 | No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, ch. 1 | Beloved Bhagwan to Beloved Buddha | Beloved Bhagwan to Beloved Buddha | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 09 ** | #A2. At end of text, before books list. See also the book's texts, introduction, cover and flap texts. | Beloved Bhagwan to Beloved Buddha | |
1988-12-27 | 1989-01-03 | No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, ch. 2 - 9 | Beloved Buddha | Beloved Buddha | Beloved Buddha | |||
1989-01-04 | No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, ch. 10 | Beloved Buddha to Beloved Zorba the Buddha | Beloved Buddha to Beloved Zorba the Buddha | Beloved Buddha to Beloved Zorba the Buddha | ||||
1989-01-05 | No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, ch. 11 | Beloved Zorba the Buddha | Beloved Zorba the Buddha | Beloved Zorba the Buddha | ||||
1989-01-07 | No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, ch. 12 | Beloved Zorba the Buddha to Shree Rajneesh / My beloved master | Beloved Zorba the Buddha to Shree Rajneesh / My beloved master | Beloved Zorba the Buddha to Shree Rajneesh / My beloved master | ||||
1989-01-08 | 1989-01-12 | Zen: The Mystery and the Poetry of the Beyond | Our beloved master | Our beloved master | Osho | 1990 -- 07 | #D. Separate page, next to title page. | Our beloved master |
1989-01-13 | 1989-01-16 | One Seed Makes the Whole Earth Green | Our beloved master | Our beloved master | Osho | 1990 -- 05 | #D. Flap text. | Our beloved master |
1989-01-17 | 1989-01-21 | Yakusan: Straight to the Point of Enlightenment | Our beloved master | Our beloved master | Osho | 1990 -- 08 | None | Our beloved master |
1989-01-22 | 1989-01-29 | Christianity and Zen … | Our beloved master | Our beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 12 | #B. Flap text. | Our beloved master |
1989-01-30 | 1989-02-05 | Communism and Zen Fire, Zen Wind | Our beloved master | Our beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- ?? | None | Our beloved master |
1989-02-06 | 1989-02-12 | God Is Dead, Now Zen Is the Only Living Truth | Our beloved master | Our beloved master | Osho | 1990 -- 05 | #D. Separate page, next to title page. | Our beloved master |
1989-02-13 | 1989-02-19 | I Celebrate Myself … | Our beloved master | Our beloved master | Osho | 1990 -- 05 | #D. Flap text. | Our beloved master |
1989-02-20 | 1989-02-21 | The Zen Manifesto, chh. 1 - 2 | Our beloved master | Beloved Osho | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- ?? | None | Beloved Osho |
1989-04-02 | 1989-04-10 | The Zen Manifesto, chh. 3 - 11 | Beloved Osho | Beloved Osho | Beloved Osho |
Older Books, New Editions
This table is sorted on the publication dates of new editions of Osho's older books, but can be sorted by any of its columns. (Click and see!) As with the first table above, it tracks the names used to address him, the books' author name and any explanations of his new name given. Titles with lecture dates are first-editions from the "Bhagwan" period. See the third table, below, for the text of those explanations.
First lecture date | Last lecture date | Book | Audio salutation | Book salutation | Book author as | First edition publication month | Name explanation (see below) | CD-ROM salutation (published 1994 - 06) |
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Words From a Man of No Words | n/a | No salutations | Shree Rajneesh | 1989 -- 03 | None | n/a | ||
More Gold Nuggets | n/a | No salutations | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 06 | #B. Flap text. | n/a | ||
1987-12-07 | 1988-01-17 | Om Mani Padme Hum | Beloved Bhagwan | Beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 08 | #A1. Flap text. | Beloved master |
1988-02-26 | 1988-03-18 | Om Shantih Shantih Shantih | Beloved Bhagwan | Beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 08 | #A1. Flap text. | Beloved master |
1988-01-17 | 1988-02-25 | Hari Om Tat Sat | Beloved Bhagwan | Beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 10 | #B. Flap text. | Beloved master |
1986-01-15 | 1986-02-13 | The Sword and the Lotus | Bhagwan or Beloved Bhagwan | Beloved master | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- 12 | #B. Separate page, next to title page. | Beloved master |
The Transmission of the Lamp | Beloved Bhagwan | Beloved Bhagwan | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh | 1989 -- ?? | None | Beloved Osho | ||
The New Dawn | Beloved Bhagwan | Beloved Bhagwan | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh | 1989 -- ?? | None | Beloved Osho | ||
Shree Rajneesh: A Man of Many Climates, Seasons and Rainbows | n/a | n/a | Shree Rajneesh | 1989 -- ?? | None | n/a | ||
From Sex to Superconsciousness | n/a | No salutations | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- ?? | #A1. Flap text. | No salutations | ||
The Psychology of the Esoteric | n/a | No salutations | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- ?? | #A1. Flap text. | No salutations | ||
No Book (Gift book, The Rebel Publishing House GmbH) | n/a | n/a | Osho Rajneesh | 1989 -- ?? | #B. Separate page, next to title page. | n/a | ||
After Middle Age: A Limitless Sky (Hazard Press) | n/a | Bhagwan | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, but on cover crossed-out and changed into "OSHO". | 1989 -- ?? | None | n/a | ||
Be Oceanic (Diamond Pocket Books) | n/a | Bhagwan | Osho | 1989 -- ?? | None | n/a | ||
1987-06-01 | 1987-06-18 | The Rebel | Beloved Bhagwan | Beloved master | Osho | 1990 -- 01 | #C. On colophon page. | Beloved master |
1985-08-02 | 1985-09-14 | From Death to Deathlessness | Bhagwan | Beloved master | Osho | 1990 -- 02 | #D. Separate page, next to title page. | Beloved Osho |
Dimensions Beyond the Known | n/a | No salutations. (In earlier editions: Bhagwan.) | Osho | 1990 -- 08 | #D. Flap text. | Osho | ||
The Great Secret | n/a | No salutations | Osho | 1990 -- 09 | #D. Flap text. | No salutations | ||
Rebellion, Revolution & Religiousness (New Falcon Publications) | n/a | Beloved master | Osho | 1990 -- 11 | #D. At the end of the book, ch. About the author. | n/a | ||
I Am the Gate | Beloved Osho | Osho | 1990 -- 12 | #D. Flap text. | Beloved Osho | |||
1985-09-15 | 1985-10-27 | From Bondage to Freedom | Bhagwan | Beloved master | Osho | 1990 -- ?? | #D. Flap text. | Beloved master |
Meditation: The First and Last Freedom | n/a | No salutations | Osho Rajneesh | 1990 -- ?? | #A1. Flap text. | n/a | ||
1979-06-21 | 1980-04-30 | The Dhammapada, Series 1 -- 12 | Bhagwan | Beloved master | Osho | 1991 -- 01 | None | Beloved master |
Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, First & Second Series | No salutations | No salutations | Osho | 1991 -- 01 | None | No salutations | ||
The New Child | n/a | Beloved Osho | Osho | 1991 -- 05 | #D. On colophon page. | n/a | ||
1980-10-27 | 1980-11-10 | Come, Come, Yet Again Come | Bhagwan | Beloved Osho | Osho | 1991 -- 07 | None | Beloved Osho |
1985-11-20 | 1985-11-28 | The Diamond Sword | Bhagwan or Bhagwan Shree | Osho (translation) | Osho | 2008 -- ?? | None | n/a |
Explanations and Stickers
This table contains the various offerings purporting to explain Osho's new name, in text and image form. The "code" is the wiki's tag connecting with references in the tables above relating to various books. Quite apart from these explanations printed in one place or another in the new books, a parallel program of stickering was carried on to offer similar explanations in old unsold books with Osho's name as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Note that the stickers serve different functions and are not always the same as explanations printed right in the new books that do not have his old name. Stickers have been placed where they fit best here, though they may not replicate the "explanation's" text exactly.
Hindi Publications
This table contains various offerings purporting to explain Osho's new name in Hindi publications, in text and image form. In most respects it is very similar in its principles to the table above. Examples are not numerous but the text so far seems to conform fairly closely to translations of the "types" above, even including a few choice English words transliterated into Devanagari. Notes below the Hindi text outline which of the English types they most closely resemble.
As above, the "code" is the wiki's tag classifying the various types. Besides the explanations printed in new books, a parallel program of stickering was carried on to offer similar explanations in old unsold books retaining Osho's name as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
Code | Explanation text | Samples printed in books | Stickers |
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#A | 27 फरवरी 1989 को भगवन श्री रजनीश के शिष्यों ने उन्हें ओशो रजनीश पुकारने का निर्णय लिया । "ओशो" प्राचीन जापानी भाषा से लिया गया शब्द है, और यह पहली बार एका द्वारा प्रयोग किया गया था -- अपने सद्गुरु बोधिधर्म का सम्बोधित करने के लिए । |
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#B | 7 जनवरी 1989 को भगवन श्री रजनीश ने घोषणा की कि वे "भगवन श्री" संबोधन को हटा रहे हैं क्योंकि बहुत से लोग इसका अर्थ करते हैं "ईश्वर" ।
27 फरवरी 1989 को संन्यासियों ने एक स्वर से उन्हें "ओशो रजनीश" पुकारने का निर्णय लिया । "ओशो" प्राचीन जापानी भाषा से लिया गया शब्द है, और पहली बार एका द्वार इसका प्रयोग किया गया था — अपने सदगुरु बोधिधर्म को सम्बोधित करने के लिए । "ओ" का अर्थ "परम सम्मान, प्रेम और अहोभाव सहित" के अतिरिक्त "समक्रमिकता" (सिंक्रॉनिसिटी) और "समस्वरता" (हॉर्मनी) होता है । "शो" का अर्थ "चेतना का बहु-आयामी विस्तार" और "समस्त दिशाओं से बरसता हुआ अस्तित्व" होता है । मा योग नीलम |
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Text is a fairly faithful translation of the B text above signed by Ma Prem Hasya. One word (underlined) was not able to be completely replicated according to the typographical standards of the example book, Sadhana Path (साधना पथ), published in June of 1989. Not only is the text of the explanation a close translation of B above, its similarity extends to being signed ex officio, in this case by Ma Yoga Neelam, "Osho Rajneesh's personal secretary" instead of Hasya. | |||
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भगवान श्री रजनीश अब केवल ‘ओशो’ नाम से जाने जाते हैं। ओशो के अनुसार उनका नाम विलियम जेम्स के शब्द ‘ओशनिक’ से लिया गया है; जिसका अभिप्राय है सागर में विलीन हो जाना। |
Rajneesh Times International
In this newspaper, until issue of Vol 1, number 24 (Dec 31, 1988) the master is referred to as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
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Vol 2, number 1, Jan 16, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 2, Feb 1, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 3, Feb 16, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 4, Mar 1, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 5, Mar 16, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 6, Apr 1, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 7, Apr 16, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 8, May 1, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 9, May 16, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 10, June 1, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 11, June 16, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 12, July 1, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 13, July 16, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 14, Aug 1, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 15, Aug 16, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 16, Sep 1, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 17, Sep 16, 1989 |
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Vol 2, number 18, Oct 1, 1989 |
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The Osho Times
The issue-numbers of this new title are continued from those of the Rajneesh Times.
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Vol 2, number 19, Oct 16, 1989 |
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Miscellaneous
First entry in this class is a report in the Apr/May 1989 issue of Viha Connection, a reproduction of the press release of Feb 28 describing the meeting in Buddha Hall when sannyasins "voted" to go with the name Osho
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Vol II number 2, Apr / May 1989 |
Press Release Rajneeshdham Press Office, February 28, 1989
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