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About the text of the book's description: It has been discovered a couple of times recently that the blurb for a book has turned out to be for a different book. Both times it might well have been a wiki editor's error, especially as the text belonged to a book quite close alphabetically.  
About the text of the book's description: It has been discovered a couple of times recently that the blurb for a book has turned out to be for a different book. Both times it might well have been a wiki editor's error, especially as the text belonged to a book quite close alphabetically.  


''Kiran's'' blurb also has been found to belong to another book but this time it is not the wiki editor's fault. It comes from the publisher, Diamond, and the other book to which it belongs is ''[[Karuna Aur Kranti (करूणा और क्रांति)]]''. I am leaving it in place because a) no other blurb could be found and b) it may even be appropriate, however unlikely that might seem.
''Kiran's'' blurb also has been found to belong to another book but this time it is not the wiki editor's fault. It comes from the publisher, Diamond, and the other book to which it belongs is ''[[Karuna Aur Kranti (करुणा और क्रांति)]]''. I am leaving it in place because a) no other blurb could be found and b) it may even be appropriate, however unlikely that might seem.


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Revision as of 10:00, 18 June 2018

About the text of the book's description: It has been discovered a couple of times recently that the blurb for a book has turned out to be for a different book. Both times it might well have been a wiki editor's error, especially as the text belonged to a book quite close alphabetically.

Kiran's blurb also has been found to belong to another book but this time it is not the wiki editor's fault. It comes from the publisher, Diamond, and the other book to which it belongs is Karuna Aur Kranti (करुणा और क्रांति). I am leaving it in place because a) no other blurb could be found and b) it may even be appropriate, however unlikely that might seem.


A few other things: Much of the information for this book has come from Neeten's Osho Source Book. In his Appendix, he gives a date range and a place and says there were six talks given. There are seven chapters in the 2004 edition, so a seventh talk has come from somewhere. One possibility is another talk given on Aug 12 in the same neighbourhood with the title धर्म क्या है, but that title does not appear in the TOC. Another possibility is that Neeten's six is wrong and there were actually seven in those four days. There would be room for that and this धर्म क्या है would in that view be an eighth, published somewhere else (or not). Who knows? For now, tentatively and provisionally, the wiki has taken the latter view in the Timeline.

FWIW, there is an e-book version, though it does not offer much illumination. No dates or places are supplied, just chapter titles, corresponding to those below. One could say there is something slightly different about the first chapter and infer that it could be the chapter hypothetically added to Neeten's six, but this is a thin gruel.

In Neeten's Bibliography, he has compiled the following information:

(Satya ki pahali kirana (First Ray of Truth). 3rd ed. Bombay, Jevan Jagruti Kendra, 1973. 172 p. front. 21.5 cm. Rs. 5.00. (NL Hindi card cat.; INB 1974: comp. by Nikalank, pseud. (H-74) 181.4) 1st edition by Acharya Shree Rajneesh Sahitya Publication Trust, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Jabalpur, printed by Singhai Printing Press, Jabalpur, and distributed by Sushma Sahitya Mandir, Jabalpur. 187 pages. Rs. 6.00.)

A copy of the first (1970) edition has been catalogued by Hathi Trust, confirms all details, including compilation by "Nikalank", assumed to be Sw Niklank Bharti, never mind "pseud."

Several sources indicate a 1994 edition from Diamond but they likely have their source in G**gle Books, which shows a pub date of 2004 inside (while claiming 1994 outside). -- updated doofus-9 (talk) 04:21, 19 April 2015 (UTC)


विषय सूची (TOC):
1. जीवन-क्रांति की दिशा
2. जीवन ही है मुक्ति
3. स्वतंत्रता की ओर
4. धर्म विचार नहीं उपचार
5. एक अनूठी भेंट
6. सरलता है सत्य की द्वार
7. सत्य की पहली किरण