Talk:Satya Ki Pahli Kiran (सत्य की पहली किरण)

A few things: Much of the information for this book has come from Neeten (see Osho Source Book link at his page). In his Appendix, he gives the date and 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 so who knows?

FWIW, there is an e-book version, which does not offer much illumination though. No dates or places are supplied, just chapter titles, corresponding to those below. One could say there is something slightly different about the first and seventh chapters (in different ways), and infer that one of them would be the added chapter, 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 Nikalank 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) 22:51, 13 December 2014 (PST)

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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