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Looking for info on this book raises more questions than it answers but fwiw ...
 
At first it seemed to be a mistake that it was put in the Hindi book section. There is no Hindi audio nor other direct record of discourses being given on this subject other than the English ones in 1972 that became The Ultimate Alchemy (Vol 1&2). So is it even a Hindi book? If so, could it be a translation of the English? And if so, of which Volume(s)? And if not, then when and where were the discourses given? And who is this publisher Lokbharti Prakashan, who seems not to have published one other book of Osho's?
 
About the publisher, they are a decent-size, respected publisher with a long history, now an imprint of a larger company. Their catalog does not mention this book or any others of Osho that i could find, but they have published lots in the spiritual field. Still, nothing found looking there.
 
More info on the book was eventually found, in a library in Italy of all places. It really does appear to be a Hindi book, and it has two companion volumes, Bhag 2 and Bhag 3, found in the Open Library system of Venezia, along with 17 other Osho books, in Hindi, English and Italian. The list of those, with links to the individual books, is at [http://polovea.sebina.it/SebinaOpac/Opac?action=search&thAutEnteDesc=Osho&startat=0]; the three books relevant here are:
 
*Ātma-Pūjā Upanishad / Bhagvan Shree Rajneesh - Allahabad : lokbharti Prakashan, 1978. - 471 p. ; 23 cm ((Front. trasl. dall'hindi.
*Ātm-Pūjā Upanishad. Bhāg 2 / Bhagvan Shree Rajneesh - Puna : Rajneesh Foundation, 1980. - 208 p. ; 18 cm. ((Front. trasl. dall'hindi.
*Ātm-Pūjā Upanishad. Bhag 3 (about which nothing more was said)
 
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Looking for info on this book raises more questions than it answers but fwiw ...

At first it seemed to be a mistake that it was put in the Hindi book section. There is no Hindi audio nor other direct record of discourses being given on this subject other than the English ones in 1972 that became The Ultimate Alchemy (Vol 1&2). So is it even a Hindi book? If so, could it be a translation of the English? And if so, of which Volume(s)? And if not, then when and where were the discourses given? And who is this publisher Lokbharti Prakashan, who seems not to have published one other book of Osho's?

About the publisher, they are a decent-size, respected publisher with a long history, now an imprint of a larger company. Their catalog does not mention this book or any others of Osho that i could find, but they have published lots in the spiritual field. Still, nothing found looking there.

More info on the book was eventually found, in a library in Italy of all places. It really does appear to be a Hindi book, and it has two companion volumes, Bhag 2 and Bhag 3, found in the Open Library system of Venezia, along with 17 other Osho books, in Hindi, English and Italian. The list of those, with links to the individual books, is at [1]; the three books relevant here are:

  • Ātma-Pūjā Upanishad / Bhagvan Shree Rajneesh - Allahabad : lokbharti Prakashan, 1978. - 471 p. ; 23 cm ((Front. trasl. dall'hindi.
  • Ātm-Pūjā Upanishad. Bhāg 2 / Bhagvan Shree Rajneesh - Puna : Rajneesh Foundation, 1980. - 208 p. ; 18 cm. ((Front. trasl. dall'hindi.
  • Ātm-Pūjā Upanishad. Bhag 3 (about which nothing more was said)
Finally, e-book versions of Bhag 1 and 2 (and a reference to Bhag 3) were found at Osho World, in their Hindi e-book section. It still cannot be conclusively shown that these are not translations, nor is it known what hard-copy versions their e-books correspond to, but when they have cover images, they tend to be faithful to some known hard copy, so fwiw these tiny images are reproduced at right, of Bhag 1 and 2. -- Sarlo (talk) 09:32, 4 April 2014 (PDT)