Osho Source Book
A bio-bibliography
- Of all the books about Osho, the Osho Source Book is certainly the most hefty, the most systematic and -- if such a thing is possible -- the most objective.
- Where this Wiki can be seen as a timeline and a database, the OSB narrates a story. The story of Osho's life as a book-lover, a writer of letters, a public speaker, and an influencer.
- Then, especially in Volume II, the OSB quotes hundreds of books by other authors, describing how they met, experienced and were touched by Osho.
- The Osho Source Book has a unique approach, and it is a work in progress. It is a "bio-bibliography", about both Osho and his books, including not only the hundreds he "authored" but taking a good look at the thousands he read too. In the course of his 25-year pilgrimage, the author, Sw Anand Neeten, spent countless hours in Osho's library and interviewed hundreds of sannyasins and others associated with Osho's work and visited places all over North India to see source documents. And -- a daunting mega-project in itself -- he read and digested all the literature, all the books for and against that had been written about Osho.
- In May 2014, Neeten uploaded OSB's first Volume as an "author's uncut version" to make available to the public the part on the up-till-then least documented period of Osho's life and work, before he moved to Pune in 1974.
- The enthusiastic reception he got for this pilot project encouraged him to do the same with OSB's 2nd and 3rd Volumes, which he uploaded five years later.
- This "author's uncut version" is still unfinished as of Oct 2019; the work of organizing, collating and boiling down the raw data is ongoing. It's all at the link below, eminently readable and immensely enjoyable.
- author
- Pierre Evald, Associate Professor of Library Science, Denmark
- language
- English
- notes
- See the table of contents for an impression of the magnitude and scope.
- Searching: we found that a good way to search in this gigantic source is to use a search-engine.
- E.g. on Windows do: <Shift+Ctlr+click> here to search for "vivek" ...
- choose a hit, i.e. one of the long pages of OSB ...
- then on that page use <Ctrl+f> to search again for "vivek".
- Do <Enter> to see all instances of that word.
- see also
- Bhagawati’s review of Neeten’s latest book on Osho News May 30, 2014.
- Neeten introduces his updates on this momentous body of work on Osho News, July 19, 2022.
editions
- The whole publication is at www.oshosourcebook.com in 3 volumes :
- Volume I (1931-1974) Gadarwara. Jabalpur. Bombay. -- Volume I is also available as a PDF.
- Volume II (1974-1990) Poona One. Oregon. World Tour. Poona Two.
- Volume III (1931-1990) References. Bibliography. Sources.
- website
- Osho Source Book
table of contents
- The Osho Source Book uses this terminology: Volumes (I-III) - Parts (One - Ten) - Sections (numbered) - Subsections (unnumbered).
- Volume I (1931-1974) Gadarwara. Jabalpur. Bombay.
- Contents
- Preface
- Colophon
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Scope and Limitations
- Research Method
- Field Surveys
- Primary Sources
- Secondary Sources
- Presentation
- Part One - Raja Rajneesh - 1931 – 1951 Kuchwada and Gadarwara
- Prologue
- 1.0 Birth and Childhood in Kuchwada 1931 – 1939
- 1.1 School Days and Early Youth in Gadarwara 1939 – 1951
- School Days in Gadarwara
- Gandhism and Socialism
- 1.2 Spiritual Traditions
- Jainism
- Tantra
- Indian Saints and Mystics
- 1.3 Early Steps of a Bookman
- Prayas
- Reading and Book Collecting
- Shashi
- Use of Public Library and Own Library
- Part One - Raja Rajneesh - 1931 – 1951 Kuchwada and Gadarwara
- Part Two - Acharya Rajneesh - 1951-1970 Jabalpur
- 2.0 Jabalpur
- 2.1 Academic Studies in Jabalpur and Sagar
- Settling in Jabalpur
- Activities and Pleasures
- Nav-Bharat
- Studies for M.A. in Sagar
- 2.2 Enlightenment in Bhanvar Tal Garden
- Prelude
- Enlightenment
- Aftermath
- 2.3 Reading and Book Collecting
- 2.4 Academic Libraries in Jabalpur
- 2.5 Lecturer and Ass. Professor of Philosophy
- 2.6 Religious Conferences
- Taran Jayanti & Sarva Dharma Sammelan
- Second World Hindu Religion Conference
- 2.7 Teaching and Traveling
- Debate and Controversy
- Hardship of Traveling
- Household
- Power of Speech
- On the Road
- 2.8 First Printed Booklets
- Virgin Prints
- Sadhana Path (Path of Self-Realization)
- Kranti Beej (Seeds of Revolutionary Thought)
- Jeevan Jagruti Kendra
- Sambhog Se Samadhi Ki Ore (From Sex to Superconsciousness)
- Samajwad Se Sawadhan (Beware of Socialism)
- Compilations
- Books on Acharya Rajneesh
- Audio, Radio, Photo and Video
- 2.9 Letters, Manuscripts and Articles
- Letters
- Manuscripts
- Articles
- 2.10 Periodicals
- Jyotishikha
- Yukrant
- 2.11 Meditation Camps
- 2.12 Leaving Jabalpur
- Part Two - Acharya Rajneesh - 1951-1970 Jabalpur
- Part Three - Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh - 1970-1974 Bombay
- 3.0 Bombay
- 3.1 Arriving in Bombay
- 3.2 Woodlands Apartments
- Laxmi, Chinmaya and Vivek
- 3.3 Neo-sannyas in Kulu Manali
- 3.4 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
- Individual Work
- Kirtan Mandali
- 3.5 Reading and Book Collecting
- Library in Woodlands
- 3.6 Discourses and Publications
- Audio
- Listening to Bhagwan
- Outdoor Lectures
- Evening Discourses
- Articles
- 3.7 Meditation Camps
- Mount Abu camps
- 3.8 Westerners and Publications in English
- I Am the Gate (1972)
- Editing and Reading Bhagwan
- Compilations
- Books on Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
- 3.9 Periodicals
- 3.10 Letters
- 3.11 Leaving Bombay for Poona
- Part Three - Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh - 1970-1974 Bombay
- Appendix
- 1. Timeline. Osho’s Life and Work in India
- 2. Lectures and Discourses 1964-1974: A Record
- 3. Early tape-recorded Lectures
- 4. Manuscripts
- 5. Collection of long-playing Records etc.
- 6. Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic
- 7. Osho’s Life. An Anthology of Osho’s Life From His Own Books
- 8. Discourses and Books on Indian Spiritual Traditions
- 9. References to Selected Topics
- 10. Books I Have Loved (1985)
- 11. Letters and Diary
- 12. Extremist of Study and Great Lover of Books. Jain (2007) Ch. 9
- 13. Activities of Neo-Sannyas International
- 14. Indian and International Quotes and Comments on Osho
- Appendix
- Part Four - Poona One - 1974 – 1981
- 4.0 Koregaon Park, Poona
- 4.1 Moving to Poona
- 4.2 The Making of a Buddhafield
- Organizing the Ashram
- Therapy Groups
- 4.3 Lao Tzu Library
- 4.4 Osho’s Reading
- 4.5 Discourses in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
- 4.6 Discourses in Buddha Hall. English
- Listening to Osho in English
- 4.7 Discourses in Buddha Hall. Hindi
- Listening to Osho in Hindi
- 4.8 Darshans in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
- Initiation Darshans
- Blessing Darshans
- Energy Darshans
- Part Four - Poona One - 1974 – 1981
- Part Four Continuation - Poona One - 1974 – 1981
- 4.9 Reading Osho
- 4.10 Publishing Poona Editions
- Editing
- Translating
- Darshan Diaries
- Designing
- 4.11 Audio-Visual Media. Photos
- 4.12 Books on Osho
- Core Biographies
- Contemporary Works
- Rajneesh Foundation Publications
- Booklets
- Selected Later Publications
- The Sound of Running Water
- 4.13 Periodicals
- Rajneesh Foundation Newsletter
- Sannyas Magazine
- 4.14 Satsang in Buddha Hall
- 4.15 Leaving for the United States
- Part Four Continuation - Poona One - 1974 – 1981
- Part Five - Oregon 1981 – 1985
- 5.0 Rancho Rajneesh, Oregon
- 5.1 Moving to USA
- The Castle in Montclair
- 5.2 Settling in Oregon
- Rancho Rajneesh
- Cultivating and Constructing
- Osho in Silence
- Drive-by and Rolls-Royces
- Management
- Daily Life
- Festivals
- 5.3 Library and Reading
- Rajneesh International Meditation University (RIMU)
- Academy of Rajneeshism
- 5.4 Discourses in Lao Tzu House
- 5.5 Discourses in Rajneesh Mandir
- 5.6 Press Interviews in Jesus Grove
- Press Coverage
- 5.7 Reading and Listening to Osho
- 5.8 Publishing
- Editing
- 5.9 Audio-Visual Media. Photos
- Part Five - Oregon 1981 – 1985
- Part Five Continuation - Oregon 1981 – 1985
- 5.10 Books on Osho
- Core Biographies
- Contemporary works
- Later Publications
- Research Papers
- Rajneesh Foundation Publications
- Autobiographies
- This very Body the Buddha This very Place the Lotus Paradise
- The Book of Rajneeshism
- 5.11 Periodicals
- The Rajneesh Newsletter & Rajneesh Times
- Bhagwan Magazine
- 5.12 Organizational Upheaval
- Politics and Crimes
- Sheela Leaving
- 5.13 Osho Arrested in Charlotte
- Incarceration in Secrecy
- Threats to Life
- The Vatican Connection
- 5.14 Leaving for Delhi and the Himalayas
- 5.10 Books on Osho
- Part Five Continuation - Oregon 1981 – 1985
- Part Six - World Tour and Bombay
- 6.0 A World Odyssey
- 6.1 Returning to India and the Himalayas
- Timelines
- 6.2 Talks in Kulu Manali, Himachal Pradesh
- Leaving for Nepal
- 6.3 Talks in Kathmandu, Nepal
- 6.4 Talks in Agios Nikolaos, Crete
- Deportation from Greece
- 6.5 Passage Denied to Europe
- Switzerland, Sweden, England, Ireland
- 6.6 Talks in Punta del Este, Uruguay
- 6.7 Onwards to Jamaica and Lisbon, Portugal
- Resolutions and Legal Acts
- Visa Applications Stalled
- 6.8 Returning to Bombay, India
- 6.9 Talks in Sumila, Bombay
- 6.10 Publishing and Editing
- Audio-Visual Media
- 6.11 Books on Osho
- Other Comments
- 6.12 Periodicals
- 6.13 Returning to Poona
- Part Six - World Tour and Bombay
- Part Seven - Poona Two - 1987-1990 (In progress.)
- 7.0 End Game in Poona
- 7.1 Returning to Poona
- Nightly Intrusion
- 7.2 Remaking the Ashram
- Management
- Daily Life with Osho
- 7.3 Osho Lao Tzu Library
- On Reading
- Paintings and Signatures
- Osho Research Library
- 7.4 Reading and Listening to Osho
- Part Seven - Poona Two - 1987-1990 (In progress.)
- Part Seven b. continuation - Poona Two - 1987-1990 (In progress.)
- 7.5 Discourses in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
- Western Mystics
- Zen Masters Bodhidharma and Ta Hui
- Mantra series
- 7.6 Discourses in Buddha Hall Auditorium
- Discourses on Zen and Zen Masters
- Last Discourse: Sammasati
- 7.7 Publishing
- Rajneesh Verlag and Rebel
- Editing
- Translating
- Designing
- 7.5 Discourses in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
- Part Seven b. continuation - Poona Two - 1987-1990 (In progress.)
- Part Seven c. continuation - Poona Two - 1987-1990 (In progress.)
- 7.8 Photos, Audio, Video and Digital Media
- Photos
- Audio
- Video and TV
- Information Technology
- 7.9 Books on Osho
- Some Principal Works
- Publications on Osho
- Autobiography of a Spiritual Incorrect Mystic (2000)
- The Song of the Ocean (2010)
- The Philousia of Existence
- Press Coverage
- 7.10 Periodicals
- 7.8 Photos, Audio, Video and Digital Media
- Part Seven c. continuation - Poona Two - 1987-1990 (In progress.)
- Part Seven d. continuation - Poona Two - 1987-1990 (In progress.)
- 7.11 Name Change to Osho
- 7.12 Declining Health
- Organizational Change
- 7.13 Meetings, Satsang and Meditations
- The Last Namaste
- 7.14 Mahaparinirvana January 1990
- Aftermath
- Part Seven d. continuation - Poona Two - 1987-1990 (In progress.)
- Appendix Volume II
- 1. Timeline Poona Two. Made by Ma Deva Anando.
- 2. Osho Lao Tzu Library / Ma Prem Kavisho. Unpublished manuscript. 1999.
- 3. Review of a Publishing Success Story: I Leave You My Dream / Lolita. 1997.
- 4. Thirty Years of Osho International Publishing. 1975-2005. January 2006.
- 5. Publishing and Editing 1990 – 2020. Excerpts and quotes.
- 6. On Paintings Osho Chooses / Ma Krishna Gopa and Sw Shivananda. 1992.
- 7. Books by and about Osho. Sales Figures 1988.
- 8. Journey of Osho’s Intellectual Property Rights from India to Europe. 2017.
- 9. A Spiritually Incorrect Mystic / Khushwant Singh. April 2014.
- 10. Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic. Review 2001.
- 11. Zen Masters Lineage Chart. All the Chan/Zen masters Osho has talked about.
- 12. The Photographer and the Master / Sw Sarjano. 2011.
- 13. Chronological Account of Evening Meetings. 1992.
- 14. Osho’s Meditation Technique. Evening Meeting. White Robe Brotherhood.
- 15. Welcome to Osho Commune International. Leaflet, 1989.
- 16. A Brief Chronology of the Name Changes of Osho. Factsheet, 1996.
- 17. Rajneesh Disappears Without Trace. Press Release, 15.09.1989.
- 18. Milind Kolhatkar. Two features in Indian Express, Poona. July 1989.
- 19. Introduction / Swami Anand Robin. In: ‘Kyozan. A True Man of Zen. 1990.
- 20. Osho’s Medical History 1987-1990 / Sw Prem Amrito. 1990.
- 21. Amrito’s announcements in Buddha Hall 19-20 Jan 1990 on Osho’s passing.
- 22. Osho’s Death Certificate. 19.01.1990.
- 23. Affidavit by Dr. Gokul Gokani. On Osho’s passing. 2015.
- 24. Illustrated Weekly of India. Obituary. February, 1990.
- 25. Obituaries and Quotes on Osho.
- Appendix Volume II
- 9.0 Bibliography
- Bibliography 1942 – 1974
- Gadarwara 1942 – around 1950
- Jabalpur 1951 – 1969
- Bombay 1970 – 1974
- Compilations
- Bibliography 1942 – 1974
- 9.0 Bibliography
- Poona One 1974 – 1981
- Discourses in English
- Discourses in Hindi
- Darshan Diaries
- Poona One 1974 – 1981
- Oregon 1984-1985
- Discourses
- Press Interviews
- Compilations and Special Editions
- Autobiographies
- Oregon 1984-1985
- World Tour and Bombay
- Discourses
- World Tour and Bombay
- Poona Two
- Discourses
- Compilations & Special Editions
- Poona Two
- 10.0 Sources (In progress)
- 1. Libraries and Archives
- 2. Digital Resources
- Core Websites
- Other Websites
- 3. Lectures and Discourses 1964-1990
- 4. Periodicals: Osho Periodicals
- Newsletters, Newspapers and Magazines
- 5. Periodicals: General Newspapers and Magazines
- Articles on Osho 1974-1990
- 6. Audio. Cd
- 7. Podcast. Radio
- 8. Music. Songs
- 9. Video. Dvd. TV
- 10. Films
- 11. Photos
- 12. Sales Catalogues: Books, Audio and Video
- 13. Forthcoming Books
- 14. Press Releases and Fact Sheets
- 15. Manuscripts
- 16. Academic Research on Osho in India
- 17. Chiropractic
- 18. Numerology
- 19. Astrology
- 10.0 Sources (In progress)