Taaran Darshan Smarika 1974 (तारण दर्शन स्मारिका 1974)
तारण दर्शन स्मारिका
- This publication documents 35 years of celebrations of Sant Taaran Taran (1448-1515), a Jain reformer who worked mainly in central India. Osho spoke at his birth celebrations for many years, starting when he was 22. Thus, though not officially a book about Osho, the book documents many of the occasions on which Osho spoke there, including a few pictures and his words. The "author"-publisher and sponsor of these events, Sarv Dharm Sammelan -- literally "all-religions conference" -- was also a sponsor / organizer of inter-faith gatherings.
- According to Osho's brother Shailendra, their family were not mainstream Jains, but members of Taaran's group, Taran Panth. Taaran, variously rendered as Taran, Tāran, Taran Svami etc, was a rebel who rejected the then-prevalent practice of idol worship and attempted to restore a culture of meditation. In his temples there are no statues of Mahavir, or himself for that matter, just his books for reading. Osho has spoken on two of his books in Books I Have Loved.
- His group remained limited to a small number of adherents, mostly in a few districts of Madhya Pradesh. Osho's uncle Amrit Lal Chanchal became well known for translating Taaran's books, from their 600-year-old language to a modern Hindi poetry form. He supported Osho at a early age to speak at Taaran Jayanti celebrations. Eventually Osho became the chief lecturer and presided over these functions for almost a decade, the last time being in 1969, the year he moved to Mumbai.
- On that last occasion, he took with him some Bollywood celebrities, including singer Mahendra Kapoor, composer-directors Kalyanji-Anandji, poet Indivar and an orchestra to put on musical extravaganzas at Gadarwara and Jabalpur. The program at Gadarwara was a huge success but according to Neeten's Osho Source Book (end of section 2.6), the non-existent crowd control caused the program at Jabalpur to collapse in chaos.
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- Sarv Dharm Sammelan
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- Hindi
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Taaran Darshan Smarika 1974 (तारण दर्शन स्मारिका 1974)
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Osho in top right photo, caption reads, "Acharya Shri Rajneesh ji at Taaran Jayanti festivities"
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Osho, caption reads, "Sant was a burning fire ... Acharya Rajneesh"
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caption reads, "Acharya Sri Rajneesh ji with Kalyanji, Anandji and Mahendra Kapur"
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