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When Osho speaks on some tradition or religious figure, there is usually a particular item or two of literature which supply the "sutras" or other material he will be commenting on. Much of Osho's source material is known but there has been a big gap in the wiki concerning the sources for the Indian poet-mystics of the "Middle and Early Modern periods" he speaks on in the late 70s in Pune One. Here, "Middle and Early Modern periods" refers to the time of Kabir or later, with most of them clearly having been influenced by him if not strictly in his lineage. | When Osho speaks on some tradition or religious figure, there is usually a particular item or two of literature which supply the "sutras" or other material he will be commenting on. Much of Osho's source material is known but there has been a big gap in the wiki concerning the sources for the Indian poet-mystics of the "Middle and Early Modern periods" he speaks on in the late 70s in Pune One. Here, "Middle and Early Modern periods" refers to the time of Kabir or later, with most of them clearly having been influenced by him if not strictly in his lineage. | ||
In Jun 2022 a wiki correspondent, Komori Kentarou, stepped forward with a lot of information to address that gap. It turns out that many of these unknown sources come from one publisher, [http://belvedereprintingworks.com/ Belvedere Printing Works], in Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad. Belvedere has been doing this since 1901 and prides itself on being the leading publisher in India of books about these guys. And in fact, since little is known about most of them, the books are not so much ''about'' them as full of their poetry, or songs. | In Jun 2022 a wiki correspondent, Komori Kentarou, stepped forward with a lot of information to address that gap. It turns out that many of these unknown sources may come from one publisher, [http://belvedereprintingworks.com/ Belvedere Printing Works], in Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad. Belvedere has been doing this since 1901 and prides itself on being the leading publisher in India of books about these guys. And in fact, since little is known about most of them, the books are not so much ''about'' them as full of their poetry, or songs. See also [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|discussion]] for another possible source of Osho's material. | ||
In the table below, the left-hand column is Belvedere's current (2022) online English catalog. The books are of course in Hindi. The right-hand column has the image of their catalog from the back cover of their book on Bhikha, published in 2013, followed by a transcription of those titles. Though their catalog appears at first glance to have changed a lot, only nine are new books. The rest of the differences are fairly superficial: they are in a different order, some titles have been changed in minor ways and some books have been subdivided into parts and/or listed as parts. The double asterisks (**) indicate which of them Osho devotes a whole series of talks to, with a number in parentheses if more than one. | In the table below, the left-hand column is Belvedere's current (2022) online English catalog. The books are of course in Hindi. The right-hand column has the image of their catalog from the back cover of their book on Bhikha, published in 2013, followed by a transcription of those titles. Though their catalog appears at first glance to have changed a lot, only nine are new books. The rest of the differences are fairly superficial: they are in a different order, some titles have been changed in minor ways and some books have been subdivided into parts and/or listed as parts. The double asterisks (**) indicate which of them Osho devotes a whole series of talks to, with a number in parentheses if more than one. |
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When Osho speaks on some tradition or religious figure, there is usually a particular item or two of literature which supply the "sutras" or other material he will be commenting on. Much of Osho's source material is known but there has been a big gap in the wiki concerning the sources for the Indian poet-mystics of the "Middle and Early Modern periods" he speaks on in the late 70s in Pune One. Here, "Middle and Early Modern periods" refers to the time of Kabir or later, with most of them clearly having been influenced by him if not strictly in his lineage.
In Jun 2022 a wiki correspondent, Komori Kentarou, stepped forward with a lot of information to address that gap. It turns out that many of these unknown sources may come from one publisher, Belvedere Printing Works, in Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad. Belvedere has been doing this since 1901 and prides itself on being the leading publisher in India of books about these guys. And in fact, since little is known about most of them, the books are not so much about them as full of their poetry, or songs. See also discussion for another possible source of Osho's material.
In the table below, the left-hand column is Belvedere's current (2022) online English catalog. The books are of course in Hindi. The right-hand column has the image of their catalog from the back cover of their book on Bhikha, published in 2013, followed by a transcription of those titles. Though their catalog appears at first glance to have changed a lot, only nine are new books. The rest of the differences are fairly superficial: they are in a different order, some titles have been changed in minor ways and some books have been subdivided into parts and/or listed as parts. The double asterisks (**) indicate which of them Osho devotes a whole series of talks to, with a number in parentheses if more than one.
A few of them are relatively familiar names in the West, and have been more widely published: Osho's books on Kabir, Nanak, Meera and Dadu are still to be checked whether their sources are Belvedere books. For the rest of them, Komori has checked Osho's books and verified that these Belvedere books below are the material Osho uses as sources. They will be linked eventually to the relevant Osho books, sometimes to more than one. Additionally, "more" links lead to a page which gives more information on each of the poet-mystics in this collection.
1 Guru Nanak Ki Praan Sangli - Part 1 (#27 on right) |
1. संत महात्मा का जीवन चरित संग्रह (#3 on left) |