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Revision as of 02:33, 9 December 2019

Osho wrote hundreds of letters to Ma Anandmayee, whom he recognised as his past-life mother, starting in 1960. Most were written in the early 60s. 120 of those letters were compiled into a book, Kranti Beej (क्रांति बीज), or "Seeds of Revolution", later translated as Seeds of Revolutionary Thought. Kranti Beej was one of his most influential early books.

Many letters were also published in Bhavna Ke Bhojpatron Par Osho (भावना के भोजपत्रों पर ओशो). The degree of overlap between these two books is unknown, as is Bhavna's First Edition history.

The wiki has been fortunate to obtain 221 high-quality images of Osho's letters to her. Links to each are or will be below, with notes, where applicable, if published. Currently under construction, stay tuned.

1960

Letter written on 5 Oct 1960
Letter written on 22 Nov 1960
Letter written on 25 Nov 1960
Letter written on 29 Nov 1960
Letter written on 8 Dec 1960
Letter written on 15 Dec 1960 om
Letter written on 15 Dec 1960 pm
Letter written on 27 Dec 1960

1961

Letter written on 3 Jan 1961
Letter written on 4 Jan 1961
Letter written on 10 Jan 1961
Letter written on 18 Jan 1961 xm
Letter written on 26 Jan 1961 -- Bhavna, p 76
Letter written on 30 Jan 1961 am
Letter written on 30 Jan 1961 om
Letter written on 7 Feb 1961 xm
Letter written on 12 Feb 1961 -- Bhavna, p 80
Letter written end of Feb 1961 am **
Letter written on 28 Feb 1961 xm
Letter written on 8 Mar 1961 am
Letter written on 16 Mar 1961 pm
Letter written on 26 Mar 1961 pm
Letter written on 15 Apr 1961 am
Letter written on 25 Apr 1961 om -- Bhavna, p 90  
Letter written on 4 May 1961 am
Letter written on 5 May 1961 xm
Letter written on 13 May 1961
Letter written on 8 Jun 1961
Letter written on 3 Jul 1961 am
Letter written on 10 Jul 1961 om
Letter written on 12 Jul 1961
Letter written on 22 Jul 1961 om
Letter written on 26 Jul 1961
Letter written on 29 Jul 1961
Letter written on 2 Aug 1961 om
Letter written on 4 Aug 1961 am
Letter written on 5 Aug 1961
Letter written on 12 Aug 1961
Letter written on 20 Aug 1961 om
Letter written on 23 Aug 1961 om
Letter written on 29 Aug 1961 am
Letter written on 2 Sep 1961 pm
Letter written on 2 Sep 1961 pm (2)
Letter written on 18 Sep 1961
Letter written on 24 Sep 1961
Letter written on 26 Sep 1961 pm
Letter written on 6 Oct 1961
Letter written on 10 Oct 1961
Letter written on 14 Oct 1961
Letter written on 17 Oct 1961
Letter written on 27 Oct 1961
Letter written on 30 Oct 1961 am
Letter written on 2 Nov 1961
Letter written on 4 Nov 1961
Letter written on 7 Nov 1961 pm
Letter written on 13 Nov 1961
Letter written on 17 Nov 1961
Letter written on 18 Nov 1961
Letter written on 22 Nov 1961 am
Letter written on 28 Nov 1961 pm
Letter written on 2 Dec 1961
Letter written on 7 Dec 1961 om
Letter written on 13 Dec 1961
Letter written on 18 Dec 1961
Letter written on 21 Dec 1961 om
Letter written on 22 Dec 1961

1962

1963

Letter written on 19 Feb 1963 -- Bhavna, p 200
Letter written on 23 Feb 1963 pm -- Bhavna, p 202  
Letter written on 2 Mar 1963 am -- Bhavna, p 204
Letter written on 6 Mar 1963 om -- Bhavna, p 206
Letter written on 12 Mar 1963 pm -- Bhavna, p 207
Letter written on 18 Mar 1963 -- Bhavna, p 208
Letter written on 22 Mar 1963 xm -- Bhavna, p 209
Letter written on 27 Mar 1963 -- Bhavna, p 210
Letter written on 28 Mar 1963 am -- Bhavna, p 211
Letter written on 3 Apr 1963 -- Bhavna, p 212
Letter written on 7 Apr 1963 -- Bhavna, p 213
Letter written on 12 Apr 1963 om -- Bhavna, p 214
Letter written on 18 Apr 1963 xm -- Bhavna, p 216
Letter written on 23 Apr 1963 am -- Bhavna, p 217
Letter written on 16 May 1963 om -- Bhavna, p 218
Letter written on 26 May 1963 (Anandmayee) -- Bhavna, p 221
Letter written on 4 Jun 1963 -- Bhavna, p 223
Letter written on 14 Jun 1963 -- Bhavna, p 225
Letter written on 16 Jun 1963 -- Bhavna, p 226
Letter written on 20 Jun 1963 -- Bhavna, p 227
Letter written on 25 Jun 1963 am -- Bhavna, p 228

Undated

As there is a rough correlation between file number order and chronological order among the dated letters, there is a reasonable chance that these undated letters can be approximately dated simply by putting them time-wise between letters they are between file-wise. This is far from guaranteed of course, but as a potential aid to rough placement, the date ranges as suggested by this method are included below. ** = special, see notes below the list. And some will / have become located in time by getting paired with a dated "other half" and text matched to a published letter.

Undated Letter written to Anandmayee 001 22 Nov - 25 Nov 1960
Undated Letter written to Anandmayee 002 29 Nov - 8 Dec 1960
Undated Letter written to Anandmayee 003 1 Jan - 15 Mar 1961 **
Undated Letter written to Anandmayee 004 the undated "first half" of Letter written on 12 Feb 1961
Undated Letter written to Anandmayee 005 12 Feb - 8 Mar 1961
Undated Letter written to Anandmayee 006 16 Mar - 26 Mar 1961
Undated Letter written to Anandmayee 007 15 Apr - 25 Apr 1961 **
Undated Letter written to Anandmayee 008 18 Nov - 28 Nov 1961 **

Notes re date range

Undated #003's possible date range is much larger than most, since the letters before and after it (in terms of file numbers) take a jump backward timewise.
There are indications that Undated #007 is not in the stated time range, see its talk page for details.
There are indications that Undated #008 is a PS that belongs with the Letter written on 28 Nov 1961 pm, awaiting confirmation.