Manuscripts ~ Reports Timeline Extraction

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A correspondent has shared his research into Osho's Manuscripts. Some of Osho's early writings have turned out to be fact-based accounts of his travels, speeches, and the events of the time. The research is organized into four batches, corresponding to the particular groups of manuscripts where info was found. All info presented is annotated, ie which sheet of the manuscripts it derives from is clearly indicated, so one can also study them for oneself. In some cases, Osho's notes contain the full text of early unpublished discourses, though not in this batch, which has some text but nothing like complete.

Other batches in this series are:

(1) Manuscripts ~ Messages Timeline Extraction
(2) Manuscripts ~ Notebooks Timeline Extraction
(3) Manuscripts ~ Programmes Timeline Extraction

This batch, the fourth in the series, derives from a data-rich group of pages at Manuscripts ~ Reports, "Reports of Nation-Wide Programmes of Acharya Shri". One wondering that has been growing regarding these data-source manuscripts in general and which comes to a head with this batch in particular, is, "Is Osho really the author of these Reports, Programmes, etc?" Surely he would not refer to himself in the third person? Etc.

In fact, the first four lines of the first sheet in the batch declare, translated roughly:

News Department
Activation of the Wheel of Dharma
Countrywide Program of Acharyashri
Compilation: Natubhai Mehta

But does it matter for our purposes here? Perhaps this Natubhai-ji did gather the information and Osho copied it here. Perhaps Natubhai gathered it and wrote it. Or perhaps Osho did it all in Natubhai's name, which may itself be made up. Osho is said to have attributed his writings to others many times, and in fact continued that "tradition" in his discourses by making up questions, ttributing them to his sannyasins and then "answering" them. In the end, the information in the manuscripts is as reliable as anything else we're going to get about that era that hasn't otherwise been authenticated. And like other sources, it is fallible.

These manuscripts do not include the year, so we will need to compare with existing Timelines to see how they fit. Our correspondent has done some of this himself too. See the Analysis below each section for details.

Dates Event Description and Notes Wiki Notes, Comments
Sheets A2 - A? -- (1967- confirmed) let's see about that
7-10 Apr pm Sheet A2 -- evenings, Bombay, Lectures at Cross Maidan. Message: Love life and live it to its totality or total depths because in temple called life, God resides.
Morning C J Hall - Q and A Message: Religion is only one and it is your real nature but we have caught hold of the finger pointing to the moon instead of looking at the Moon.
11 Apr am Poona, Hindvijay Theatre Lecture on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti
11 Apr pm Poona, Addressed large public meeting. Message: Ask seed of drop of water about secret of religion.
14 Apr pm Jabalpur Lecture at meeting of Sindhi Society
17 Apr pm Jabalpur Lecture at Opening ceremony of Art exhibition. Message: One has to search, live and know religion and not try to search for it in religious literature.