Osho Books on CD-ROM
- A CD-ROM with the text of all first editions of Osho's books in English, published and unpublished, plus approximately thirty books translated from Hindi.
- The books are presented in a searchable Folio Views database.
Contents
- notes
- See below for details of history, features, limitations and availability.
- time period of Osho's original talks/writings
- (unknown)
- number of discourses/chapters
editions
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titles included on the CD-ROM
- The list below shows the 303 titles included in the first editions of the CD-ROM (1 and 1.01).
- * Titles not published elsewhere (10). (As of 1994.)
- ** Darshan Diaries not published elsewhere (16). These were no longer included in the 2.0 edition.
- 202 (Jokes of Mulla Nasrudin)
- The 99 Names of Nothingness
- Above All, Don't Wobble
- Ah, This!
- Ancient Music in the Pines
- And Now, And Here, Vol 1 and And Now, And Here, Vol 2 - (The CD-ROM mentions these two volumes as one book, but at that time only these separate volumes existed.)
- And the Flowers Showered
- The Art of Dying
- Be Realistic: Plan for a Miracle
- Be Still and Know
- The Beginning of the Beginning
- Believing the Impossible Before Breakfast
- Beloved of My Heart
- The Beloved, Vol 1
- The Beloved, Vol 2
- Beware of Socialism
- Beyond Enlightenment
- Beyond Psychology
- A Bird on the Wing - (The CD-ROM mentions this title, but shows in fact the text of the first edition: Roots and Wings)
- Blessed Are the Ignorant
- Bodhidharma: The Greatest Zen Master
- The Book of Wisdom
- Books I Have Loved
- The Buddha Disease
- The Buddha: The Emptiness of the Heart
- Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons
- Come Follow Me, Vol 1 - (CD-ROM title: Come Follow to You, Vol 1)
- Come Follow Me, Vol 2 - (CD-ROM title: Come Follow to You, Vol 2)
- Come Follow Me, Vol 3 - (CD-ROM title: Come Follow to You, Vol 3)
- Come Follow Me, Vol 4 - (CD-ROM title: Come Follow to You, Vol 4)
- Come, Come, Yet Again Come
- Communism & Zen Fire, Zen Wind - (CD-ROM title: Communism and Zen Fire, Zen Wind)
- A Cup of Tea
- The Cypress in the Courtyard
- ** Dance til the Stars Come Down from the Rafters
- Dance Your Way to God
- Dang Dang Doko Dang
- Death Is Divine (This is working title. Published as Die O Yogi Die)
- The Dhammapada, Series 1 - (CD-ROM title: The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 1)
- The Dhammapada, Series 2 - (CD-ROM title: The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 2)
- The Dhammapada, Series 3 - (CD-ROM title: The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 3)
- The Dhammapada, Series 4 - (CD-ROM title: The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 4)
- The Dhammapada, Series 5 - (CD-ROM title: The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 5)
- The Dhammapada, Series 6 - (CD-ROM title: The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 6)
- The Dhammapada, Series 7 - (CD-ROM title: The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 7)
- The Dhammapada, Series 8 - (CD-ROM title: The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 8)
- The Dhammapada, Series 9 - (CD-ROM title: The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 9)
- The Dhammapada, Series 10 - (CD-ROM title: The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 10)
- The Dhammapada, Series 11 - (CD-ROM title: The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 11)
- The Dhammapada, Series 12 - (CD-ROM title: The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 12)
- The Diamond Sutra
- Die O Yogi Die (CD-ROM working title is Death Is Divine)
- Dimensions Beyond the Known
- The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 1
- The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 2
- The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 3
- The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 4
- The Divine Melody
- Dogen: The Zen Master - (CD-ROM title: Dogen, the Zen Master: A Search and a Fulfillment)
- Don't Bite My Finger, Look Where I'm Pointing
- Don't Just Do Something, Sit There
- Don't Let Yourself Be Upset by the Sutra, rather Upset the Sutra Yourself
- Don't Look Before You Leap
- Early Letters to Ma Yoga Sohan and Ma Dharm Jyoti - (Other CD-ROM title: Letters)
- * Early Talks
- The Earthen Lamps
- Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language
- ** Eighty Four Thousand Poems
- The Empty Boat
- Enlightenment: The Only Revolution - (CD-ROM title: The Mahageeta, Vol 1)
- The Eternal Quest
- ** Even Bein' Gawd Ain't a Bed of Roses
- Far Beyond the Stars
- Finger Pointing to the Moon
- ** Fingers Pointing to the Moon
- The First Principle
- The Fish in the Sea Is Not Thirsty
- For Madmen Only - (CD-ROM title: For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind))
- From Bondage to Freedom
- From Darkness to Light
- From Death to Deathlessness
- From Ignorance to Innocence
- From Misery to Enlightenment
- From Personality to Individuality
- From Sex to Superconsciousness
- From the False to the Truth
- From Unconsciousness to Consciousness
- The Further Shore
- Get Out of Your Own Way! - (CD-ROM title: Get Out of Your Own Way)
- Glimpses of a Golden Childhood
- God Is Dead, Now Zen Is the Only Living Truth
- God Is Not for Sale
- God's Got a Thing about You
- ** Going All the Way
- The Golden Future
- ** The Golden Wind
- The Goose Is Out
- The Grass Grows by Itself
- The Great Challenge
- The Great Nothing
- The Great Path
- The Great Pilgrimage: From Here to Here
- The Great Secret
- The Great Transcendence - (Apparently the working title. Published as The Song of Ecstasy)
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui
- The Guest
- Guida Spirituale
- Hallelujah!
- Hammer on the Rock
- Hari Om Tat Sat
- The Heart Sutra
- The Heartbeat of the Absolute
- The Hidden Harmony
- Hidden Mysteries
- The Hidden Splendor
- Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book of Nothing
- Hyakujo: The Everest of Zen - (CD-ROM title: Hyakujo: The Everest of Zen, with Basho's Haikus)
- ** I Am Not As Thunk As You Drink I Am
- I Am That
- I Am the Gate
- I Celebrate Myself: God Is No Where, Life Is Now Here
- I Say unto You, Vol 1
- I Say unto You, Vol 2
- ** If You Choose to Be with Me, You Must Risk Finding Yourself
- ** The Imprisoned Splendor
- In Search of the Miraculous, Vol 1
- In Search of the Miraculous, Vol 2
- The Inner Journey
- The Invitation
- ** Is the Grass Really Greener...?
- Isan: No Footprints in the Blue Sky
- Jesus Crucified Again, This Time in Ronald Reagan's America
- Joshu: The Lion's Roar
- Just Around the Corner
- Just Like That
- ** Just the Tip of the Iceberg
- Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy
- Kyozan: A True Man of Zen
- The Language of Existence
- * The Last Testament (Vol 1) - (Note the "(Vol)" indication with parentheses. Compare The Last Testament, Vol 1, which is a selection of these 6 volumes of interviews.)
- * The Last Testament (Vol 2)
- * The Last Testament (Vol 3)
- * The Last Testament (Vol 4)
- * The Last Testament (Vol 5)
- * The Last Testament (Vol 6)
- Lead Kindly Light
- Let Go!
- Letters - (The title adopted in this Wiki: Early Letters to Ma Yoga Sohan and Ma Dharm Jyoti)
- Light on the Path
- Live Zen
- The Long and the Short and the All - (CD-ROM title: The Long, the Short and the All)
- Ma Tzu: The Empty Mirror
- The Madman's Guide to Enlightenment
- The Mahageeta, Vol 1 - (Apparently the working title. Published as Enlightenment: The Only Revolution)
- Meditation: The Art of Ecstasy
- Meet Mulla Nasruddin
- The Messiah, Vol 1
- The Messiah, Vol 2
- The Miracle (discourses)
- ** The Miracle (darshans) - (darshan diary)
- The Mustard Seed - (CD-ROM title: The Mustard Seed: My Most Loved Gospel on Jesus)
- My Way: The Way of the White Clouds
- Nansen: The Point of Departure
- The New Alchemy: To Turn You On
- The New Dawn
- The Ninety-Nine Names of Nothingness - (CD-ROM title: The 99 Names of Nothingness)
- ** Nirvana Now or Never
- Nirvana: The Last Nightmare
- The No Book - (CD-ROM title: The No Book (No Buddha, No Teaching, No Discipline))
- ** No Man Is an Island
- No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity
- No Water, No Moon
- Notes of a Madman
- Nothing to Lose but Your Head
- Nowhere to Go but In
- ** The Old Pond ... Plop
- Om Mani Padme Hum
- Om Shantih Shantih Shantih
- One Seed Makes the Whole Earth Green
- Only Losers Can Win in This Game
- The Open Door
- The Open Secret
- The Original Man
- The Osho Upanishad - (The CD-ROM mentions this title, but shows in fact the text of the first edition: The Rajneesh Upanishad)
- The Passion for the Impossible
- The Path of Love
- The Path of the Mystic
- The Perennial Path: The Art of Living
- The Perfect Master, Vol 1
- The Perfect Master, Vol 2
- The Perfect Way
- Philosophia Perennis, Vol 1
- Philosophia Perennis, Vol 2
- Philosophia Ultima
- Philosophy of Non-Violence
- * Press Conferences
- The Psychology of the Esoteric
- The Rainbow Bridge
- The Rajneesh Upanishad - (CD-ROM title: The Osho Upanishad)
- The Razor's Edge
- The Rebel
- The Rebellious Spirit
- Returning to the Source
- The Revolution
- Revolution in Education
- Rinzai: Master of the Irrational
- Roots and Wings - (CD-ROM title: A Bird on the Wing)
- A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose
- The Sacred Yes
- Sat Chit Anand
- Satyam Shivam Sundram
- ** Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones
- The Search
- The Secret
- The Secret of Secrets, Vol 1
- The Secret of Secrets, Vol 2
- Seeds of Wisdom
- Sermons in Stones
- The Shadow of the Bamboo
- The Shadow of the Whip
- * Silent Period
- Snap Your Fingers, Slap Your Face and Wake Up!
- Socrates Poisoned Again After 25 Centuries
- The Song of Ecstasy - (CD-ROM title: The Great Transcendence)
- The Sound of One Hand Clapping
- A Sudden Clash of Thunder
- Sufis: The People of the Path, Vol 1
- Sufis: The People of the Path, Vol 2
- The Sun Behind the Sun Behind the Sun
- Sun of Consciousness
- The Sun Rises in the Evening
- The Supreme Doctrine
- The Sword and the Lotus
- Take It Easy, Vol 1
- Take It Easy, Vol 2
- The Tantra Vision, Vol 1
- The Tantra Vision, Vol 2
- Tantra: The Supreme Understanding
- Tao: The Golden Gate, Vol 1
- Tao: The Golden Gate, Vol 2
- Tao: The Pathless Path, Vol 1
- Tao: The Pathless Path, Vol 2
- Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 1
- Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 2
- Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 3
- Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 4
- That Art Thou
- Theologia Mystica
- This Is It
- This Very Body the Buddha
- This. This. A Thousand Times This - (CD-ROM title: This, This, A Thousand Times This: The Very Essence of Zen)
- Thus Spake Mulla Nasrudin - (CD-ROM title: Thus Spake Mulla Nasruddin)
- Thy Will Be Done
- The Tongue-Tip Taste of Tao
- The Transmission of the Lamp
- The True Name, Vol 1
- The True Name, Vol 2
- The True Sage
- Turn On, Tune In and Drop the Lot
- Turning In (discourses)
- The Ultimate Alchemy, Vol 1
- The Ultimate Alchemy, Vol 2
- Unio Mystica, Vol 1
- Unio Mystica, Vol 2
- Until You Die
- Vedanta: Seven Steps to Samadhi
- Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, First Series - (CD-ROM title: Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 1. See errata for a note about the text.)
- Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Second Series - (CD-ROM title: Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 2. See errata for a note about the text.)
- Walk Without Feet, Fly Without Wings and Think Without Mind
- Walking in Zen, Sitting in Zen
- The Way of Tao - (CD-ROM title: The Way of Tao, Volume 1)
- The Way of Tao, Part II - (CD-ROM title: The Way of Tao, Volume 2)
- What Is Rebellion?
- What Is, Is, What Ain't, Ain't
- When the Shoe Fits
- * Where Are the Gandhians? - (CD-ROM title: Where Are the Gandhians)
- The White Lotus
- The Wild Geese and the Water
- Wings of Love and Random Thoughts
- Wisdom of Folly
- The Wisdom of the Sands, Vol 1
- The Wisdom of the Sands, Vol 2
- Won't You Join the Dance?
- YAA-HOO! The Mystic Rose
- Yakusan: Straight to the Point of Enlightenment
- Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1
- Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 2
- Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 3
- Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 4
- Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 5
- Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 6
- Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 7
- Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 8
- Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 9
- Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 10
- You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
- Zarathustra: A God That Can Dance
- Zarathustra: The Laughing Prophet
- The Zen Manifesto: Freedom from Oneself
- Zen: The Diamond Thunderbolt
- Zen: The Mystery and the Poetry of the Beyond
- Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1
- Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 2
- Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 3
- Zen: The Quantum Leap from Mind to No-Mind
- Zen: The Solitary Bird, Cuckoo of the Forest
- Zen: The Special Transmission
- Zen: Zest, Zip, Zap and Zing
- The Zero Experience
- Zorba the Buddha
history
- When Osho had died, a big project was started to collate all of Osho's books and texts, and make them searchable. Initially, this was done using SilverPlatter technology, but that software was replaced because it had too many limitations. Still, for this reason, even today in 2018, many people know this project by the name of "The Silver Platter".
- The new software that came to be used for Osho Books on CD-ROM was Folio Views. This is state of the art software for indexing and searching text in giant documents.
- The advantages of Folio Views were two-fold: it allows for negative indexing, meaning that the indexed data is smaller than the original data, and it has a very good search engine allowing proximity searches.
features
- The uniqueness of Folio's search tools is likely less because of their technical genius and more just because the market for such software is fairly limited, so that even now it has not been much developed. The history above referred to proximity searches. The basic building block of this function is first grouping all the words into paragraph units, so that searching for two or more words at once finds all their occurrences in the same paragraph. Other indexing engines do this too, but Folio added boolean and other search modes, "or," "not," exact quote, "wild card" modes and so on, and its pièce de résistance, a search for two words with a specified closeness, eg within six words of each other.
- Another feature of the CD-ROM/Database is its treasure trove of unpublished books. These are books whose text has been through a rough edit but never went further than that to actual publication. There are sixteen such Darshan Diaries, six volumes of Last Testaments and a few other books, most of which will likely never be published. Thus this is the only form in which this significant portion of Osho's oeuvre is available anywhere.
- The CD-ROM also introduced us to the Archive Code (also see Glossary). The Archive Code is a 7-digit code to uniquely identify any lecture by its date and time of day it was spoken:
- e.g. I Am the Gate, lecture 1 is 7104140, i.e. 1971 April 14 morning,
- The Zen Manifesto: Freedom from Oneself, lecture 11 is 8904105, i.e. 1989 April 10 evening.
- The last digit represents the time of day, where morning = 0 and evening = 5.
- And lastly, the CD-ROM introduced MiniTitle and ShortTitle to uniquely identify first-edition books and chapters, see Glossary.
limitations
- One obvious limitation is that it is only useful for searches in English. A Hindi equivalent may happen eventually.
- And a technical limitation: Folio Views is a Windows based product and has never been ported to OS X, Linux or other Unix platforms. The original Folio Views version used (and the NFO database) was designed to run on Window 95. It managed to run on later versions of Windows, up through Windows 7, but only the 32-bit version, not the 64-bit version**, nor on Windows 8 or 10. It does run on Linux and MacOS using the WINE emulator.
availability
- The CD-ROM was available as an authorized commercial product briefly in 1994-95, but this was discontinued. "Unauthorized" copies circulated for a few years through private contacts but eventually it became available on the web, especially from websites in some countries such as India and Russia, which are out of reach of copyright claims by OIF, or via torrents.
- Notably, there is a site in India where it can be downloaded directly. As of August 2016 this is a newer version of Folio, that also now works with Windows 7, 8 and 10.
errata
- Note that this is not intended to cover OCR "typos," as there are many and this is not our purview here. Also, in the early 90s there WAS an ongoing file being kept in Publications of all editing improvements needed for the next edition, relating to mistakes in the hard copy (plenty of them too, inevitable when you consider the pressures of putting out three new books a month). This errata section is for CD-ROM "admninistrative" errors.
- The text for this book on the CD-ROM -although called A Bird on the Wing- is mostly the text of Roots and Wings, it does not contain the edits of A Bird on the Wing. And it also has the MiniTitle WING.
- The text for this volume on the CD-ROM -although called Come Follow to You- is actually the text of Come Follow Me, Vol 1. The text seems hardly edited, and the chapter names are those of Come Follow Me, Vol 1.
- Although we were not able to check, we can assume that the same goes for Come Follow to You, Vol 2.
- Come Follow to You, Vol 3 and Vol 4 have never been published under those titles, only as Come Follow Me, Vol 3 and Vol 4.
- Chapter (letter) 117 is said to be missing, but it's text is in fact present. This is caused by an error in the lay-out, which makes it seem to be part of letter 116.
- The start of letter 117 is:
- Love.
- Love is also fire,
- but a cool fire.
- The CR-ROM mentions "Originally published in two volumes, later released as four volumes." We only know of a 4-volumes edition. A 2-volume edition was probably never published.
- Chapter 27 has an incorrect Archive Code 7802285, which doesn't correspond to the date (Jul 28, 1978 pm). The correct one is 7807285.
- On CD-ROM under title Letters and listed in Appendix as Early Letters to Ma Yoga Sohan and Ma Dharm Jyoti.
- Ch.6 has the ShortTitle "EARLY05", this is the same as the previous one. It should be "EARLY06". The Archive Code and the date of this chapter is missing.
- The CD-ROM lists this title under Translations from Hindi, but at least these chapters are original English: #1, 2, 3, 7, 11, 12, 13 and #15.
- Also, audio recordings exist, in spite of what the CD-ROM says. See Talk:The Eternal Quest.
- The chapter title of ch.9 on the CD-ROM is 'Intelligence Is a Luxury' but this is an error, the book has 'I Am a Simple Human Being'. (That title was erroneously copied from ch.8.)
- The CD-ROM places #13 on 8412115. That seems unlikely, as Dec 11 is Osho's birthday. The Rajneesh Bible, Vol 2, ch.13 states the date as Dec 12 which is most certainly the correct date.
- The chapter title of ch.20 on the CD-ROM is 'Surrender: the ego upside down' whereas the book's chapter title is 'Enlightened Organization Is Organic Harmony'.
- For this Darshan diary, dates for the first twenty chapters are given correctly, with Chapter 20 on Oct 31. Chapters 21-26 are incorrectly dated from October 1, both as text and archive code. This should be November.
- (The Darshans in October, e.g. 7610015, were documented in The Great Nothing.)
- All dates on CD-ROM for this series are incorrect. For correct dates see April of Osho Timeline 1971.
- The CD-ROM says about these books:
- "First edition has 10 chapters in Vol. 1, and 9 chapters in Vol. 2. Second edition has 8 chapters in Vol. 1, and 11 chapters in Vol. 2. Database numbered as per first edition, as are archive tapes."
- This has not come true: Vol 1, 2nd edition (1983) also has 10 chapters. And a 2nd edition of Vol 2 has never been published. It is a fact though that the remastered audio tapes (May 1992) were numbered Vol 1: 1-8 and Vol 2: 1-11, so apparently there was a Plan.
- But then something goes wrong: the CD-ROM publishes 8 chapters for Vol 1 (7710210 - 7710300), and then goes on with 9 chapters of Vol 2 with dates 7710310 - 7711080.
- This is wrong: from Vol 1, the two last chapters, dated 7710310 and 7711010 are completely missing on the CD-ROM. The content of the 9 chapters of Vol 2 is correct, i.e. same as the books. But all dates of Vol 2 are wrong, those should be 7711020 - 7711100.
- I Say unto You, Vol 1, ch.8, q.1:
- The CD-ROM (all versions) says:
- "The common people have always known the language of love. The common people can understand Shakespeare very easily. They cannot understand Shakespeare very easily. They cannot understand Albert Einstein that easily."
- Strange error, it says something about how the CD-ROM was made. The sentence "They cannot understand Shakespeare very easily." is not on the audiotapes nor in any of the books.
- These are two unpublished Darshan Diaries, records of initiation talks given in Feb and Mar 1980 respectively. Records for Feb are severely distorted, showing apparently only ten nights worth of talks (dated Feb 1-10), though Osho actually did come out and give initiations the whole month. Somehow, between there and the CD-ROM, records of these talks got compressed and re-ordered. For Mar, it says there are only seven nights worth of talks (dated Mar 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13). But they seem compressed too.
- Chapter 9 has missing parts, see The Last Testament (Vol 3) ~ 09 (transcript).
- Chapter 12 has a wrong date, 23 December 1985 am. The correct date is December 27, 1985 am, but the Archive Code is correct (8512270).
- Chapter 13 has the same Archive Code 8512270 as the previous chapter. The correct code would be 8512280 which corresponds the date (December 28, 1985 am).
- Chapter 20 has both a wrong Archive Code (8601200) and a wrong date, 20 January 1986. The correct code would be 8601125 and the correct date is January 12, 1986 pm.
- The book shows "Chapter 12" twice. Also, there are different chapter numbers between audio, video and the CD-ROM. See Talk:The_Last_Testament_(Vol_6) for details. The second chapter 12 in fact is a Ch.13 in accordance with the audio recordings, and it has wrong the MiniTitle LAST612.
- This book is listed under Translations from Hindi, but in fact consists of original English texts, except for the (small) part of ch.18 under the header "TO DIE CONSCIOUSLY".
- Chapter 19 of the book is missing on the CD-ROM. The Introduction is present (correct, as that is Osho speaking) but is incorrectly named "Preface".
- The CD-ROM says about this book :
- Chapter 1 is called the "Preface" in the book, Chapters 2 - 17 correspond to Chapters 1 - 16 in the book. Chapters 18 - 34 correspond to the Appendix of the book, 1 - 17.
- This is not correct: the chapter numbers on the CD-ROM correspond exactly to those in the book. But Osho's introductory lecture at the camp, which in the book is the Preface (without chapter number), is in fact missing on the CD-ROM.
- Another discrepancy exists between the audio-tape series and the book. Tape-lecture 1 is the book's preface, lecture 2 is chapter 1, and the discrepancy continues until 7: tape-lecture 7 starts with book-chapter 6 and continues with book-chapter 7. From 8 the numbers are the same.
- Adding to the mix-up is that the CD-ROM couples the time of the Preface (6 April 1973 pm) to it's first lecture, so ch.1 of the book, and so forth, up until ch. 6 and 7, which both get the same time (9 April 1973 am). From ch.8 (10 April 1973 am) the time gets to be correct.
- See for another take on this the book's page, under headings notes and number of discourses/chapters.
- This unpublished Darshan Diary is introduced with "Talks given from 1/2/81 to 21/2/81". (Same dates are mentioned in the Listing of Darshan Diaries in Chronological Order.) However, the year for every evening is mentioned as 1980 in all dates and Archive codes, but this is obviously wrong because in Feb 1980, If You Choose to Be with Me, You Must Risk Finding Yourself was the DD. Also the CD-ROM has 23 chapters numbered from 2 to 28, of which the first chapter (numbered 2) was Feb 2 and the last chapter (number 28) was Feb 28, so total time span of Nirvana should be "2 Feb 1981 to 28 Feb 1981". See also Nirvana's Talk page.
- The chapter title of ch.10 on the CD-ROM is 'Bliss Beyond All Duality' but this is an error, the book has 'Just Be As You Are'. (That title was erroneously copied from ch.9.)
- Dates and ArchiveCodes of the chapters are wrong. They in fact refer to the chapter numbers of The Inward Revolution, which have a completely different order. See the book's discussion for more information.
- The CD-ROM places #10 on 7907105. That seems unlikely, as that day is probably Guru Purnima, as inferred from the date of the July full moon. Also, the book The Rainbow Bridge ch.10 explicitly states July 11, and July 10 does not exist as a darshan-date. So we assume that book is right.
- The date of ch.6 mentioned as "19 August 1984", here is the small pass of the time. But according to Archive Code 8408195, it should be "pm".
- The CD-ROM-text is the same as these 1991-books, but the chapter titles are still those of the earlier The Book of the Secrets, Vol 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.)
- This title is shown as Wings of Love and Random Thought, no "s" at the end.
- On the audio (from 1:49:00 to 1:52:40) the first joke, about deaf mutes, has been omitted in the book and on the CD-ROM. This is right before the joke about "A Russian, a Cuban, a Catholic priest and Swami Deva Coconut".
- The third Appendix, Listing of Titles to MiniTitles, sounds very bureaucratese without much wide application, but a wealth of information is actually there with clues relevant to all kinds of questions. And there are a few errors.
- The MiniTitles are used (optionally) in searches to limit searches to any one book or group of books. Beyond that, the appendix lists all known English titles, what type of book, and whether their text is included in the CD-ROM. A "Yes" in the last column is what indicates that. Several books have that "Yes" but are not actually in. They are:
- A Must for Contemplation Before Sleep (a compilation of published and unpublished darshan diaries)
- A Must for Morning Contemplation (a compilation of published and unpublished darshan diaries)
- At the Feet of the Master (a compilation of published and unpublished darshan diaries)
- The Mind of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (a compilation, texts of unknown origins)
- The Book of Wisdom, Vol 1 and The Book of Wisdom, Vol 2, both parts of The Book of Wisdom
- In addition, Finger Pointing to the Moon and Silent Period are actually in the CD-ROM, accessible in all the usual ways, but not listed in this Appendix, with or without a "Yes."
- And a few miscellanies for this Appendix:
- 1) In this Appendix, Where Are the Gandhians? is listed in two ways: as that and as Where are all the Ghandians?, with only the latter getting the "Yes" (i.e.: text available), complete with an erroneous MiniTitle GHANDI. Then with the text on the CD-ROM, the title Where Are the Gandhians is found without a question mark, but with the correct MiniTitle GANDHI.
- 2) Not exactly a mistake but still fairly irregular: The Mustard Seed is listed in this Appendix as an alt-title, MiniTitle MSEED and no "Yes," while the other listing, Seeds of Revolution: My Most Loved Gospel on Jesus does get a "Yes." The actual entry in the CD-ROM mixes the two titles as The Mustard Seed: My Most Loved Gospel on Jesus, and gives it the MiniTitle SEEDS. Oh well.
- 3) The Inward Revolution is counted as a Hindi Translation, which it is not, and NOT in the CD-ROM, which it is, though under its other title, The Psychology of the Esoteric (see also this errata for that book). And while we're here, neither title is mentioned in the Appendix "Listing of Title Changes."
- CD-ROM-appendix Listing of MiniTitles and Titles and Listing of Titles to MiniTitles:
- The CD-ROM writes The Flight of the Alone to the Alone, but that should be Flight of the Alone to the Alone (interviews). Both title-page and cover lack "The".
- The CD-ROM lists title Meet Mulla Nasruddin as Meet Mulla Nasrudin, with single "d".
- The CD-ROM lists title On Basic Human Rights as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh On Basic Human Rights. This is probably a mistake, caused by the lay-out of the book's cover. The title-page shows a separate author and title.
- CD-ROM-appendix Listing of Darshan Diaries in Chronological Order:
- Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones dates are wrong, "1 Nov 1979 to 1 Dec 1979" should be to "1 Nov 1979 to 31 Dec 1979", spanning the two months, but missing many days due to a chicken pox quarantine.
- Nirvana Now or Never dates are wrong: "1 Feb 1981 to 21 Feb 1981" should be "2 Feb 1981 to 28 Feb 1981".
- CD-ROM-appendix Listing of Discourse Series in Chronological Order:
- Several dates are wrong, especially in the earlier series.
notable differences from the original recording
- It should be noted that the CD-ROM is NOT an exact transcript of Osho's words. The CD-ROM is based on the books, mostly the editions that were around in 1989 - 1990. Often, those are first editions, but with older books they are often some newer edition.
- All of Osho's books have been the result of some editing (e.g. amending Osho's Indian English). It has been said that sometimes there was heavy editing of the original discourses. And in some cases blatant censorship has been applied. To what extent this has been done is unknown, it would take thousands of man hours to compare the audio recordings and the transcripts. Below are some examples that have come to light.
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missing on the CD-ROM
- Here is a list of material from Osho that is missing on the CD-ROM v.1.01 (the most complete version). So these are Category:First Edition Series and Category:Translated_First_Editions which are missing on the CD-ROM, and also unavailable under another title. These are mostly Hindi books translated into English after 1994, but apparently also some errors.
- The Darshan Diaries on the CD-ROM generally do contain all Osho's words from the books, but not the (sannyas-) names of the people Osho is talking with, and their questions are often summarized. In the books those questions are literal quotes.
- Also omitted are the many observations of the book's editor and the multi-page interviews and articles. A summary of those articles is provided in the Darshan Diaries category page under notes & extras (in the table, rightmost column).
- The Art of Living (13 talks) Chapters 1-5 are missing, i.e. the translation of Jyon Ki Tyon Dhari Dinhi Chadariya (ज्यों की त्यों धरि दीन्हीं चदरिया).
. . . . . (The rest, chapters 6-13, are contained in the book The Perennial Path: The Art of Living, which is present on the CD-ROM.) - As If a Tree Starts Running
- Behind a Thousand Names
- Breaking All Boundaries
- Compassion and Revolution
- The Diamond Sword
- The Fabric of Life
- Falling in Love with Darkness
- Flight of the Alone to the Alone (discourses)
- From Medication to Meditation (The introduction only, which was later published as The Playful Knack of Meditation'.)
- Gita Darshan
- Gita Darshan, Vol 2
- Glimpses of a Golden Childhood, one chapter, Session 29 in the 1985 edition of the book, is missing. But that session might be fake or forged. See discussion for Glimpses.
- The Goose Is Out: Osho Letters
- I Say unto You, Vol 1, only chapters 9 and 10 are missing.
- The Independent Mind
- Into the Void
- The Inward Journey
- Keys to a New Life
- The Last Morning Star
- The Last Testament, Vol 1, ch.2 --so the chapter in the book-- is not on the CD-ROM. It also has not been found as audio or video.
- The Last Testament (Vol 6), ch.11, 15. Ch.15 has not been transcribed to the CD-ROM, but is available as audio.
- Life Is a Soap Bubble, probably contains at least some letters that are missing on the CD-ROM.
- Love Letters to Life
- LSD: A Shortcut to False Samadhi (later published in The Great Challenge, but heavily edited)
- Meditation: A New Dimension (later published in The Great Challenge, but heavily edited)
- The Message Beyond Words
- The New Alchemy: To Turn You On's Preface (actually is Osho's introductory discourse for the series)
- A New Vision of Women's Liberation, part II has 22 answers to questions (19 pages) not published elsewhere.
- The Path of Meditation
- Press Conferences: only ch.9 is missing. This press conference is available on audio.
- Religion's Expiration Date
- The Search for Peace
- Showering Without Clouds
- Silence
- The Sword and the Lotus #25 of the audio & video is not published in the book and also not transcribed on the CD-ROM
- Three Steps to Awakening
- The Way Beyond Any Way
- Who Is Progressive?
- Why? What? How?
- Woman and Rebellion
- Work Is Love Made Visible
- The Art of Living (13 talks) Chapters 1-5 are missing, i.e. the translation of Jyon Ki Tyon Dhari Dinhi Chadariya (ज्यों की त्यों धरि दीन्हीं चदरिया).
other desirable source material
- Here is a list of other publications that for different reason we would like to add to an updated CD-ROM.
- It would be valuable to not only include the text, but also the book's references to dates, places and addressees.
- Beyond and Beyond First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in The Eternal Quest.
- The Dimensionless Dimension First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in A Cup of Tea.
- Dynamics of Meditation First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Partly published in Meditation: The Art of Ecstasy.
- The Eternal Message First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in A Cup of Tea.
- Flowers of Love First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in A Cup of Tea.
- The Gateless Gate First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in A Cup of Tea.
- The Inward Revolution First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in The Psychology of the Esoteric.
- The Journey of the Kundalini First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in In Search of the Miraculous, Vol 1.
- The Mysteries of Life and Death First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in The Long and the Short and the All.
- The Mystic Experience First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in In Search of the Miraculous, Vol 1 and Vol 2.
- Path of Self-Realization First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in The Perfect Way.
- Secrets of Discipleship First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in The Great Challenge.
- Seriousness First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in The Eternal Quest.
- The Silent Music First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in A Cup of Tea.
- Towards the Unknown First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published as part of The Long and the Short and the All.
- Turning In (letters) First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in A Cup of Tea.
- The Vital Balance First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in The Great Challenge.
- What Is Meditation? First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in A Cup of Tea.
- Who Am I First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in The Long and the Short and the All.
- Yoga As a Spontaneous Happening First edition, but not part of the CD-ROM. Later published in The Great Challenge.