Talk:Anant Ki Pukar (अनंत की पुकार)
All sources agree that the discourse from Lonavala featured at A Gathering of Friends, given in Dec 1967, is Chapter 1 of Pukar. Other talks from that two-day event are likely included too, none of it previously published elsewhere.
Additionally, there is material given in semi-private meetings at various other camps, recorded but not necessarily included in the books that arose from those camps. Neeten's Osho Source Book (see link at his page) has a few entries for Pukar, not all consistent, some of it suspect, but some pointing to these meetings for insiders doing the work. Two specific camps so cited are those of Prabhu Ki Pagdandiyan (प्रभु की पगडंडियां) at Nargol and Sambhavnaon Ki Aahat (संभावनाओं की आहट) at Matheran. An example:
- As for the structure of future camps aimed specifically at those people working together with him, Osho gave his considerations in a meeting, where he guided his friends and explained their work and responsibilities:
- "Today's gathering has been called because I have been thinking that from next time, the camps should be for four days instead of three. The first day should be for all the friends. One day should be spent with them, and the camp will start the next day. Then I can do something for them, and they can think and reflect in this direction. And in whichever village we are meeting, we are gathering together, there should be a one-hour sitting for the friends of that village who have become actively interested in doing the work. There should be a get-together for them in which we can think together how we can expand the work there. Whoever has any proposals should bring them and explain to the others how the work can move forward according to their ideas." Work is Love Made Visible (2011) #10
- During the meeting Osho also mentioned that Shri Narendra was doing his research on meditation and preparing his Ph.D. thesis on the subject after having finished his M.A. in psychology. He urged his seekers to inform Narendra about the changes happening to them as a result of their meditations, so he could complete his research. He also told the young people to create a youth force in their respective home towns. The discourses of this second camp of Nargol were published in Hindi in Prabhu ki Pagdandiyan (The Walkways of the Lord).
Neeten has also sprinkled his OSB liberally with quotes from Work Is Love Made Visible. A couple, already juxtaposed nicely in his Jabalpur section, illustrate the subtlety and attention to the circumstances of the individual woven into the work:
- One friend translated my words into English. His translation could not have been right. Other people also told me that his translation was not right. I said, "But none of the people whose translations can be right ever say to me that they will translate something! This man says he can, so let him do it. When someone who translates correctly comes and says he wants to translate, I will let him translate. Right now, I let whoever comes do it. Just look at this poor man's courage! He doesn't know much English and yet he is translating." Work is Love Made Visible (2011) #6
- "Recently one friend translated something, but I didn't like it. He had translated The Perfect Way, but it was not a good translation. One thing was that he translated it in an Eastern way – just like Eastern scholars would, just as one would translate ancient scriptures like the Puranas. He translated it into archaic English. It did not feel good. And then he also made some fundamental mistakes. In many places the meaning became completely the opposite of what I had said. So that translation had to be stopped, it was not allowed to be sold. But the book had already reached some places." Work is Love Made Visible (2011) #8 -- doofus-9 (talk) 09:34, 3 October 2014 (PDT)
"TOC" below is from an audiobook version. Two such audiobooks were found, with all the same chapter titles but in a slightly different order:
- प्रवचन:
- 1. ध्यान-केंद्र की भूमिका
- 2. अवधिगत संन्यास
- 3. एक एक कदम
- 4. कार्यकर्ता की विशेष तैयारी
- 5. ‘मैं’ की छाया है दुख
- 6. संगठन और धर्म
- 7. ध्यान-केंद्र के बहुआयाम
- 8. रस और आनंद से जीने की कला
- 9. धर्म की एक सामूहिक दृष्टि
- 10. कार्यकर्ता का व्यक्तित्व
- 11. ध्यान-केंद्र: मनुष्य का मंगल
- 12. काम के नये आयाम
- 13. संगठन: अनूठा और क्रांतिकारी
