Talk:Hindi series of talks with dates (source document)

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General

Regarding the source of the pdf: it has come to the wiki via Anuragi, to whom it was offered by a Gujarati friend. But there the source tracing ends; the friend did not create it and cannot remember how and when it came into his possession.

Titles of items in the list can be whole series or, at times, single discourses, with date ranges (from X to Y) and number of discourses. Titles are transliterated and sometimes shortened for convenience, but it is usually fairly clear what is being referenced. New or unfamiliar titles (in their time slots) are mostly single talks, equivalent to discourse titles or themes. The pdf is largely in chronological order and has 193 items, ranging from 1965's Dhyan-Sutra (ध्यान-सूत्र) to 1986's Phir Amrit Ki Boond Padi (फिर अमरित की बूंद पड़ी) (5 talks).

Differences from current wisdom

This section lists the apparent errors of the pdf. As far as we in the wiki can tell, the preponderance of other sources makes it quite unlikely that the pdf's info is correct in these few cases. They are referenced by the pdf's item number. The subsection at the end lists unresolved questions. Not listed here are the more-than-a-few instances of new info incorporated into the wiki thanks to this pdf.

Item Error details, comments
17 "Prabhu Mandir Ke" in the pdf says, "30.10.68-03.11.68, 6 talks". 31/10 to 3/11 of that year are the dates of a camp in Nargol which was first said to be Prabhu Mandir Ke Dwar Par (प्रभु मंदिर के द्वार पर) but later was switched to Prabhu Ki Pagdandiyan (प्रभु की पगडंडियां). The collective evidence for Pagdandian on those dates is still stronger and Prabhu Mandir does have another set of dates which work well, so no change is contemplated but the conflation of these two series has been impressive.
69 "Geeta Darshan Ch 3" (Ch here means Adhyaya) in the pdf says, "29.12.70-06.01.71, 10 talks". First edition of Geeta-Darshan, Adhyaya 3 (गीता-दर्शन, अध्याय ३) and other sources give 28 Dec 1970 - 6 Jan 1971, 10 talks (in 12 chapters in 1977 ed.)
Item Unresolved details, comments
18 "Jeevan Kya Hai" in the pdf says, "11.11.68-11.11.68, 1 talk". Unresolved by this infobit is to what discourse it actually applies.
  1. We have a book called Jeevan Kya Hai? (जीवन क्या है?) about which nothing is known, published by Hind in 2005. If this note applies to that book (not very likely) the question would still arise as to which chapter, and which discourse elsewhere might be the source of that.
  2. There are a few cases of chapters of other books called Jeevan Kya Hai but the ones based on talks have known other dates. They are:
    a) Upasana Ke Kshan (उपासना के क्षण) ch 4, on 11 Apr 1968
    b) Mati Kahai Kumhar Sun (माटी कहै कुम्हार सूं) ch 5, on 11 Dec 1970
    c) Jeevan Kranti Ke Sutra (जीवन क्रांति के सूत्र) ch 1, on 30 May 1969
    d) Mitti Ke Diye (मिट्टी के दीये) ch 46. Mitti is a special case, a collection of written lecture notes, for talks given at unknown times. Even if it corresponds to this pdf entry, a few questions are still hanging.
    e) Krantibeej (क्रांतिबीज) ch 113 is an even more special case, the title of a Letter written on 14 Sep 1962.