Talk:Sadhana Ka Param Lakshya (साधना का परम लक्ष्य)

The main focus of this bit of speculation will be on the publisher. The wiki names Pustak Mahal as the publisher of five books by Osho. All have page counts in the 130-140ish range, suggesting about five chapters (if they are ordinary discourse series and not compilations of some kind). All have ISBNs in a tight series, from 0707 to 0711 (the sixth to ninth digits of an ISBN-10 or ninth to twelfth of an ISBN-13, the publisher's actual numbering as they go along, the last digit being a calculated "control" digit to validate the rest of it). Pustak Mahal is a big publisher but appears not to have done Osho books before or since. They have no Osho books listed at their website. This strongly suggests a one-time experiment in 2001 that perhaps was aborted or allowed to lapse.

In addition, all the titles are unconnected to other known Osho books, so whether compilations, translations or just new invented titles, their provenance may remain forever unknown. Even the words used for the titles are ones not commonly used in Osho's books. This book's title translates roughly as "The Ultimate Goal of Spiritual Practice," an extremely unlikely title to anyone familiar with Osho. All suggesting a publisher's agenda but unsupported by a proper co-ordinated marketing. The only bookseller currently marketing Lakshya is Printsasia, usually fairly reliable, but they don't have a cover image or even the author's name. -- Sarlo (talk) 08:51, 5 July 2014 (PDT)