Talk:Varanasi Pravachanon (वाराणसी प्रवचनों)
वाराणसी प्रवचनों, the title of the page and possible "book" on which it is based, is provisional. Osho World's e-book is called simply वाराणसी (Varanasi), and Shailendra's info, posted at Shifting content in Hindi books (source document), calls each of the five talks simply वाराणसी प्रवचन, or Varanasi Pravachan (ie discourse singular). That source doc is where we learn that five talks were later published in Jeevan Ki Kala (जीवन की कला).
Nothing is known directly about the original collection. There may be more than five talks, but there are no direct indications of that. The e-book is the source of dates and times, but only has the first four chapters. They are not in precise chronological order. Info such as it is is translated below, page numbers are those of the e-book:
- Osho's first discourse, Rajghat Besant School Varanasi, 12 Aug 1968 -- p.1 [Rajghat is a school founded by J Krishnamurti ] = Varanasi Pravachanon ~ 01
- p.8 -- incomplete (missing beginning), which corresponds to Jeevan Ki Kala (जीवन की कला) ch.10. Is it Varanasi Pravachanon ~ 02 (12 or 15 Aug 1968 pm) (*1)
- DAV College, 14 Aug, 10 am -- p.9 [DAV College is a postgrad college affiliated with BHU (below)] = Varanasi Pravachanon ~ 05
- 1968, Kashi Hindu Vishwa Vidhalaya, 13 Aug, third discourse of Acharya Shree Rajneesh, in Kashi -- p.18 [Kashi is an informal folk-name of Varanasi, and KHVV is better known as Banaras Hindu University, the center of the universe of Hindu-related education] = Varanasi Pravachanon ~ 03
- Sarv Seva Sangh, Rajghat, Varanasi, given 13 Aug, 3:30 pm -- p.27 [SSS = roughly All Service Fellowship] = Varanasi Pravachanon ~ 04
The last page ends with सबको प्रणाम, "salutations to all", which suggests the fourth talk is complete, though it is different from his usual मेरा प्रणाम स्वीकार करें of that era, "please accept my salutation".
Varanasi's five discourses have been entered into the 1968 Timeline but it should be noted that all are uncertain regarding how their times and venues correlate with chapter number, except ch 1 and 3. They have been entered in the way that makes the most sense, but things do not always work out that way. -- doofus-9 07:54, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
Remarks:
- (*1) Date of ch.2 is unconfirmed. It is stated on the basis that it can be second talk (because his place in e-book #2) in Varanasi on the same day or last talk in Varanasi on 15th of August (Osho's Itinerary gives dates 12-15 Aug 1968 for Varanasi).--DhyanAntar 13:48, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
Shailendra states that "it is not a book", so we can suppose that it never been published in book form. --DhyanAntar 07:22, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
Varanasi Pravachanon ~ 06 entered as 6th event, which based on Osho's Itinerary#1968 info. As last three chapters are not in choronological order, ch.2 of e-book can be either this 6 event or Varanasi Pravachanon ~ 02 or maybe other event?--DhyanAntar 06:52, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
Correct place for 12 Aug talk: Annie Besant School, Rajghat, Varanasi.--DhyanAntar 02:47, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
