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== remarks ==
A few things about the book's contents: The broad thematic similarity with ''[[The New Alchemy: To Turn You On|Alchemy]]'' means that much of that book's general description might apply here, though details will differ. A significant difference is the chapter structure. Whereas ''Alchemy'' has a full 17-(short-)chapter Appendix full of material regarding Osho's instructions for and observations about Dynamic and Tratak Meditations, this book appears to have none. Where these instructions/obs do turn up in Hindi is in the audio versions of the book. Osho World, for example, has a twenty-mp3 set for ''Sadhana Sutra''; the first 17 are titled simply Sadhana Sutra (1-17) and the last three Sadhana Sutra Dynamic1 18, Sadhana Sutra Dynamic2 19 and Sadhana Sutra Tratak 20. How much this stuff actually makes it into the book is not known, as its TOC (below) has only 17 chapters, apparently relating only to the Mabel Collins themes (and resonating with the 17 chapters of the main part of ''Alchemy'').
About dates, talks for this book were first thought to be given at both camps where ''Alchemy's'' talks were given but ''Sadhana Sutra'' has been pushed out of the Feb Anandshila camp by ''[[Samadhi Ke Sapt Dwar (समाधि के सप्त द्वार)]]'', whose e-book seems very definitive. This leaves it still sharing the Apr Mt Abu camp with ''Alchemy'', which seems a bit crowded but still doable, and there's no other place for it that's anywhere near as likely, so so be it. And upon mature reflection, we can go further with this: It seems entirely reasonable (ha ha) that the lost Dynamic and Tratak guidance parts were given at Anandshila along with ''Alchemy's'' Appendix. In fact, it is likely that Osho would want all the participants to be in tune for the meditation portion of the camp, the most important part. The Indians would have been more familiar with Dynamic and Tratak and meditation in general, and so their guidance and accompanying background talks would not need to be so long as what the Westerners got. (Talks for the three Hindi mp3s total just over an hour and a half, while the English ''Alchemy'' Appendix talks come to almost nine hours.)
''Sadhana Sutra'' has been accordingly entered into the Timeline alongside ''Alchemy''. At this point, there is no way of knowing whether the two were mixed, eg see the discussion at [[Talk:That Art Thou]], or, if separate, whether ''Alchemy'' preceded ''Sadhana'' or vice versa, but, rather than explaining a convoluted ambiguity there, an arbitrary position has been taken of having ''Alchemy'' precede ''Sadhana'' each day and evening. This may have to be changed. --  updated [[User:Sarlo|doofus-9]] ([[User talk:Sarlo|talk]]) 07:25, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
About the editions, a few more things: All the info on the Sadhana Foundation's 2006 "4th reprint" edition came from a G**gle Books Preview. It can likely be taken at face value, implying that the Rebel 2003 edition was also one of those reprints, albeit with a different cover. Additionally, the ISBN-10 (Rebel's) and -13 (Sadhana's) are so similar as to be considered the same book. And, as often, the OMI 2012 edition is attributed in some places to Rebel. FWIW, the ten extra pages in that edition are likely bumpf about Osho, OIF, the Resort and the like.
A small, niggling-picky matter that may need comment: The title of the book was hyphenated (as "Sadhana-Sutra") in the earlier version of this book's page. It has been changed not because that was in error, but ... well ... It's like this: All the cover images, and those of the subdivided Diamond editions as well for that matter, show the Devanagari title hyphenated, and the cover is an important criterion. But in text representations everywhere, the title is not hyphenated. To me, that everywhereness outweighs the covers.
== table of contents ==
:विषय सूची:
:1 : महत्वाकांक्षा
:2 : जीवन की तृष्णा
:3 : द्वैतभाव
:4 : उत्तेजना एवं आकांक्षा
:5 : अप्राप्य की इच्छा
:6 : स्वामित्व की अभीप्सा
:7 : मार्ग की शोध
:8 : मार्ग की प्रा‍प्ति
:9 : एकमात्र पथ-निर्देश
:10 : जीवन-संग्राम में साक्षीभाव
:11 : जीवन का संगीत
:12 : स्वर-बद्धता का पाठ
:13 : जीवन का सम्मान
:14 : अंतरात्मा का सम्मान
:15 : पूछो—पवित्र पुरुषों से
:16 : पूछो—अपने ही अंतर‍तम से
:17 : अदृश्य का दर्शन
[[Category:Early Talks and Writings (hi:प्रारंभिक वार्ता और लेखन)‎]]
[[Category:Early Talks and Writings (hi:प्रारंभिक वार्ता और लेखन)‎]]
[[Category:Not Translated to English (hi:अंग्रेजी में अनूदित नहीं)‎]]
[[Category:Not Translated to English (hi:अंग्रेजी में अनूदित नहीं)‎]]

Revision as of 08:39, 14 June 2015


थोड़े से साहस की जरूरत है और आनंद के खजाने बहुत दूर नहीं हैं। थोड़े से साहस की जरूरत है और नर्क को आप ऐसे ही उतार कर रख सकते हैं, जैसे कि कोई आदमी धूल-धवांस से भर गया हो रास्ते की, राह की, और आ कर स्नान कर ले और धूल बह जाए। बस ऐसे ही ध्यान स्नान है। दुख धूल है। और जब धूल झड़ जाती है और स्नान की ताजगी आती है, तो भीतर से जो सुख, जो आनंद की झलक मिलने लगती है, वह आपका स्वभाव है।
पुस्तक के मुख्य विषय-बिंदु:
कैसे दुख मिटे? कैसे आनंद उपलब्ध हो?
महत्वाकांक्षा अभिशाप है।
जीवन में आत्म-स्मरण की जरूरत कब पैदा होती है?
यदि परमात्त्मा सभी का स्वभाव है तो संसार की जरूरत क्या है?
notes
This book covers a thematic ground similar to that of The New Alchemy: To Turn You On, commentaries on Mabel Collins' Light on the Path, though neither is a translation of the other. The times the discourses were given is not known for sure but it is likely they were given concurrently with those for Alchemy, in much the same way as That Art Thou and the Hindi discourses on its three Upanishads. See discussion for more about this and a TOC.
Sadhana Sutra has also been divided into a three-volume format by Diamond, titled as follows:
Sadhna Sutra: Herat Herat He Sakhi (साधना सूत्र हेरत हेरत हे सखी)
Sadhna Sutra Aatma Ka Kamal (साधना सूत्र आत्‍मा का कमल)
Sadhna Sutra Herdey Sangeet (साधना सूत्र हृदय संगीत)
time period of Osho's original talks/writings
presumed Apr 6, 1973 to Apr 14, 1973, see above : timeline
number of discourses/chapters
17/20**


editions

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Sadhana-Sutra (साधना-सूत्र)

Year of publication : 2003
Publisher : Rebel Publishing House, Pune, India
ISBN 81-7621-099-8 (click ISBN to buy online)
Number of pages :
Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook :
Edition notes : See discussion

Sadhana-Sutra (साधना-सूत्र)

Year of publication : 2006
Publisher : Sadhana Foundation
ISBN 978-81-7261-099-9 (click ISBN to buy online)
Number of pages : 298
Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H
Edition notes : 4th reprint of 1998 edition

Sadhana-Sutra (साधना-सूत्र)

Year of publication : 2012
Publisher : Osho Media International
ISBN 978-81-7261-099-9 (click ISBN to buy online)
Number of pages : 308
Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H
Edition notes : back cover blurb by santoor maestro Shivkumar Sharma

remarks

A few things about the book's contents: The broad thematic similarity with Alchemy means that much of that book's general description might apply here, though details will differ. A significant difference is the chapter structure. Whereas Alchemy has a full 17-(short-)chapter Appendix full of material regarding Osho's instructions for and observations about Dynamic and Tratak Meditations, this book appears to have none. Where these instructions/obs do turn up in Hindi is in the audio versions of the book. Osho World, for example, has a twenty-mp3 set for Sadhana Sutra; the first 17 are titled simply Sadhana Sutra (1-17) and the last three Sadhana Sutra Dynamic1 18, Sadhana Sutra Dynamic2 19 and Sadhana Sutra Tratak 20. How much this stuff actually makes it into the book is not known, as its TOC (below) has only 17 chapters, apparently relating only to the Mabel Collins themes (and resonating with the 17 chapters of the main part of Alchemy).

About dates, talks for this book were first thought to be given at both camps where Alchemy's talks were given but Sadhana Sutra has been pushed out of the Feb Anandshila camp by Samadhi Ke Sapt Dwar (समाधि के सप्त द्वार), whose e-book seems very definitive. This leaves it still sharing the Apr Mt Abu camp with Alchemy, which seems a bit crowded but still doable, and there's no other place for it that's anywhere near as likely, so so be it. And upon mature reflection, we can go further with this: It seems entirely reasonable (ha ha) that the lost Dynamic and Tratak guidance parts were given at Anandshila along with Alchemy's Appendix. In fact, it is likely that Osho would want all the participants to be in tune for the meditation portion of the camp, the most important part. The Indians would have been more familiar with Dynamic and Tratak and meditation in general, and so their guidance and accompanying background talks would not need to be so long as what the Westerners got. (Talks for the three Hindi mp3s total just over an hour and a half, while the English Alchemy Appendix talks come to almost nine hours.)

Sadhana Sutra has been accordingly entered into the Timeline alongside Alchemy. At this point, there is no way of knowing whether the two were mixed, eg see the discussion at Talk:That Art Thou, or, if separate, whether Alchemy preceded Sadhana or vice versa, but, rather than explaining a convoluted ambiguity there, an arbitrary position has been taken of having Alchemy precede Sadhana each day and evening. This may have to be changed. -- updated doofus-9 (talk) 07:25, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

About the editions, a few more things: All the info on the Sadhana Foundation's 2006 "4th reprint" edition came from a G**gle Books Preview. It can likely be taken at face value, implying that the Rebel 2003 edition was also one of those reprints, albeit with a different cover. Additionally, the ISBN-10 (Rebel's) and -13 (Sadhana's) are so similar as to be considered the same book. And, as often, the OMI 2012 edition is attributed in some places to Rebel. FWIW, the ten extra pages in that edition are likely bumpf about Osho, OIF, the Resort and the like.

A small, niggling-picky matter that may need comment: The title of the book was hyphenated (as "Sadhana-Sutra") in the earlier version of this book's page. It has been changed not because that was in error, but ... well ... It's like this: All the cover images, and those of the subdivided Diamond editions as well for that matter, show the Devanagari title hyphenated, and the cover is an important criterion. But in text representations everywhere, the title is not hyphenated. To me, that everywhereness outweighs the covers.

table of contents

विषय सूची:
1 : महत्वाकांक्षा
2 : जीवन की तृष्णा
3 : द्वैतभाव
4 : उत्तेजना एवं आकांक्षा
5 : अप्राप्य की इच्छा
6 : स्वामित्व की अभीप्सा
7 : मार्ग की शोध
8 : मार्ग की प्रा‍प्ति
9 : एकमात्र पथ-निर्देश
10 : जीवन-संग्राम में साक्षीभाव
11 : जीवन का संगीत
12 : स्वर-बद्धता का पाठ
13 : जीवन का सम्मान
14 : अंतरात्मा का सम्मान
15 : पूछो—पवित्र पुरुषों से
16 : पूछो—अपने ही अंतर‍तम से
17 : अदृश्य का दर्शन