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Understand & document
Identify the source, its provenance, date, condition and the context that gives it meaning.
Osho
“Keep the message pure,
twenty-four carat gold.”
Sermons in Stone #12
Osho Resource CenterPreserving original sources connected with Osho.
Prayaas · 1945
Handwritten magazine from Osho’s early years.
Handwritten magazine from Osho’s early years.
Why we preserve
What survives can still disappear.
Osho's words and work have travelled through books, recordings, photographs, films, manuscripts, letters and many other original sources.
With time, these sources become vulnerable. Paper deteriorates. Photographs fade. Recordings age and formats become obsolete. Material kept privately can lose its history as it passes from one generation to another.
Preserving the message also means preserving the sources that carry it.The surviving record
What remains tells the story.
Osho's life and work survive through many original sources — his words and voice, photographs and film, handwritten pages, published books, letters and personal objects. Together, they preserve a record that no single source can provide.
Letters · Periodicals · Personal objects · Film · Other original sources
VIGYAN AUR DHARMATypescript with corrections and additions in Osho’s own handwriting.
The value of the source
The original carries its own record.
The typed text records one stage of the work. Osho’s handwritten revisions record another.
A transcription preserves the words. A reproduction preserves the image.
But the original may carry more — handwriting, corrections, signatures, dates, paper, printing, inscriptions and other traces of its history.
Preserving the source preserves that evidence.
The work
Preservation is an ongoing process.
Different materials require different forms of care. A manuscript, photograph, book, textile and recording cannot simply be treated alike. And preservation does not end when an object has been digitised.
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Protect the original
Care for each physical source according to the needs of its material, without compromising its authenticity.
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Create the digital record
Make high-quality digital records that reduce unnecessary handling and preserve reliable access to the source.
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Maintain & migrate
Review physical and digital records over time, responding to deterioration, new information and changing technologies.
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Continue
Preservation remains an active responsibility for as long as the material survives.
Osho · 1982
Wearing the robe and cap shown alongside.
Wearing the robe and cap shown alongside.
Robe and cap
The surviving original objects.
The surviving original objects.
Personal objects
Why preserve the things themselves?
“Buddhists have preserved some bones of Buddha. People think they are just superstitious. They are not, because those are not ordinary bones...”
Osho · The Ultimate Alchemy, Vol. 2 #03
WECARE.
Across the world, original material connected with Osho has been carefully kept by individuals and families — sometimes for decades.
But circumstances change. Collections pass from one generation to another, and sometimes there is no one who can continue that care.
What has been carefully kept should not be lost simply because its future became uncertain.
Osho Resource Center offers a place where its long-term preservation can be considered carefully and responsibly.
If something in your care needs a future → Talk to us“The future is bound to be more receptive, more welcoming. We may not be here but we can manage to change the consciousness for centuries to come.”“Keep the message pure,
twenty-four carat gold.”
Osho · Sermons in Stone #12
