Be Here Now

The census claim that the 1970 boxed "From Bindu to Ojas" is the "true first state" of Be Here Now is CORRECTED: it is not a state of this book but a distinct, earlier publication of the core text under a different title. From Bindu to Ojas (Lama Foundation, San Cristobal, 1970) was issued as a hand-bound box set — brown paper wrappers with a colour mandala label, pages hand rubber-stamped then photo-reduced and printed on rice paper in Japan, accompanied by booklets and an LP with sleeve — and it precedes and is scarcer than the book. Sources conflict on its size: Ram Dass recalled a thousand boxes, while a 1973 radio interview gives 10,000. The 1971 Lama Foundation wraps issue is the true first edition of the book as Be Here Now; ABAA dealers style it "first book edition, first printing." US only — no UK first is at issue.