The Empty Boat Talks given from 10/07/74 am to 20/07/74 am. In this beautiful book, Osho revitalizes the 3000-year-old Taoist message of self-realization through the stories of the Chinese mystic, Chuang Tzu. He speaks about the state of egolessness, “the empty boat”; spontaneity, dreams, and living life choicelessly, and meeting …
Talks given from 12/07/88 pm to 24/07/88 pm. The “Diamond Thunderbolt” is that experience in which it is as if one is shocked out of one’s spiritual sleep and catapulted into the mystery of existence. Through anecdotes and joke-telling, Osho creates a milieu in which that can happen. These talks …
Talks given from 20/02/89 pm to 10/04/89 pm. “Zen has nothing to do with the mind… It is the lion’s roar. And the greatest thing that Zen has brought into the world is freedom from oneself.” The Zen Manifesto is a collection of the last discourses of Osho with his …
Talks on Vajrachchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra of Gautama the Buddha. Talks given from 21/12/77 am to 31/12/77 am. The Sanskrit title of The Diamond Sutra translates as “the perfection of wisdom which cuts like a thunderbolt.” If you allow, Buddha can cut you like a thunderbolt. Osho credits Buddha with having …
Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu. Talks given from 11/10/74 am to 20/10/74 am. “So, when the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten when the belt fits, the belly is forgotten and when the heart is right, ‘for’ and ‘against’ are forgotten.” In this book, Osho comments on ten …
Talks on Zen Talks given from 13/02/89 pm to 19/02/89 pm “GOD does not exist and has never been in existence. Life exists. Celebrate life. Rejoice life. Let your life be your freedom, your pride, your dance, your celebration.” “I celebrate myself, and I want you also to celebrate yourself,” …
Talks given from 06/02/89 pm to 12/02/89 pm Osho puts the finishing touches to his portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche with answers to disciples’ questions on the work, vision and madness of this controversial philosopher. Friedrich Nietzsche, who was the first man in the history of mankind to declare, “God is …
Talks on Songs of Kabir Talks given from 01/01/77 am to 10/01/77 am In this series of ten discourses Osho discusses some of the most beautiful songs of Kabir. The songs of Kabir are nothing but the overflowing of that melody that he has heard and these songs are the …
Talks on Prajnaparamita Hridayam Sutra of Gautama the Buddha Talks given from 11/10/77 am to 20/10/77 am Osho gives ten talks on Gautama the Buddha’s famous Heart Sutra, a small yet highly revered book of verses in Buddhist literature. Bringing alive the powerful message of these ancient words, Osho speaks …
Talks given from 11/06/88 pm to 26/06/88 pm. “Zen is not what it says, but what it shows. It is a finger pointing to the moon in absolute silence. All words have to be understood as fingers pointing to the moon. It is not a philosophy, it is an indication. …