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Talks given from 30/01/89 pm to 05/02/89 pm, English Discourse series, 7 Chapters, Year published: 1989
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Content : In the presence of a TV crew from the USSR, and almost a year before the walls of Eastern Europe crumble, Osho offers a unique appraisal reappraisal of Soviet Communism. From Socialism to Communism to Anarchism, Osho takes the reader on an historical journey paved with misunderstandings and false hopes, carefully teasing out the one missing ingredient in that extra-ordinary experiment. Osho anticipates Gorbachev's Noble Prize and gives a prescient warning about the tragic effects that supporting his plans will have on Soviet Russia. Osho also exposes how the US is already orchestrating its own ultimate downfall...all sublty entwined with Zen anecdotes and a dazzling selection of haikus.
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Talks on Zen, Talks given from 11/06/76 am to 20/06/76 am, English Discourse series, 10 Chapters, Year published: 1977
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Content : Dang Dang Doko Dang represents the sound of the drum beaten by a Zen master in an existential lesson for a disciple. As well as symbolizing the poetic quality of Zen, the title represents the special flavor of this collection of Osho's commentaries on well-known Zen stories. "Zen is a way of dissolving philosophical problems, not of solving them," he explains. "It is a way of getting rid of philosophy, because philosophy is a sort of neurosis." The volume also includes Osho's answers to questions about the meditation technique of Zazen
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Talks given from 21/06/79 am to 30/04/80 am, English Discourse series, 10 Chapters
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Content : Osho calls the incomparable Dhammapada sutras of Buddha, "the book of books." He explains that these sutras are concerned with aspects of man's unawareness, and that Buddha's whole message is concerned with the raising of our consciousness. Entering into The Dhammapada with Osho is to enter into a deep friendship of enlightened masters. These sutras were compiled by Buddha's disciples to contain the essence of all his teachings. This was the last turning of the Wheel of Dharma, 2,500 years ago. Osho's commentaries on these sutras set the Wheel of Dharma in motion again.
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Talks on Vajrachchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra of Gautama the Buddha, Talks given from 21/12/77 am to 31/12/77 am, English Discourse series, 11 Chapters, Year published : 1979
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Content : Talks on Vajrachedika Prajnaparamita Sutra of Gautama the Buddha
The Sanskrit title of The Diamond Sutra translates as "the perfection of
wisdom which cuts like a thunderbolt." It is a record of the sayings of Gautam
the Buddha as recalled by his chief disciple, Ananda. Osho credits Buddha with having
contributed a religiousness, non-repressive and non-ideological rather than a religion,
and he gently prizes the essence of Buddha's message from the confines of the formal.
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Discourses on the 42 Sutras of Buddha, Talks given from 21/08/76 am to 30/08/76 am, English Discourse series, 10 Chapters, Year published : 1976
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Content : Two thousand five hundred years have passed since Buddha delivered the sutras on which this series is based. Using modern idiom, Osho extracts the kernel of Buddha's profound insight and understanding
and presents his everlasting message to the contemporary reader
in a manner that is lucid, straightforward and humorous. In these
discourses he discusses the need for doubt and argument in the spiritual search,
the nature of desire and the discipline of non-attachment. He also answers questions
about individuality and universality, love, sex and marriage, false masters, reincarnation,
and more.
"The way Osho is using language--casual, provocative, iconoclastic—is really new." Parmita, Buddhist Newsletter, Italy
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Discourses on the 42 Sutras of Buddha, Talks given from 31/08/76 am to 10/09/76 am, English Discourse series, 11 Chapters, Year published : 1976
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Content : A manual for every seeker, this series of discourses features Osho
analyzing, step by step, the twenty potential obstacles on the spiritual path
as outlined by Gautam Buddha, and offering ways to go beyond them. Also featured is
the intriguing story of Osho's own enlightenment.
"He Osho is the greatest incarnation after Buddha in India. He is a living Buddha."
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Discourses on the 42 Sutras of Buddha, Talks given from 21/10/76 am to 30/10/76 am, English Discourse series, 10 Chapters, Year published : 1976
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Content : Osho sees in Buddha's teachings a unique and mature message which is uncompromising in
its insistence on awareness as the basis of spiritual evolution. With clarity and humor, and particularly with the contemporary seeker in mind, Osho explains Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana the three paths as set out by Gautam Buddha.
"He Osho is the greatest incarnation after Buddha in India. He is a living Buddha."
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Discourses on the 42 Sutras of Buddha, Talks given from 31/10/76 am to 10/11/76 am, English Discourse series, 11 Chapters, Year published : 1976
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Content : An essential reader for every seeker. Osho comments on Buddha's eightfold path, the ten "provisions" the seeker needs to carry with him and on the ten states of consciousness that can lead to transformation. His responses to questions
from sannyasins and visitors cover the difference between male and female energies, the greed for spiritual adventure and experimentation, the inhibiting effect of contemporary education, preoccupation with sex, the loss of identity and the need for self-expression.
"He Osho is the greatest incarnation after Buddha in India. He is a living Buddha."
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Talks on Songs of Kabir, Talks given from 01/01/77 am to 10/01/77 am, English Discourse series, 10 Chapters, Year published : 1978
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Content : In this series of ten discourses Osho discusses some of the most beautiful songs of Kabir. In one particularly fascinating discourse Osho speaks on the seven chakras, the seven stages through which each individual must pass, and a categorization according to which chakra we function from. Another discourse examines love as "the only miracle there is," and relationships. In addition, Osho answers questions on subjects as diverse as homosexuality, prayer, being oneself, the distinction between ego and individuality, trust, the male and female within each individual, and humanity's addiction to misery.
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Talks given from 25/07/88 pm to 01/08/88 pm, English Discourse series, 8 Chapters, Year published : 1988
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Content : This book is dedicated to the full moons. Not only is the moon a symbol for the mirror of our consciousness, but it is also a transforming agent.
"The master is the possibility for this transformation...the universe our university."
The running theme of Dogen's message of 800 years is the eternity of our consciousness, a consciousness with no limitations and that exists through all changes of form. Something inner which moves from one climate to another, which is beyond form, birth, death, beyond life, which simply is, isness.
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