365 วัน มหัศจรรย์สมาธิ Everyday OSHO

by Osho, กำธร เก่งสกุล (Translator)

โอโชผู้ได้รับการยอมรับว่าเป็นมหาปราชญ์แห่งอินเดีย ไม่เพียงให้ข้อคิดในมุมมองเกี่ยวกับศาสนาเท่านั้น หากแต่คำสอนของเขายังมีหลากหลายมิติ และสัมผัสได้ถึงหัวใจมนุษย์ ทั้งเป็นกำลังใจยามที่จิตใจอ่อนล้า ตลอดจนให้ข้อคิดอย่างลึกซึ้งในเรื่องความรัก เพื่อความเข้าใจถึงรักแท้และมิตรภาพ ทั้งยังให้ข้อคิดและปรัชญาในการดำเนินชีวิต ในมุมมองที่ตรงไปตรงมา โดยมีจุดประสงค์เพื่อให้มนุษย์เข้าสู่สภาวะแห่งความสุขอันแท้จริง

365 วัน มหัศจรรย์สมาธิ จะทำให้คุณเข้าใจว่า การปฏิบัติสมาธิไม่ใช่หมายถึงเพียงแค่การนั่งหลับตา แล้วท่องคำภาวนาไปเรื่อยๆ หากทว่าสมาธิย่อมเกิดขึ้นได้ในทุกปัจจุบันขณะ ด้วยความตื่นรู้ เข้าใจ และสว่างใสเป็นนิรันดร์ อันเกิดจากความเข้าใจโดยถ่องแท้ ที่ได้จากการปฏิบัติสมาธิ ไม่ว่าจะเป็นด้วยวิธีใดก็ตามและตระหนักว่า ผู้ที่สร้างสิ่งร้อยรัดทั้งหลายให้คุณจมอยู่ในสรรพทุกข์ทั้งปวงก็คือ ใจคุณเอง...

Genres: Spirituality, Self Help, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Eastern Philosophy, Meditation

527 pages

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain, 11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990) and latter rebranded as Osho was leader of the Rajneesh movement. During his lifetime he was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader and mystic.

In the 1960s he traveled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Hindu religious orthodoxy.

Rajneesh emphasized the importance of meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity and humor—qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and socialization.

In advocating a more open attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru".

In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as "neo-sannyasins". During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. In 1974 Rajneesh relocated to Pune, where an ashram was established and a variety of therapies, incorporating methods first developed by the Human Potential Movement, were offered to a growing Western following. By the late 1970s, the tension between the ruling Janata Party government of Morarji Desai and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development and a back taxes claim estimated at $5 million.

In 1981, the Rajneesh movement's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon. Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government, and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success.

In 1985, in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers, including a mass food poisoning attack with Salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner, Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela and her close supporters had been responsible. He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain.[

After his deportation, 21 countries denied him entry. He ultimately returned to India and a revived Pune ashram, where he died in 1990. Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the Zurich registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation). Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western New Age thought, and their popularity has increased markedly since his death.

Reviews

[G.C. Neff · Rating 5 out of 5]

The overall theme of this book is to not get upset about what might happen. We don't know what might occur before it does. I've wasted a lot of time fretting about this or that, only to have things work out a lot better than I had imagined they would. So whenever I get that old anxiety, I start reading, and it really helps calm me down.

[Brianne · Rating 5 out of 5]

The meditations are great. It is nice to have a new one to ponder everyday. I read this whole book at once because I liked it so much, but it could be read slowly.

[Fauzia Rizvi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I pick a page everyday to read what I need in the moment!! It is an EXCELLENT BOOK.... Full of wisdom and so much more!!

[Diana P · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is spiritual book that you will learn more about love and meditation and celebration everyday.

[Catherine Craig (Angelic Light) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a really fantastic book, which contains 365 brief meditations and insights from the great Indian Master, Osho. Osho is full of so much wisdom, joy, truth, and healing energy, and I love his work. I really loved this book, and as I worked my way through it each day, I felt huge gratitude for these inspirational and beautiful words, truth and meditations. This is a book that I will always treasure, and I will continue to dip in and out of it whenever I need a daily dose of inspiration, peace and heart felt joy. I highly recommend this wonderful book!

Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

[Diogo · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was expecting something similar to "Daily Stoic", but this was so much worse, it's not even a fair comparison. While the latter has insightful, useful and coherent lessons, this book is just a collection of ramblings, some contradicting each other. Initially I skipped those pages, but eventually I started writing down "BS" on the side of the pages, to vent my frustration and to tell myself to skip this pages if I ever return to this book (which I doubt). There's a handful of interesting ideas here, but 5-6 ideas in 365 days isn't good enough.

A friend recommended me this book. As fate would have it, she's no longer my friend. I don't recommend it. Neither of them.


Nitpick 1: Each day should always fit one page but some spillover, which makes the book feel unbalanced and untidy.
Nitpick 2: The cover has printing glitches

[Nilgün]

very informative

[Phuongvu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bạn đang ngồi… đó là một buổi chiều yên tĩnh. Mặt trời đã khuất dạng, các vì sao đang bắt đầu xuất hiện. Bạn hãy cứ ngồi yên. Đừng nói rằng “Đẹp quá” vì ngay tại khoảnh khắc bạn nói rằng nó đẹp thì nó không còn nguyên vẹn nữa. Khi bạn nói rằng nó đẹp thì bạn đang hồi tưởng quá khứ, bạn đang so sánh hiện tại với quá khứ và nói rằng nó đẹp quá.

Tại sao bạn lại hồi tưởng về quá khứ? Hiện tại quá bao la, quá khứ quá hạn hẹp. Tại sao bạn phải nhìn qua khe hở trên tường trong khi bạn có thể bước ra khỏi phòng và ngắm nhìn cả bầu trời xanh?

Trong suốt hơn ba mươi năm qua, những hiểu biết sâu sắc của Osho đã luôn là nguồn cảm hứng cho những ai tìm hiểu về thế giới tâm linh. Cuốn sách là tập hợp tinh hoa của những hiểu biết này - tổng hợp triết lý tâm linh và sự góp phần của khoa học lẫn tâm lý học hiện đại. Cuốn sách này giúp độc giả sống một đời trọn vẹn - sự hòa hợp giữa tâm hồn, thể xác và tâm linh.

Osho là người góp phần tạo nên cuộc cách mạng trong nhân loại với phương pháp chiêm nghiệm thiền định chủ động, ông giúp mọi người giải phóng mọi căng thẳng đè nặng lên tâm hồn và thể xác.

Soi sáng: Khi toàn bộ được thắp sáng, đời sống trở thành một điều kỳ diệu; nó có sự mầu nhiệm. Khi đó không còn tồn tại những thứ tầm thường nữa – mọi thứ đều phi thường. Sự trần tục biến thành sự thiêng liêng, sự nhỏ bé biến thành sự vĩ đại, những viên đá trở nên đẹp đẽ như những hòn ngọc; toàn bộ sự sống trở nên sáng ngời. Tại khoảnh khắc bạn được soi sáng, toàn bộ sự sống của bạn được soi sáng. Nếu bạn tồn tại trong bóng tối, toàn bộ sự sống của bạn cũng bị đen tối. Việc này tùy ở bạn.

Chuyên gia: Việc chúng ta đạt được một kỹ năng nào đó là điều tốt; nhưng sẽ không tốt khi chúng ta cứ bám chặt lấy nó. Khi bạn có cảm giác một thứ gì đó trở nên cũ kỹ với mình, bạn hãy thay đổi nó ngay lập tức. Bạn hãy khám phá những điều mới mẻ, xóa bỏ ngay những thứ cũ kỹ. Bạn hãy thoát ra mọi khuôn mẫu – rũ bỏ mọi kỹ năng cũ, trở lại là một người không chuyên như trước đây. Bạn phải có đủ dũng khí để làm việc này, đó là cách để bạn làm cho cuộc sống của mình được tươi đẹp hơn.

Hãy chọn thiên nhiên

[David Roberts · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is an interesting book. After a month of reading the daily entries, I decided to bit of reasearch on this somewhat alternative guru. I am guessing that the author is or was one of Osho's followers, and perhaps lived on his commune.

While there are occasional (maybe one per month) pieces of what feels like real wisdom amongst the writings, I found the daily readings to be more like "pronouncements" than "here's something to ponder" entries. Said another way, there are very few questions asked, and certain answers are often provided. And there is are many entries that seem a bit "off the wall" to me.

I think I just find the world a bit more gray, and a little less black and white, than Osho seems to. He even seemed dogmatic when it came to the idea of uncertainty.

ADDENDUM: I am near the end of Patient Zero by Lydia Kang, in which she outlines an actual biological warfare attack launched by Osho's commune in Wasco County, OR. They dumped salmonella into the dressing at local salad bars, causing >750 people to get sick and 45 hospitalizations. My advice: DON'T BUY THIS BOOK!

[Gail Testa · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is kind of a "daily devotional" book. There are 365 short, 2-page meditations.....insights from Osho.

Most are thought-provoking....some a little difficult to grasp, but I'm enjoying spending a few minutes each morning working my way slowly through the book.

[shaqayeq · Rating 4 out of 5]

Osho knows the way to heart. It is a beautiful book and after reading you feel like all moments can be a moment of meditation. It is like you can do your work and yet be in a great sense of stillness.

[Sheida tn · Rating 5 out of 5]

in ketab fogholadas...

[Solady Batterjee · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting book was given to me by friend..The kind that reflects on you. I have a stic note on each page that discribes the kind of feeling & thoughts that came to me while reading..

[Aygul A. Baghirova · Rating 4 out of 5]

Osho is always there for me, in any situation. Thank you, Osho!

[Kateryna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book, had a lot of life changing inspirational words by Osho.

[Maja · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is amazing!! I'm only on page 30 but I know that this will become my "Bible". Everyone that wants to live a better, happier and more positive life needs to read this book!!

[Rabinovich Ed · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una buenas palabras para asimilar o desechar cada día. Buena manera de iniciar la mañana.

[Veronica Canciola · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aunque a veces contradictorias, siempre son buenas sus reflexiones.

[Sean · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's been a while since I visited my Osho book collection, which includes the original edition of this book. Everyday Osho is now being revived by St Martin's Press, and I'm so grateful to the NetGalley and St Martin's for an advanced copy of this book to review. Even though I've read it before, it was almost ten years ago, and at a time that I truly needed it. The time has come again that I believe I need these meditations in my life, and so I feel gratitude for being able to read them again.

Within the pages of Everyday Osho I believe are meditations that can resonate with just about anybody. There's 365 of them, which you might decide to read over the course of one year, cherishing one a day, or, like me, you may decide to scan through the contents and choose whatever speaks to you at that particular moment.

In the opening of the book, Osho states, "Meditation is very simple: it is nothing but consciousness. It is not chanting, it is not using a mantra or a rosary. These are hypnotic methods. They can give you a certain kind of rest—nothing is wrong with that rest. If one is just trying to relax, it is perfectly good. Any hypnotic method can be helpful, but if one wants to know the truth, then it is not enough. Meditation simply means transforming your unconsciousness into consciousness."

The meditations that resonated most with me were the ones about Gratitude, Self-Improvement, Authenticity, Low Energy, Darkness, Sleep, and Anxiety.

I felt like the self improvement meditation was written for me, it was that relatable. "Self-improvement is the way to hell. All efforts to make something out of yourself— something of an ideal—are going to create more and more madness. Ideals are the base of all madness, and all of humanity is neurotic because of too many ideals."

I find as a society we are constantly trying to improve ourselves, become better, do more, achieve bigger things, fit ourselves into the boxes that others build for us. This simple meditation was a reminder that we do not have to try to become somebody else, we can enjoy being whatever we are.

The Low Energy and Darkness meditations met me where I'm at right now in my journey. I feel in terms of my mental health, in the darkness, and with that, comes low energy. Osho's meditation says there's nothing wrong with low energy, just as there is nothing right about having high energy. When talking about darkness, Osho states quite beautifully, "Never be bothered by negatives . You burn a candle, and the darkness goes on its own. Don’t try to fight with the darkness. There is no way, because the darkness does not exist— how can you fight with it? Just light a candle and the darkness is gone. So forget about the darkness, forget about the fear. Forget about all those negative things that ordinarily haunt the human mind. Just burn a small candle of enthusiasm."

Finally, at the end of the book is a meditation called 'beginning', although it's the end of the book, Osho says, "wherever you are, it is always at the beginning. That's why life is so beautiful, so young, so fresh."

Each meditation is very short and concise, and can be brought anywhere with you, each one meeting you wherever you're at on your personal journey. I imagine this as the kind of book that can sit on a shelf for one thousand years, and still hold the same meaning and value that it does today.

Osho's teachings are so wise, and I think everyone can benefit from them. In this very special book, you will have your eyes opened to the power of self-love and the truths to living life more fully with much more insight and clarity.

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[Rahi · Rating 5 out of 5]

A couple of my favorites:

"Never ask anybody what is right and what is wrong. Life is an experiment to find out.

Each individual has to be conscious, alert, watchful, and experiment with life and find out what is good for him. Whatever gives you peace, whatever makes you blissful, whatever gives you serenity, whatever brings you closer to existence and its immense harmony is good. And whatever creates conflict, misery, pain in you is wrong. Nobody else can decide it for you because every individual has his own world, his own sensitivity. We are unique. So formulas are not going to work. The whole world is a proof of this.

Mature people are those who have watched and found for themselves what is right, what is wrong, what is good, what is bad. And by finding it for themselves, they have a tremendous authority. The whole world may say something else, and it makes no difference to them. They have their own experience to go by, and that is enough."

"Success and failure are not the point, to enjoy whatever you are doing is the point"

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall I enjoyed reading this book. There were several meditations that really stood out to me. My favorite one was “All the love in the world can be given to you, but if you decide to be miserable, you will remain miserable. And one can be happy, tremendously happy, for no reason at all - because happiness and misery are your decisions.”

There were several passages that I disagreed with though for example there was a chapter on history “History is so ugly. Man has not reached the level at which history should start. It has all been nightmares.” While I agree with Osho that starting each morning completely new without allowing the past to cloud our day I disagreed that history and the past should be completely forgotten.

I plan to purchase a copy of this book so that I can reread the book slower and really focus in on the passages.

Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Everyday Osho is a book of 365 meditations that can be read by topic, at random, or sequentially. Whichever way you choose to approach this book, you will no doubt find messages that resonate with you.

I have read several books of this type and while there isn't a lot that's new here, there are many lessons that we need to hear again and again until they become a part of us. Everyday Osho will help get you to that point.

My thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Essentials for allowing me to read an ARC of this edition which is scheduled for publication 8/24/21. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.

[Sura Siri · Rating 5 out of 5]

เป็นหนังสือเล่มแรกที่ได้อ่านงานเขียนของท่าน OSHO อาจารย์สอนหลักการการเปลี่ยนแปลงชีวิตด้วยวิธีทำสมาธิชาวอินเดียว และได้รับยกย่องว่าเป็นหนึ่งในผู้สร้างสรรค์จากหนึ่งพันคนในศตวรรษที่ยี่สิบ

ในเล่มนี้ 365 วัน มหัศจรรย์สมาธิ ท่านโอโขได้แบ่งเนื้อหาออกเป็น 365 บทความ ซึ่งเป็นไปตามจำนวนวันใน 1 ปี เนื้อหาส่วนใหญ่เป็นเรื่องเกี่ยวกับการทำสมาธิ สติ การใข้ชีวิต การดูจิตใจตัวเอง ดูอารมณ์ความรู้สึก และที่สำคัญท่านโอโชได้จี้ให้เห็นถึงความเข้าใจผิดที่เกิดขึ้นในความคิดของมนุษย์เรา

365 หัวข้อของ OSHO เล่มนี้เป็น 365 หัวข้อที่น่าสนใจเกือบทุกหัวข้อเลย ซึ่งไม่ได้เป็นเนื้อหาเฉพาะชาวพุทธเท่านั้น แต่ยังมีความเป็นกลางสำหรับผู้นับถือศาสนาอื่นๆอีกด้วย

[joyce w. laudon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found the cover of this collection of meditations to be quite appealing in its calmness. I felt invited in to see what the entries would state. There are 365 messages in all, one for each day of the year; the purpose of these meditations is to direct readers to be mindful in the here and now. If you are a person who likes to take a little time each day to ponder life’s mysteries, give this title a look. It definitely offers food for thought.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title. All opinions are my own.

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my top 3 favourite books of all time. I keep it on my bedside table and take it along with me when I travel. It's a go to book for any occasion. Opened at random it offers beautiful and raw meditations for everyday life. Thought provoking and inspiring - it challenges you to open your mind and look at life with a fresh perspective.

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Osho philosophy and having his great thoughts in a short once a day book is brilliant. I have been reading each day this past week and it has set a great tone for my day. Osho thoughts are thought provoking and opens your mind to another way of viewing the world and yourself. A must read in my opinion.

[Lan Anh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sách osho ko nguy hiểm như mĩnu đã từng đọc rv. Nó nguy hiểm hay ko phụ thuộc vào góc nhìn của độc giả. Cuốn sách phù hợp với những bạn đang trên hành trình tìm hiểu quay vào bên trong.
Cá nhân nhận định: cuốn sách hay, tại thời điểm này, vẫn còn có một vài ndung mình chưa thẩm thấu được. Sẽ quy lại đọc nếu có duyên!

[Serge Larose · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book, mostly because it was broken down into bite-size daily readings. I read them at the beginning of each day, which set the tone. Many times, the writings would synchronize with my reality which brought an opportunity to course correct or simply pay attention to certain details.
I recommend this book to others, easy to read, often inspiring. Thanks, Osho !

[Manpreet Kaur · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the very first books I loved. For years I read it over and over. Which I then gifted to a friend who was going far far away as a memory and as something to look into when times get hard.

Every time I read Osho's mind in this book, I would feel peaceful.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whether you're an OSHO fan or not, this has some solid wisdom in it. He was very prolific, so It would be easy to create a few more of these. However, this does seem to include some of his primary messages. Good stuff.

Thanks very much for the review copy!!