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The Buddha: The Emptiness of the Heart
“To be a buddha is not a difficult job. It is not some achievement for which you need a Nobel Prize”. Commenting on anecdotes and haikus by the Zen masters, Osho explains that being a buddha is the easiest thing in the world - it has already happened without you knowing. The empty heart, a place beyond thoughts and feelings, is within everyone. Meditation, and becoming truly thoughtless, is the key. Osho presents Zen as potent, alive, and relevant to the modern world.
“Once your heart is empty, you are the buddha - serene, silent, utterly blissful, at home. When I say to you that you are a buddha, I mean it. It is just that you have to recover from your dreams, afflictions, addictions. You just have to penetrate deeply to the point where even the self starts disappearing and the door opens to the vast, to the infinite”.
Chapter #1: The Emptiness of the Heart
Chapter #2: Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Chapter #3: This Knowing Is a Transformation
Chapter #4: Enter the Door of Anatta
Chapter #5: In the Blink of an Eye
Chapter #6: To Take up a Koan
Chapter #7: From the Surface to the Center
Chapter #8: The Man of Enlightened Freedom
“Once your heart is empty, you are the buddha - serene, silent, utterly blissful, at home. When I say to you that you are a buddha, I mean it. It is just that you have to recover from your dreams, afflictions, addictions. You just have to penetrate deeply to the point where even the self starts disappearing and the door opens to the vast, to the infinite”.
Chapter #1: The Emptiness of the Heart
Chapter #2: Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Chapter #3: This Knowing Is a Transformation
Chapter #4: Enter the Door of Anatta
Chapter #5: In the Blink of an Eye
Chapter #6: To Take up a Koan
Chapter #7: From the Surface to the Center
Chapter #8: The Man of Enlightened Freedom
185 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1989
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Osho
4,353 books6,778 followersRajneesh (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.
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.
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October 26, 2025
எண்ணங்களற்ற இதயத்துக்கு சொந்தக்காரர் புத்தர். இந்தப் புத்தகத்தில் ஓஷோ —
ஜென் குறித்து மிகவும் துல்லியமாக விளக்கங்களை கூறுகிறார். இந்தப் புத்தகத்தின் முதல் பாதியில் கேள்வி–விடை வடிவில் சிந்தனைகள் நகர்கின்றன;
பின்னர், இரண்டாம் பாதியில் தெளிவான விளக்கமாக, ஜென் என்பது எவ்வாறு ஒரு மதமற்ற நிலை, தன்னைத்தானே அறிதலால் ஏற்படும் மறுமலர்ச்சி, உடலின் மேற்பரப்பிலிருந்து உள்நோக்கி மனம்வரை சென்று, இதய விவேகத்தை அடைந்து ஆன்ம விடுதலை பெற்ற மனிதனாக வாழ்வதற்கான வழி என மிக நுட்பமான எடுத்துக்காட்டுகளுடன் கூறிய விதம் — சக்கரத்தில் அச்சாணியைப் பொருத்தி விசையைப் பயன்படுத்தியது போல் சிறப்பாக உள்ளது.
புத்தராவதற்கு புத்தமதத்தைத் தழுவ வேண்டியதில்லை — அதுவே ஜென்னின் தத்துவம்.
"புத்தர் என்பது உங்கள் நிஜமான இயல்பு."
"கடலின் வெறுமை அலைகள் பொங்கியெழ அனுமதிக்கிறது; பள்ளத்தாக்குகளின் வெறுமை குரல்களை எதிரொலிக்கச் செய்கிறது; மனிதனின் வெறுமை புத்தரை உருவாக்குகிறது."
ஜென் குறித்து மிகவும் துல்லியமாக விளக்கங்களை கூறுகிறார். இந்தப் புத்தகத்தின் முதல் பாதியில் கேள்வி–விடை வடிவில் சிந்தனைகள் நகர்கின்றன;
பின்னர், இரண்டாம் பாதியில் தெளிவான விளக்கமாக, ஜென் என்பது எவ்வாறு ஒரு மதமற்ற நிலை, தன்னைத்தானே அறிதலால் ஏற்படும் மறுமலர்ச்சி, உடலின் மேற்பரப்பிலிருந்து உள்நோக்கி மனம்வரை சென்று, இதய விவேகத்தை அடைந்து ஆன்ம விடுதலை பெற்ற மனிதனாக வாழ்வதற்கான வழி என மிக நுட்பமான எடுத்துக்காட்டுகளுடன் கூறிய விதம் — சக்கரத்தில் அச்சாணியைப் பொருத்தி விசையைப் பயன்படுத்தியது போல் சிறப்பாக உள்ளது.
புத்தராவதற்கு புத்தமதத்தைத் தழுவ வேண்டியதில்லை — அதுவே ஜென்னின் தத்துவம்.
"புத்தர் என்பது உங்கள் நிஜமான இயல்பு."
"கடலின் வெறுமை அலைகள் பொங்கியெழ அனுமதிக்கிறது; பள்ளத்தாக்குகளின் வெறுமை குரல்களை எதிரொலிக்கச் செய்கிறது; மனிதனின் வெறுமை புத்தரை உருவாக்குகிறது."
December 9, 2024
If the youngsters or teenager find this book and read means, It will turn them as lazy people.
The author says, Eat 5star Do nothing
We can't simply go and become a saint & selfless person. We have families to take care of and dharma to do for this society.
In some chapters the author himself accepts the flaws in Buddhism and why Buddhism is not spread widely in the world. This book is against my belief so I'm against it. Maybe this is helpful for other people.
The one good thing about the book is he teaches about how to practice meditation.
If you guys want to know about Buddhism try to learn it from dhammapada.
The author says, Eat 5star Do nothing
We can't simply go and become a saint & selfless person. We have families to take care of and dharma to do for this society.
In some chapters the author himself accepts the flaws in Buddhism and why Buddhism is not spread widely in the world. This book is against my belief so I'm against it. Maybe this is helpful for other people.
The one good thing about the book is he teaches about how to practice meditation.
If you guys want to know about Buddhism try to learn it from dhammapada.
July 28, 2015
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