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I Am That
"This Upanishad...is the smallest - it can be written on a postcard - and yet it is the greatest document in existence," Osho declares. "There is no document of such luminosity, of such profoundness anywhere in the whole history of humanity." These sutras are amongst the most ancient wisdom available to mankind - transmitted from masters to their disciples twenty-five centuries before even Buddha. With clear metaphors, stories and jokes, we are introduced to the perspective of an enlightened master - a world view so total that it embraces the cosmic, a rebirth of the spirit of the Upanishads.SubjectUpanishadsTranslated fromNotesTime Period of Osho's original Discourses/Talks/Lettersfrom Oct 11, 1980 to Oct 26, 1980Number of Discourses/Chapters16
416 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
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Osho
4,294 books6,798 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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August 8, 2010
A Gem!
April 9, 2024
This series of discourses is Osho's commentaries on the Isha Upanishads along with responses to audience questions. If you love Osho and his unique way of speaking, you'll very much enjoy these discourses. As with any of Osho's talks, there are lots of spiritual insights, witty responses, and laugh-out-loud funny jokes.
July 10, 2023
My first book on Upanishads.
This was my first book on Upanishads and I am glad that I picked Osho.
He gave very lucid and easy to understand explanations about some very mysterious sutras of isha upanishad.
A must read for everyone.
This was my first book on Upanishads and I am glad that I picked Osho.
He gave very lucid and easy to understand explanations about some very mysterious sutras of isha upanishad.
A must read for everyone.
June 10, 2023
My fav quotes (not a review):
-Page 183 "A very pretty secretary, wearing a sweater and mini-skirt, passed through a chemistry lab. "Get a load of that!” said one of the scientists to the other. The other glanced at the well-stacked figure and replied indifferently, So what? She’s nine-tenths water!” ”Sure,” said the first, ”but what surface tension!”"
-Page 193 "Darwin looked at the insect and he asked only one question to the students; ”Does it hum?” They said, ”Yes, when it was alive it used to hum.” ”Then,” he said, ”it is a humbug!”"
-Page 200 "The word ”respect” is beautiful; it means seeing again and again – ”re-spect”. When you pass a beautiful woman, if she is really beautiful you will have to look again and again."
-Page 223 "to move deep into the phenomenon of sex then you have to find a woman of the lowest caste. She has not to be your wife, because with your wife you will not be able to enter into a really fantastic world of sexuality. Her topography is known to you. The woman has to come from the lowest caste because they are more alive people. The higher the caste, the people are more and more bloodless. If you go to the lower castes then people are more alive, more wild."
-Page 321 "Keep in your bedroom a skeleton, meditate over it, and whenever you see a beautiful woman project the skeleton. That will scare you! And whenever you see an ugly woman feel compassion – compassion is good, it is great service."
-Page 334 "”I have been in practice for twenty-five years,” the doctor told him, ”and I have never heard of such a complaint What do you mean, your virility is too high?” The septuagenarian sighed. Pointing to his head, he said, ”It is all in my mind.” ”The virility has gone too high – it’s all in my mind.”"
-Page 183 "A very pretty secretary, wearing a sweater and mini-skirt, passed through a chemistry lab. "Get a load of that!” said one of the scientists to the other. The other glanced at the well-stacked figure and replied indifferently, So what? She’s nine-tenths water!” ”Sure,” said the first, ”but what surface tension!”"
-Page 193 "Darwin looked at the insect and he asked only one question to the students; ”Does it hum?” They said, ”Yes, when it was alive it used to hum.” ”Then,” he said, ”it is a humbug!”"
-Page 200 "The word ”respect” is beautiful; it means seeing again and again – ”re-spect”. When you pass a beautiful woman, if she is really beautiful you will have to look again and again."
-Page 223 "to move deep into the phenomenon of sex then you have to find a woman of the lowest caste. She has not to be your wife, because with your wife you will not be able to enter into a really fantastic world of sexuality. Her topography is known to you. The woman has to come from the lowest caste because they are more alive people. The higher the caste, the people are more and more bloodless. If you go to the lower castes then people are more alive, more wild."
-Page 321 "Keep in your bedroom a skeleton, meditate over it, and whenever you see a beautiful woman project the skeleton. That will scare you! And whenever you see an ugly woman feel compassion – compassion is good, it is great service."
-Page 334 "”I have been in practice for twenty-five years,” the doctor told him, ”and I have never heard of such a complaint What do you mean, your virility is too high?” The septuagenarian sighed. Pointing to his head, he said, ”It is all in my mind.” ”The virility has gone too high – it’s all in my mind.”"
February 22, 2024
Just absorbing. Isha Upanishad is profound, and to have Osho's thoughts on the same is double profundity.
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