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The Path of Meditation
The culture that will arise in the future, if it is truly to be for the evolution of mankind, will be a balance of science and religion. This culture will be a synthesis of religion and science. It will not be only religious or only it will be either scientifically religious or religiously scientific. Osho The talks in this book are transcriptions of a meditation program led by Osho in the beautiful hills of Mahabaleshwar. It is a step by step account of how to prepare the body, mind and emotions to enhance your meditation. Osho guides the participants and the reader alike in the use of powerful meditation techniques and suggests many useful applications for supporting meditation in your daily life. He also describes the different stages that happen on the path of meditation. This book is a must-read for both the new and the experienced meditator. Even more, it is an invitation to experiment with these life-transforming techniques
262 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 1997
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Osho
4,354 books6,788 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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November 7, 2024
This book is from a series of talks given at a 3 day meditation camp. I decided to follow along and do a self guided meditation retreat. Osho advises the meditator to spend these 3 days in silence and solitude so that’s what I did.
And boy I was craving that.
It was such a fun weekend.
As I meditated, I read along in this book as he guides us through
Purification of the Body, Thoughts, and Emotion
then
Emptiness of the Body, Thoughts, and Emotion
The teachings felt alive and new. And the experiments this book invoked took me to the door of Silence.
And boy I was craving that.
It was such a fun weekend.
As I meditated, I read along in this book as he guides us through
Purification of the Body, Thoughts, and Emotion
then
Emptiness of the Body, Thoughts, and Emotion
The teachings felt alive and new. And the experiments this book invoked took me to the door of Silence.
November 26, 2019
Read and take your own interpretation, simply put and easy to read but for me bit difficult to progress as its been more life than I have pictured to be what this books talks one to be ...may be after reading this I will practice, as if you are one who just reads and does not practice no book leave alone this one will be useful, but if you can gain and work on that applied knowledge , start here, may be ur read will end here too.
September 13, 2020
The book will help you realise the step of self-actualization, The best book on meditation I have ever read.
July 31, 2008
A good book for exploring the limitations that one puts on the self through repetition and daily routine. Osho makes as good a case as I have read for the true insanity of modern life as we know it. Certainly one I will need to read again for more clarity.
April 2, 2013
before i just knew the concepts of meditation, now i know what meditation truly is. Thank you Osho for showing me the path
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