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144 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
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Osho
4,359 books6,787 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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December 28, 2020
The way is right before your eyes. But your eyes are not right before the way – they are closed, closed in a very subtle manner. They are clouded. Millions of thoughts are closing them, millions of dreams are floating on them; whatsoever you have seen is all there, whatsoever you have thought is all there. And you have lived long – many lives, and you have thought much, and it is all gathered there in your eyes. But because thoughts cannot be seen you see your eyes as clear. The clarity is not there. Millions of layers of thought and dreams are there in your eyes. The way is right before you. All that is, is right before you. But you are not here. You are not in that still moment where eyes are totally empty, unclouded, and you see, and you see that which is.
So the first thing to be understood is: how to attain unclouded eyes, how to make eyes empty so that they can reflect truth, how not to be continuously in a mad rush within; how not to be continuously thinking and thinking and thinking, how to relax thought. When thought is not, seeing happens; when thought is, you go on interpreting and you go on missing. Don’t be an interpreter of reality, be a visionary. Don’t think about it, see it! What to do? One thing: Whenever you look, just be the look. Try. It is going to be difficult, difficult just because of old habit. But try. It happens. It has happened to many, why not you? You are no exception. The universal law is as available to you as to a Buddha or to anybody. Just make a little effort.
So the first thing to be understood is: how to attain unclouded eyes, how to make eyes empty so that they can reflect truth, how not to be continuously in a mad rush within; how not to be continuously thinking and thinking and thinking, how to relax thought. When thought is not, seeing happens; when thought is, you go on interpreting and you go on missing. Don’t be an interpreter of reality, be a visionary. Don’t think about it, see it! What to do? One thing: Whenever you look, just be the look. Try. It is going to be difficult, difficult just because of old habit. But try. It happens. It has happened to many, why not you? You are no exception. The universal law is as available to you as to a Buddha or to anybody. Just make a little effort.
February 28, 2015
For the person who has question ,why should i meditate ?
July 19, 2025
This is the second Osho book I’ve read. Similar structure to “tantric transformation”, transcribed dhamma talk and q&a (good questions too)
Every spiritual teacher is a bit different.
Some spiritual teachers weave in their insights with a lot of plain speak. Others use poetry and metaphor. Osho is closer to almost channeled work. Every sentence is pointing at a spiritual north. Ultra dense sentences like “Knowing is virtue. Ignorance is evil.”
He’s just hammering you sentence after sentence with truth. You could probably read one sentence a day and treat it like a hundreds of koans.
So I think this style probably either turns you off after a few pages or turns you into a convert. I’d like to keep reading him.
Every spiritual teacher is a bit different.
Some spiritual teachers weave in their insights with a lot of plain speak. Others use poetry and metaphor. Osho is closer to almost channeled work. Every sentence is pointing at a spiritual north. Ultra dense sentences like “Knowing is virtue. Ignorance is evil.”
He’s just hammering you sentence after sentence with truth. You could probably read one sentence a day and treat it like a hundreds of koans.
So I think this style probably either turns you off after a few pages or turns you into a convert. I’d like to keep reading him.
October 17, 2019
This is one of Osho's earliest published books. Very concise, to the point. It is the one book responsible for my dropping the nonsense of marxism and getting in touch with spirituality. I'm eternally grateful to Osho. After this one, I got to read maybe a hundred more of Osho's books, always a great treat. Watch him online and laugh with him.....
June 30, 2024
As usual, great.
February 26, 2022
My fav quotes (not a review):
"Behavior is the outward expression of the inner spirit. Only ignorant people try to change the outward expression without changing the cause of that expression."
"Love is the relationship between two persons. When this same relationship exists between an individual and existence I call it God."
"Eckhart was once sitting all alone under a grove of trees in a lonely field. A friend who was passing by saw him sitting there. He went up to him and said, ”I saw you sitting all alone and I thought I would keep you company and so I have come over to join you.” do you know what Eckhart replied? He said, ”I was with myself, but you have come and now I am all alone.”"
"There is a lovely couplet from Bihar: ”Those half-drowned got fully-drowned; those fully-drowned crossed the ocean.”"
"My friends, the outer turmoil is no disturbance at all. If you are at peace within it is as if the outer turmoil is not. But we are restless within ourselves. And this is the only difficulty."
"Behavior is the outward expression of the inner spirit. Only ignorant people try to change the outward expression without changing the cause of that expression."
"Love is the relationship between two persons. When this same relationship exists between an individual and existence I call it God."
"Eckhart was once sitting all alone under a grove of trees in a lonely field. A friend who was passing by saw him sitting there. He went up to him and said, ”I saw you sitting all alone and I thought I would keep you company and so I have come over to join you.” do you know what Eckhart replied? He said, ”I was with myself, but you have come and now I am all alone.”"
"There is a lovely couplet from Bihar: ”Those half-drowned got fully-drowned; those fully-drowned crossed the ocean.”"
"My friends, the outer turmoil is no disturbance at all. If you are at peace within it is as if the outer turmoil is not. But we are restless within ourselves. And this is the only difficulty."
February 22, 2020
"The self is the only real shastra. It is also the only real guru. By entering the self, truth is attained."
Funny thing: I was reading this as a part of my atheistic, placebo seeking journey into spiritual literature when I watched the Netflix documentary Wild Wild Country about the Rajneeshpuram cult. Took me a while to realise I was reading the same guy and kind of liking it.
About one third of this book aligns with my own thoughts on what spiritual practice should look like, one third is quite the opposite and for one third he is just throwing words around meaninglessly. Alright bedtime reading, somewhat inspiring. Unfortunately, Osho's presentation really lacks a lot when put into text; as a speaker he was quite captivating.
Funny thing: I was reading this as a part of my atheistic, placebo seeking journey into spiritual literature when I watched the Netflix documentary Wild Wild Country about the Rajneeshpuram cult. Took me a while to realise I was reading the same guy and kind of liking it.
About one third of this book aligns with my own thoughts on what spiritual practice should look like, one third is quite the opposite and for one third he is just throwing words around meaninglessly. Alright bedtime reading, somewhat inspiring. Unfortunately, Osho's presentation really lacks a lot when put into text; as a speaker he was quite captivating.
February 17, 2007
The best book i ever read.
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