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What is the value of meditation and prayer in devotion? asks Kabir. Meditation and prayer are two different aspects. Prayer signifies the feelings while meditation signifies the mind. Prayer starts from the base of the heart. It takes the love hidden underneath on an universal level. At that moment the me dies within. Meditation starts from the brain. It altogether stops the thinking process. As one goes on meditating, prayer starts disclosing automatically and as the prayer increases, the meditation starts disclosing. Then, at one precise moment they both dissolve into one another. This is devotion. This book includes the interpretation of Kabir writing by Osho. This will surely answer many questions in the minds of devotees on the path of devotion.

The thoughts penned down by OSHO in the year 1987 and the instances that took place in 2001... When we think of them together then we realize that his thoughts then have very precisely come true after such a long period of time. In this third part, he has fulsomely thanked the mother earth while being able to solve the universal labyrinth. He explains that compared to the animal life, a human life is much more sensational. At the same time, he warns us again and again to take utmost care of it. He reminds us that it is the gift from mother earth, hence we ought to nurture it in all possible ways. He also warns us about not being negligent towards it. To be able to do this, he says, we must try and find the true me within. He tells us that the most important and essential stage in the furtherance of a human life is to `finding oneself`.

With his infallible power of speech, unfailing voice and peculiar thoughts, Osho has captivated the highly intellectual people. This book is the collection of 22 of his selected lectures. Actually, calling them lecture is an injustice to them, they are a blend of lectures and legends, they blend together all the qualities of these two forms. Once we start reading this book, we will not be able to notice the time that is passing, we will be lost in it. The title itself is a symbol that Osho considers everything from a different angle. In this book, he intersected the word `religion`. He admits to being religious though. For him true religiousness lies in being good, and having a perfect conduct. Have we understood it earlier? Religion has affected the public opinion tremendously. It has influenced the society with views like god, sin and virtue, heaven and hell, resolution of mind, sacrifice, etc. Naturally, such a person will find Osho`s thoughts rebellious. It is impossible to come up with such thoughts unless one has studied pervasively, contemplated in depth and has immense intelligence. The peculiar features of Osho"s lectures are his sweet language with continuous flow, humour, and the jokes that he tells in between. Reading the book is like having a conversation with him in real. Even after completing the book we hear his dialogues in our mind. We keep on floating in the same environment for a long time.

What is the true meaning of the word "sadhu`? Kabir explains this in detail in his poetical composition. Osho has further elaborated them with his fluent and sweet language. Every human being is a "sadhu` inside, his life, his body is woven with his feelings like sacrifice, lust. Kabir has commented with the help of many simple symbols. Osho uses it to present his idea about human life. Kabir`s poetic compositions and Osho`s exposition makes us realize their efforts in understanding the human life from all aspects.

minate like the seed and grow into a tree. Merge like a drop or a wave and become like the ocean. Drown! Merge! Cease to exist! Surrender yourself completely into the Self; lose your duality; then you will become the ocean! Become vast! There will be no more boundaries, no sorrow, and no pain. You will be neither poor nor meek. You will be accomplished, wealthy, and like a King. All divine incarnations are your reflections. You are no longer 'you'; you are God!

GERMINATE LIKE THE SEED AND GROW INTO A TREE. MERGE LIKE A DROP OR A WAVE AND BECOME LIKE THE OCEAN. DROWN! MERGE! CEASE TO EXIST! SURRENDER YOURSELF COMPLETELY INTO THE SELF; LOSE YOUR DUALITY; THEN YOU WILL BECOME THE OCEAN! BECOME VAST! THERE WILL BE NO MORE BOUNDARIES, NO SORROW, AND NO PAIN. YOU WILL BE NEITHER POOR NOR MEEK. YOU WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED, WEALTHY, AND LIKE A KING. ALL DIVINE INCARNATIONS ARE YOUR REFLECTIONS. YOU ARE NO LONGER ‘YOU’; YOU ARE GOD!

Meera: Devotion had taken the form of Meera; Meera was matchless and will continue to be so. Many have attained freedom from this life, many souls have been set free from the continuous cycle of birth and death, yet Meera is different. What makes her so different from others? Osho says that it is the transparency that Meera possesses which makes her so different, it is the purity and crystal clarity of her soul that makes her so different. Meera is completely devoted to Krishna. Meera has no separate identity for herself. Meera is Krishna. And when we feel her devotion, understand her dedication, we bow down before her, we lose ourselves, we breathe the air that she breathes in, we get merged with Meera. While trudging along any other path, we at least have something concrete before our eyes. But that is not the case with devotion. It is indeed the toughest route of all. We do not have anything concrete to concentrate upon. The soul of soul, the master soul, HIM... Not seen by human eye, but only felt or sensed. To love such Supreme Spirit unseen ever, to forget ourselves completely, to offer ourselves to HIM, to submit everything, even our ego... Indeed it is an impossible task, only a few can achieve it. Meera did this and that too with an ease, with a simplicity... She wrote bhajans, geet and many other poetic forms for him, her mind did not linger to find rhymes, her pen did not stop for perfection, her words did not tried to follow each other, yet, she simply poured her feelings for Krishna. She was his follower, she was not obsessed by Krishna yet she was all for Krishna. Her devotion inspires us, mesmerizes us...

IT IS RATHER IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND MEERA. IF ONE TRIES TO MEASURE HER INTENSITY BASED ON THE CREDENTIALS OF POETRY, SCIENCE OR PHILOSOPHY THEN HE WOULD FAIL IN HIS ATTEMPT AS SHE IS NEITHER A POEM NOR A SCIENTIFIC DESIRE OR PHILOSOPHICAL ASPIRATION. THOUGH SHE DOES NOT HAVE ANY PHYSICAL FORM SHE IS VERY TRUE IN HER OCCURRENCE. IT WAS THE DEVOTION THAT TOOK THE FORM OF A PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OTHERWISE, MEERA WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN ANY MATERIAL OUTLINING HIGHLIGHTING HER. THE COMMON MAN ALWAYS CURSES THE ALMIGHTY WHEN HE IS BOMBARDED BY ANGUISH; IN CONTROVERSY TO THIS, MEERA THANKS THE ALMIGHTY FOR ALL THE GRIEF AND ANGUISH THAT THE ALMIGHTY CASTS UPON HER AS IT GIVES HER ADDED OPPORTUNITY TO PRAISE HIM. SHE THANKS HIM FROM THE BASE OF HER HEART FOR RELEASING HER FROM THE CHAOS OF LIVING. SHE FINDS PEACE WITH THE SITUATION AS IT GIVES HER EXTRA STRENGTH AND VIGOUR TO MERGE HER SOUL DEEPER WITH THE ALMIGHTY. HER PENANCE IS MEANT ONLY FOR THE LORD KRISHNA. SHE DOES NOT SEE THE ALMIGHTY IN ANY OTHER FORM. IT IS HER FAITH THAT ENABLES HER TO SACRIFICE HER WILLINGLY TO THAT LORD KRISHNA WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE A PART OF SOME 25 THOUSAND YEARS AGO. YET, THE TIME PERIOD DOES NOT DIMINISHES THE INTENSITY OF HER CERTAINTY ABOUT ‘HIS’ BEING INTO EXISTENCE. THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND HER DEVOTION, CURSE HER, BLAME HER, TRY TO END HER LIFE SO AS TO GIVE A FULLSTOP TO THE DIVINE DEVOTION REFLECTED BY HER. HOWEVER, SHE REMAINS TRANQUIL AND DOES NOT LOSE HER COMPOSURE OVER IT. A SWEET SMILE LINGERS ON HER LIPS. THOUGH WE HAVE NEVER SEEN MEERA AND WILL HAVE NO CHANCE OF SEEING HER, WE FEEL HER PRESENCE, WE SENSE HER SMILE, WE UNDERSTAND HER CALMNESS. WE BECOME SURER ABOUT HER DEVOTIONAL ATTITUDE, REMEMBERING ONLY HER MERGER WITH LORD KRISHNA.

Meera is heard, preached and sang by many; but a very few can reach her soul. In this modern world, Osho seems to be the only one who has reached her soul, who has felt her tears, who has understood the intensity of each of her breath. Osho himself has lead a life full of poetry, he has found rhythm in his living, he has composed lyrics based on the experiences. Just like Meera, Osho sees love everywhere. For him it is love which keeps this world going on, for him it is love which protects him, comforts him, offers him warmth. His whole being is 'LOVE'. And Meera??? Meera herself is supreme devotion, she is unique though many devotees have achieved the ultimate salvation. What makes her so unique? Osho has tried to put her uniqueness in words. He states that the crystal clear devotion practiced by Meera is worthy enough to prove her divinity. We all know that Meera is Krisha, she sees Him everywhere, but as we go on understanding her we find ourselves blending with her, we start becoming Meera in a way. The path to devotion is not simple or easy. It is marked with unseen hurdles. It often checks on the intense desires of the devotee. Devotion is intricate as the cause is unseen. It needs extreme faith to surrender to something which we believe to be there but cannot see with naked eyes. Meera did it without any second thoughts in her mind. She sacrificed herself for the unseen cause of her life. This is what makes her unique from others. A true poem takes birth from the depth of the mind, it does not linger over attempting rhythm, it may not be wellversed. Even after centuries and eras pass, such true poem holds the power to captivate minds. Meera had accepted the fact that she is merged in love. Her faith, her reliance and her devotion takes us with her.

Osho is the first of this type, always representing a fresh religiousness, totally novel, knowledgeable, mystic, occult. Kabir`s `dohe` are like a shawl woven by the different threads of human experiences and life. Each thread stands for the values of life, each a shining facet with a dimension. Love, dream, truth, ego, title, prestige, sati. Kabir has explained each aspect with perfect examples as was his peculiarity, while Osho sheds light on Kabir`s qualities. Kabir himself lives a human life, but reveals the formula of becoming free, he also seeks our attention towards living in the present with an eye on the future. He brings it to our notice that in this huge cosmos, we literally possess nothing, whatever we see around is all `HIS`, hence whatever leaves after we are no more is the eternal truth. Kabir also points out to the importance of a teacher. He tells us that guru is the indication to reach the almighty. At the end Kabir admits that he has achieved the god, saying `kahe Kabir mai pura paya!`

`I feel contented with the thought of death, of which all are scared.`_ Kabir. Those who are ignorant are scared of death. Those who understand death, have conquered life. Death is the supreme beauty of this world. If you want to destroy your shadow, you just have to stand still at a place, this kills your shadow. The same thing applies to death. The more you try to run away from death, the more it will follow you. But stand still, give it a fearless glance and you will find elixir in it. Stop and face the death. Learn to recognize death. You will come across the god. Osho tries to reveal new meaning from Kabir`s `doha`. Osho`s simple language might help you to come across the true meaning of life.

Kabir says, `gurudev bina jev ke kalpana na mite` The first step towards search is lack of knowledge. The ignorant lives his imaginations. Imagination is the formula for ignorance and truth is the formula for knowledge. Teacher holds you by your hand and walks you toward truth. Teacher frees you from imagination. If you walk on your own then there are 100% chances of losing your way. He already has found what you have started to search now. The distance between you and your teacher is clear, you are at the starting point and he is at the ending point. Very rarely, we come across nutty people like Kabir. But whosoever reads his `doha` actually reads his thoughts, sees his devotion, and becomes one like him, crazy, nutty. Osho was one of such crazy people. He gave a new dimension to Kabir`s `doha`. He illustrated those meanings through his sermons. This is an exclusive invention by two novel crazies, Kabir and Osho.

I am telling you this truth today, however feeble one might be, every one possesses the strength to take one step forward at a time. Everyone might not be able to conquer the Himalayas, everyone might not walk for miles together, but everyone possesses the strength to take one step forward at a time. If we gather a bit of wit then we will be able to take a step forward for sure. There is one more thing that I would like to bring to your notice. The one, who can move by one step, definitely will conquer Himalayas, the one who can move by one step, definitely will cover thousands of miles. Because, in this world, no one has ever walked more than one step. Only, one foot leaves the ground to walk, one foot is enough to walk. As a matter of fact, no one can lift both the feet from the ground to walk. What remains for you and me is to gather our courage to take one step forward, and the one who is alive will surely possess this strength.

With his infallible power of speech, unfailing voice and peculiar thoughts, Osho has captivated the highly intellectual people. This book is the collection of 22 of his selected lectures. Actually, calling them lecture is an injustice to them, they are a blend of lectures and legends, they blend together all the qualities of these two forms. Once we start reading this book, we will not be able to notice the time that is passing, we will be lost in it. The title itself is a symbol that Osho considers everything from a different angle. In this book, he intersected the word `religion`. He admits to being religious though. For him true religiousness lies in being good, and having a perfect conduct. Have we understood it earlier? Religion has affected the public opinion tremendously. It has influenced the society with views like god, sin and virtue, heaven and hell, resolution of mind, sacrifice, etc. Naturally, such a person will find Osho`s thoughts rebellious. It is impossible to come up with such thoughts unless one has studied pervasively, contemplated in depth and has immense intelligence. The peculiar features of Osho"s lectures are his sweet language with continuous flow, humour, and the jokes that he tells in between. Reading the book is like having a conversation with him in real. Even after completing the book we hear his dialogues in our mind. We keep on floating in the same environment for a long time.

Osho elucidates very sweetly Kabir`s meaningful and beautiful `doha` in this book. The importance of love is immense, right from the beginning of the life till obtaining the glimpse of the vibrant Supreme Spirit. Kabir very delicately explains the meaning of love at the same time taking us to the highest steps. Love is god, only thing remains for us to do is to find true love. As love loses its might from our mind we start filling our life with physical pleasures. As love starts ruling our mind, all these materialistic things start to disappear. The `Supreme Spirit` itself descends in front of us. The true meaning of life is transformation of `one`s own`. The art to immerse our ego. Those who are able to shed their ego, will experience the love pouring down on them from all sides. Youth! It is of body, it comes and goes. But youth of a soul is that of the divine power. It is eternal. The moment you realize this, you will experience a coolness, you will possess a foretaste of the unique form of youth, that of the soul. It will never lapse, leave you, never become old or extinct. The moment you achieve this vision of seeing through your soul, then everything around will change. There will be no differences, no walls holding from each other. You will find the presence of only love, the air around you will be full of love. It will be infinite love everywhere, never ending show of love, and from there, finally, you will be able to notice the vastness of the sky.

Suspicion is believing that `I know the truth.` My experience is very small, truth is way too big. My backyard is too small, it is not the whole sky. The window of my house is also very small, but the frame in which it is built does not frame the sky in it. I can see out of the window, yet I must understand that window is not the sky, this understanding is faith. Very few are as crazy as Kabir. He is terribly crazy and his craziness has such powers that if you are lucky to get even one drop of his craziness then you should consider yourself to be the most lucky person of all. If his craziness touches you even a bit, then you will remain healthy, calm and quiet throughout your life. If you adopt a bit of his craziness then you will start dancing and singing like him. It will give you ultimate pleasure. Osho has presented his thoughts extensively on all the world famous and valuable litterateur. He not only excoriates them but he creates a perfect harmony. He has given fragrance to gold. Osho resembles Kabir the most. This huge labyrinth has been built by Kabir and Osho together.

Love and sympathy these are the two feelings that have been continuously considered by spirituality. Osho beautifully presents his view on these two feelings in the book. Journalism is in no way related to spirituality, yet this book consists of three chapters on journalism. In 1987, Osho had penned down his thoughts on journalism, it is astonishing to see them coming true today. Every journalist should read these chapters at least once. Osho tells us that media should not work as destructive weapons, otherwise the humanity will be burnt to ashes. Osho not only tells us the way to build our fealty inwardly as well as outwardly, but he also relates the important things for raising humanity. In his book `Navi Pahat` he had told about the `Modern Man`, now in this book he tells about the `New World`

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This fine art book, "ZEN PEARLS", includes 24 images of Shunyo Mahom's "Zen Pearls" art and 24 excerpts from Osho discourses on essential human issues such as, What is love? What is meditation? It includes Osho's enlightened insights on creativity, transforming sex, reincarnation, spirituality, playfulness, trust and humor.

A 21-day course for modern meditators It can be difficult for the hyperactive 21st century mind to relax into an experience of silence and awareness. Recognizing this, the revered mystic Osho developed new meditation techniques to address the challenges of the modern mind. A Course in Meditation demonstrates these techniques in an easy-to-navigate format. Each day, learn a new aspect of meditative living followed by a simple, practical meditation and awareness practice. After each experience, reflect on the accompanying quote of the day, or use the provided space to take notes. Throughout the course, Osho imparts his unique insights on love, anger, relaxation, and more to guide you toward a space of inner acceptance, joy and mindfulness. A Course in Meditation shows how we can reclaim the meditative nature that we each come in to the world with, but lose over time as we are initiated into the ways of society. From beginners eager to find stillness to more experienced meditators who wish to elevate their practice, Osho's guide to meditation can teach everyone to separate themselves from their minds for a transformation of consciousness that brings a new understanding of what it means to be alert and responsive to whatever life brings. "Without meditation you do not know the secrets of life, you know only the surface of life." -OSHOOsho, known for his revolutionary contribution to the science of inner transformation, continues to inspire millions of people worldwide in their search to define a new approach to individual spirituality that is self-directed and responsive to the everyday challenges of contemporary life. Osho was described by UK's Sunday Times as one of the "1000 Makers of the 20th Century." His internationally bestselling works are available in 60 languages around the world.

Peace talks, peace agreements, peace movements... Why is it, although there is a deep longing for peace in the world, every day, wars are being waged? And why, although so many people long for peace in their lives, does peace seem to be an impossibility even on a personal level? In this series of talks, Osho explains how peace can only become a reality when rigid religious practices and political ideologies are dropped, and an awakened consciousness takes their place.The key to finding peace is transformation, both outer and inner, one person at a time, and in this book Osho indicates how through meditation this can be achieved. "e;Finding this truth, touching the shadow of this truth, is known as finding peace. Whoever finds this truth becomes totally calm, at last finds tranquility. Find truth and like a shadow, peace will follow. The shadow of truth is peace."e; Osho"e;Finding this truth, touching the shadow of this truth, is known as finding peace. Whoever finds this truth becomes totally calm, at last finds tranquility. Find truth and like a shadow, peace will follow. The shadow of truth is peace."e; Osho

Although the word 'psychology' does not come up in this book, this early work by Osho shows his deep understanding of the subject and his attempt to make the connection between meditation and a modern understanding of psychology that includes the importance that our minds play in determining and giving direction, on many levels, to our lives. Osho has taught for many years that meditation is not a religious exercise but a scientific method to understand what the mind is, and how it works, and to learn how to create a healthy distance from what is, in many ways, a programmed and robot-like mechanism that seems to be dominating our lives and decisions and activities more and more - and not always in a positive way. As Osho has said so often, beginning many decades ago - that humanity is afflicted by a deep and fundamental insanity, and that we initiate each new generation of children into that madness - is now becoming more and more obvious. The children who refuse to be initiated into that madness will appear rebellious or mad to their elders, who persist with the best intentions to force them onto the same path, to participate in the same madness. "e;It is utterly dangerous to be sane in this world,"e; Osho says. "e;A sane person has to pay a heavy price for his sanity."e;Osho pleads in this book for what he calls an independent mind, independent thinking - and challenges us to question our belief that we are already great independent minds, a belief based on the lack of understanding that our thoughts mostly come from others, like a computer program full of malware downloaded into our brains. "e;What I mean by the thinking state is that you should have eyes, what I mean is the ability to think on your own. But I don't mean a crowd of thoughts. We all have a crowd of thoughts within us, but we don't have thinking within us. So many thoughts go on moving within us, but the power of thinking has not been awakened."e; In his early days of teaching Osho ran meditation camps in which he introduced people into meditation, and his morning and evening talks created the framework of understanding for this work. This book is a fascinating record of one of these camps - in a short period of three days Osho introduces his participants to an understanding that our minds are running on malware programs - and he introduces meditation as an antivirus to clean our minds of the conditionings and indoctrinations that are preventing us from realizing our full potential and to be happy."e;In the coming three days I will talk to you about the search for life...I must first say that life is not what we understand it to be. Until this is clear to us, and we recognize in our hearts that what we think of as life is not life at all, the search for the true life cannot begin."e; "e;When you have something authentically your own in your mind, you start moving toward the soul. Then you become worthy, then you are able to know the soul. Until you have an independent mind, it is simply impossible for individuality to be born."e;

After decades in which women have started to take control of their own lives and have stepped out of old roles and restrictions to become independent of men, the focus now turns to men. The question at hand is, "e;What now Adam?Men's liberation has not happened yet. Not only women but men also need a great liberation movement--liberation from the past, from the slavery of life-negating values and social conditionings that have been imposed upon them for thousands of years."e;Man needs a new psychology to understand himself,"e; says Osho, and the basic understanding that needs to be deeply imbibed and experienced is that no man is just male and no woman is just female; each man is both man and woman, and so is each woman - woman and man. Adam has Eve in him, and Eve has Adam in her. In fact, nobody is just Adam and nobody is just Eve: we are Adam-Eves. This is one of the greatest insights ever attained.But throughout history men have been conditioned to deny and reject their feminine qualities, to suppress their so-called "e;feminine"e; responses and feelings, and this has been reflected in the suppression of the female element in the outer world. Unless each man can start to discover his own inner woman, he is going to be tied up in a frustrating search for female qualities on the outside, in the outer woman. Each man needs to reintegrate his feminine qualities in order to become healthy and whole, complete within himself.Unless the individual man starts to come out of his robot-like, mechanical functioning and unawareness and begins to live his life with self-love, awareness, and deep respect for his real nature, there seems to be no chance that our world can escape global suicide."e;Being a man or being a woman is an accident"e; says Osho. "e;Just like being a German or an Indian is an accident, being black or white is an accident - all of these things are not our choices - but you are lost in the accidents! You are too worried about them, your whole time and energy is wasted in them, and you become so occupied with the non-essential that the essential is forgotten."e;The essential for Osho is what he calls the being - simply the being - which is not accidental, but is destined. Rather than trying to figure out what it is to be a man, Osho suggests to find "e;that which is absolutely destined. That is your nature, that is your essence."e;In his playful and insightful way Osho looks at all of the different facets of the varying roles men play, showing how these qualities have shaped and influenced society. He shows how energies that are so often channeled into aggression and negativity can be transformed into creativity and personal evolution, and provides meditative techniques as a practical aid to moving through this process.The book functions as a mirror, using common archetypes to structure the wealth of material that is available from Osho on the subject of Men's Liberation. These archetypes - Adam, The Robot, The Beggar, The Lover, The Politician, The Gambler, The Creator, and so on - should not be understood as fixed types of character or personality but simply useful descriptions of certain tendencies, conditionings, and trained behavior patterns of the personality, common to all of us.As Osho indicates, our reality lies beyond all these stereotypes and categories. The archetypal concepts are used to help us recognize our particular mind-sets and then move beyond the mind's limitations and confinements. To go beyond the personality and discover the original face, the real and essential self.

Rarely are written statements available from enlightened masters or mystics. Lao Tzu's statements of the Tao Te Ching came into being only at the end of his life. Mystics usually don't write books; they speak and work directly with people in a transformational way. In the same way, Osho's books are transcriptions of his daily talks.This book is a rare exception: 100 letters written by Osho and mailed to a disciple, Yoga Sohan, in connection with events during a meditation camp in which she participated. Osho promised her that he would send her a letter every dayand that she should keep them so they could be published one day. This unique selection of these letters contains Osho's very personal instructions and insights on a meditative life. In one he says, "e;Thats what meditation is all about writing love letters to life."e;If you have come to the point where you feel there must be something more to life and are ready to explore other dimensions of being, this collection will provide an essential road map. The one hundred short passages in this book are full of diverse and pertinent gems. They will touch your heart and inspire you, showing you how to turn each and every moment of your life into a celebration.

Kabir is a 15th-century Indian mystic. Born a lower-caste weaver, Kabir opposed superstition, empty ritualism and bigotry. His teachings include scathing attacks against Brahmanical pride, caste prejudice and the very concept of untouchability, as well as exposing the dogmatism and bigotry he perceived around him. Unusually, even for his time, he was embraced by disciples who had been raised in both Hindu and Muslim traditions, who saw in him the embodiment of a life-affirmative approach that transcended the narrow dogmas that divide people and set them against one another.A poet, weaver, husband and father, Kabir lived his life as a buddha and yet as an ordinary man. His poetic songs tell of the ecstasy and the pitfalls on a seekers journey on the path of love. In this book, Osho introduces the reader to this extraordinary mystic and his songs, bringing both to light in such a way as to show how they are both timeless and utterly relevant to our time. The path of love as described by Osho, and though the songs of Kabir, is a journey that seeks out and celebrates the divine that is hidden in the ordinary, the love that becomes not just a feeling one has, but ultimately a state of being that one is.Each song of the bird, and each cloud floating in the sky, is something like a message, a coded message. You have to decode it, you have to look deep into it; you have to be silent and listen to the message.

Osho sees Zen not as a historical spiritual tradition, but as the future of a humanity that has matured to the point that people no longer need religions controlled by priesthoods and based on fearful superstitions that cripple peoples innate intelligence and divide them from one another. This book offers a deeper understanding of the underlying differences between Eastern and Western approaches to religion and the nature of consciousness. It'sa beautiful introduction to a world where each individual has the capacity for an instant and profound understanding of existence, and a rebirth of the trust in life that each of us are born with. Dang Dang Doko Dang represents the sound of the drum beaten by a Zen master in an existential lesson for a disciple. As well as symbolizing the poetic quality of Zen, the title represents the special flavor of this collection of Oshos commentaries on well-known Zen stories. This volume is part of the OSHO Classics series and also includes Oshos responses to questions about the meditation technique of Zazen.

The mind, says Osho, has the potential to be enormously creative in dealing with the challenges of everyday life, and the problems of the world in which we live. The difficulty, however, is that instead of using the mind as a helpful servant we have largely allowed it to become the master of our lives. The book deals with meditation.