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The Way of the Sufi Talks on Sufi Stories
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275 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1980
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Osho
4,299 books6,744 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 20, 2017
Another good read from Osho. This book is very insightful and contains valuable moral values into our emotions and how we can utilize and transform them to better ourselves and our lives. Highly recommended for anyone who is interested in knowing themselves better and transcend in consciousness.
May 11, 2020
Man is a bridge between the beast and the Buddha.
Osho defies categorization, reflecting everything from individual quest for meaning to the most urgent social and political issues of our times.
Osho’s stated claim has been to create conditions for the birth of a new kind of human being, a 'Zorba Buddha' – one whose feet are firmly on the ground, yet whose hands can touch the stars.
The title is a bit of a misnomer. Yes, Osho does reflect on various Sufi parables, but a major part of the book also reflects upon other eastern philosophies as well as on the potential of Western science and technology. To him, the different religions of the world are just paths to a singular goal – enlightenment, self-realization, ego-dissolution, Buddhahood, understanding God – call it what you may, the language is irrelevant.
In exactly the way we go round and round trying to describe colors to the blind, hoping they will know intuitively what we mean, so too these parables are designed to trick us into grasping that which cannot be explained. Osho’s commentary helps.
We do not have any reference for the state of which Osho speaks. It is not an experience that he describes, for experience comes from without, requires a division, while inner silence is a no-experience.
Here, there is no place for a particular Philosophy or Knowledge per se, for it cannot lead to higher Consciousness. Those are things reserved for practical purposes. In spiritual matters, they are a hindrance. For how could one rise above one's ego while it is still fettered to an idea about what such a rising might entail?
Osho invites us to be aware, to be empty, to prepare the vessel of the mind, to understand the nature of Desire and the Ego, so that one can become a disciple and move towards the blossoming of one's Buddhahood.
I cannot say that I now Know, but that I am grateful to have read.
Osho defies categorization, reflecting everything from individual quest for meaning to the most urgent social and political issues of our times.
Osho’s stated claim has been to create conditions for the birth of a new kind of human being, a 'Zorba Buddha' – one whose feet are firmly on the ground, yet whose hands can touch the stars.
The title is a bit of a misnomer. Yes, Osho does reflect on various Sufi parables, but a major part of the book also reflects upon other eastern philosophies as well as on the potential of Western science and technology. To him, the different religions of the world are just paths to a singular goal – enlightenment, self-realization, ego-dissolution, Buddhahood, understanding God – call it what you may, the language is irrelevant.
In exactly the way we go round and round trying to describe colors to the blind, hoping they will know intuitively what we mean, so too these parables are designed to trick us into grasping that which cannot be explained. Osho’s commentary helps.
We do not have any reference for the state of which Osho speaks. It is not an experience that he describes, for experience comes from without, requires a division, while inner silence is a no-experience.
Here, there is no place for a particular Philosophy or Knowledge per se, for it cannot lead to higher Consciousness. Those are things reserved for practical purposes. In spiritual matters, they are a hindrance. For how could one rise above one's ego while it is still fettered to an idea about what such a rising might entail?
Osho invites us to be aware, to be empty, to prepare the vessel of the mind, to understand the nature of Desire and the Ego, so that one can become a disciple and move towards the blossoming of one's Buddhahood.
I cannot say that I now Know, but that I am grateful to have read.
August 9, 2023
My fav quotes (not a review):
"The golden mean is the grave of the ego."
"”Please, save my wife, doctor! I’ll pay anything!” ”But what if I can’t cure her” asked the doctor. ”I’ll pay whether you cure her or kill her, if only you’ll come right away!”"
"A former secretary turned hooker bumped into an old school chum. ”How can you go into such a profession?” asked her friend. ”Don’t be silly,” answered the call girl. ”We provide a vital service. We’re a wife to those who have none, and a refuge to those who do.”"
"In ancient Greece, on the temple of Delphi, there were two inscriptions. One was: Know THYSELF. And the other was: NEVER in EXCESS. But the other is not so well known, and they both are together."
"Never bring awareness through willpower. Anything brought by will-power is going to be wrong – let that be the criterion. Then how to bring awareness? Understand. When anger comes, try to understand why it has come; try to understand without any condemnation, without any justification either, without any evaluation. Just watch it. Neutral you should be."
"Desire is a cover-up for anxiety. It is a trick, a strategy. And meditation is to uncover it."
"But if a man says, ”I am in a state of loving,” you will be afraid, because ’state of loving’? – it is a process. Morning it may be there, evening it may be gone. Then what?"
"The golden mean is the grave of the ego."
"”Please, save my wife, doctor! I’ll pay anything!” ”But what if I can’t cure her” asked the doctor. ”I’ll pay whether you cure her or kill her, if only you’ll come right away!”"
"A former secretary turned hooker bumped into an old school chum. ”How can you go into such a profession?” asked her friend. ”Don’t be silly,” answered the call girl. ”We provide a vital service. We’re a wife to those who have none, and a refuge to those who do.”"
"In ancient Greece, on the temple of Delphi, there were two inscriptions. One was: Know THYSELF. And the other was: NEVER in EXCESS. But the other is not so well known, and they both are together."
"Never bring awareness through willpower. Anything brought by will-power is going to be wrong – let that be the criterion. Then how to bring awareness? Understand. When anger comes, try to understand why it has come; try to understand without any condemnation, without any justification either, without any evaluation. Just watch it. Neutral you should be."
"Desire is a cover-up for anxiety. It is a trick, a strategy. And meditation is to uncover it."
"But if a man says, ”I am in a state of loving,” you will be afraid, because ’state of loving’? – it is a process. Morning it may be there, evening it may be gone. Then what?"
November 25, 2018
Osho walk straight into your centre and slap your inner unconscious and make you conscious
Such a bliss to read this book
Am a disciple of Osho
he transformed me through his discourse
after buddha
he is the one..
Such a bliss to read this book
Am a disciple of Osho
he transformed me through his discourse
after buddha
he is the one..
April 2, 2016
If you have to find a perfect master then you have to be a perfect disciple.
April 2, 2016
It is a 2 step journey. You take one step to God and God will take one step to you :)
March 3, 2015
I liked how he expresses himself so well and that he had answers for every questions.
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