Il sentiero si crea camminando: Lo Zen come metafora della vita

by Osho, Diwani E. Fatatis (Translator)

“Questa è la mia sensazione riguardo ognuno di voi. Vivi qui da tempo immemorabile, da un’eternità; è impossibile che tu non abbia mai incontrato quel vuoto, è impossibile che tu non sia mai arrivato dove il mondo finisce. Sei fuggito via; ti faceva troppa paura, era spaventoso, terrificante. Ancora un passo e ti saresti illuminato; ancora un solo passo, uno soltanto. Lo Zen insegna come fare quel passo, come saltare in quel nulla. Quel nulla è il nirvana, quel nulla è il divino. Quel caos non è soltanto caos; il caos è solo un lato del cartello. Sull’altro lato, quel caos si trasforma in un’immensa creatività. È soltanto dal caos che nascono le stelle, è soltanto dal caos che nasce il creato; il caos è un altro aspetto della stessa energia. Il caos è potenziale crea-tivo. Il nulla è l’altro lato del Tutto. Lo Zen consta di un solo passo, è un viaggio che accade in un solo passo. […] L’intero insegnamento dello Zen consiste in questo soltanto: come compiere il salto nel nulla, come arrivare fino ai confini della tua mente, vale a dire là dove il mondo finisce, come stare in piedi su quel dirupo, fronteggiare l’abisso e non soccombere alla paura, come trovare abbastanza coraggio per fare quell’ultimo salto.” Osho

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Rajneesh (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.

Reviews

[chiara Rancan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Il mio primissimo libro di Osho, un maestro che cerca con parole semplici e storie Zen di aprirci gli occhi per invitarvi ad evolverci.
Apprezza l individualità, disprezza la collettività che annienta il nostro essere pensante.
Un libro che consiglio a tutti coloro che stanno svolgendo un percorso di crescita interiore.