Life, Love, Laughter
- Here is the essence of Osho's vision: Life as a joy, love as a state of being, laughter as wings.
- Preface to Part I :
- Life is something impossible. It should not be but it is. It is a miracle that we are, that trees are, that birds are. It is really a miracle, because the whole universe is dead. Millions and millions of stars and millions and millions of solar systems are dead. Only on this small planet earth, which is nothing -- if you think of its proportion it is just a particle of dust -- life has happened on it. This is the most fortunate' place in the whole of existence. Birds are singing, trees are growing, blooming, people are there, loving, singing, dancing. Something just unbelievable has happened.
- Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Snap Your Fingers, Slap Your Face and Wake Up! ch.3)
- notes
- Contains an Index of Sources.
- There exists a "New and expanded edition" which has nearly the same name, but actually has very different content: Life, Love, Laughter: Celebrating Your Existence.
- time period of Osho's original talks/writings
- (unknown)
- number of discourses/chapters
- 26 in 3 parts (see table of contents)
editions
Life, Love, Laughter
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Life, Love, LaughterCelebrating Your Existence
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table of contents
edition 1987.09 chapter titles |
source of the compilation | ||||
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Part I - Life | unknown | ||||
1 | To Be Crazy Is to Be Sane | The Hidden Splendor ~ 15, q.1 (excerpts) | |||
2 | An Attitude Towards Life | The Goose Is Out, pp. 234-236 | |||
3 | Life Is an Empty Canvas | The Secret, pp. 193-197 | |||
4 | There Is No Other God Than Life | Guida Spirituale, pp. 138/9 | |||
5 | Boredom Is a Great Beginning | The Goose Is Out, pp. 248-254 | |||
6 | Zorba the Buddha | The Perfect Master, pp. 120-123 | |||
7 | Sadness Has Its Own Beauty | Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 4, pp. 252-254 | |||
8 | Sin Is When You Don't Enjoy Life | Beyond Enlightenment, pp. 650-662 | |||
9 | A Very Dangerous Situation | The Razor's Edge ~ 29, q.1 (excerpts) | |||
10 | Risk Everything | You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet, p.120 Snap Your Fingers, Slap Your Face and Wake Up!, pp. 6-8 Tantra: The Supreme Understanding, p. 200 | |||
Part II - Love | unknown | ||||
1 | The Inner Music | Let Go!, pp. 151/2 | |||
2 | What Is Love? | The Wisdom of the Sands, p. 211-214 | |||
3 | Love Is the Dance of Your Life! | Zarathustra A God That Can Dance ~ 09 | |||
4 | The Four Steps Towards Love | The Divine Melody, pp. 220-29 | |||
5 | Love in the Concrete | The Wisdom of the Sands, Vol 1, pp. 224-6 | |||
6 | Love Is a Very Fragile Flower | Sufis: The People of the Path, pp. 446-455 | |||
7 | Marriage Is Prostitution | The Hidden Splendor ~ 23 | |||
8 | The Real Enemy of Love | Don't Bite My Finger, Look Where I'm Pointing, p.122 | |||
9 | On Self-love | The Rajneesh Bible, Vol 1, pp. 236-259 | |||
10 | Love Is a Luxury | The Tantra Vision, Vol 2, pp. 36-46 (excerpts) | |||
11 | Love and Meditation | Guida Spirituale, pp. 320-27 (excerpts) | |||
Part III - Laughter | unknown | ||||
1 | You Don't See Donkeys Laughing | Guida Spirituale, pp. 63-66 | |||
2 | Life Is a Cosmic Joke | The Book : Series II from I to Q, pp. 111-112 | |||
3 | The Laughing Buddha | A Sudden Clash of Thunder, pp. 221-240 (excerpts) The Razor's Edge ~ 27 | |||
4 | The Only Bard of Love and Laughter | Sermons in Stones, pp. 124-126 | |||
5 | Bull or Bullock? | Zarathustra The Laughing Prophet ~ 23 |