A Bird on the Wing

Using traditional Zen stories and responding to seekers' questions, Osho shows how man must first be grounded in himself before he can fly into the sky of consciousness. Osho takes the reader from subjects as diverse as food, jealousy, businessmen and enlightenment, to how to know if one needs a master, the barriers we create through fear, and gratitude. Good for newcomers to Zen.

"Be rooted in the earth so that you can stretch to the sky; be rooted in the visible so that you can reach into the invisible. Don't create duality and don't create any antagonism. If I am against anything, I am against antagonism. I am against being against anything; I am for the whole, the complete circle. The world and God are not divided anywhere. There is no boundary: the world goes on spreading into God and God goes on spreading into the world. Really, to use two words is not good but language creates problems. We say the creator and the created, we divide. Language is dualistic; in reality there is no created and no creator, only creativity, only a process of infinite creativity. Nothing is divided. Everything is one -- undivided." (Osho, ch.3, q.1.)

notes

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Previously published as part of Osho Books on CD-ROM.

Previously published as Roots and Wings.

The text of this book has been edited in comparison to Roots and Wings.

The text for this book on the CD-ROM -although called A Bird on the Wing- is mostly the text of Roots and Wings.

time period of Osho's original talks/writings

from Jun 10, 1974 to Jun 20, 1974 : timeline

number of discourses/chapters

11   (see table of contents)

editions

	A Bird on the Wing Talks on Zen Year of publication : 1997 Publisher : Rebel Publishing House, India ISBN 81-7261-101-3 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 275 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes : Second edition. Copyright © 1975 Osho International Foundation Size : 220 x 170 x 26 mm Editing: Sw Krishna Prabhu Design: Ma Prem Shunyo, Sw Bhaven Typesetting: Ma Deva Arpita Production: Ma Dhyan Amiyo, Ma Deva Harito Photography: Osho Photo Services Paintings: Ma Prem Shunyo Printing: Thomson Press (India) In Love and Gratitude, Ma Pankaj Introduction: Ma Yoga Sudha
	A Bird on the Wing Zen Anecdotes for Everyday Life Year of publication : 2013 Publisher : Osho Media International ISBN 978-0-9836400-8-0 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 250 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes : This edition is part of the Osho Classics series.
	A Bird on the Wing Zen Anecdotes for Everyday Life Year of publication : 2013 Publisher : Osho Media International ISBN 978-0-88050-207-8 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 250 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : E Edition notes :

table of contents

edition 1997 chapter titles		discourses
		event	location	duration	media
1	Empty Your Cup	10 Jun 1974 pm **	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 38min	audio
2	No Mind, No Truth	11 Jun 1974 am **	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 27min	audio
3	The Gates of Heaven & Hell	12 Jun 1974 am	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 45min	audio
4	Have a Cup of Tea	13 Jun 1974 am	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 34min	audio
5	Master of the New Monastery	14 Jun 1974 am	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 32min	audio
6	The Miracle of Ordinariness	15 Jun 1974 am	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 42min	audio
7	The Severe Teacher	16 Jun 1974 am	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 38min	audio
8	Zen Without Writing	17 Jun 1974 am	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 31min	audio
9	Save the Cat	18 Jun 1974 am	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 33min	audio
10	The Master of Silence	19 Jun 1974 am	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 46min	audio
11	Sober Up	20 Jun 1974 am	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 31min	audio