A Bird on the Wing

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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
Earlier 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


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 0983640084 (click ISBN to buy online)
Number of pages : 250
Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P
Edition notes : This edition is part of the Osho Classics series.