The Grass Grows by Itself

Osho discusses how Zen came into being and describes the remarkable people who spread it across the vastness of the Asian continent. This book contains great stories about Lao Tzu, Bodhidharma, Confucius, Bokuju and others. Osho's humor and insight give the reader a feeling of timelessness, as though the reader has come to Lao to ask about "the way," is being shocked by Bodhidharma's spontaneous totality or is being awakened by Seddyo's koan. And of course, Osho himself...a mystic's mystic!

notes

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time period of Osho's original talks/writings

Feb 21, 1975 to Feb 28, 1975 : timeline

number of discourses/chapters

8

editions

	The Grass Grows by Itself Talks on Zen Year of publication : 1976 Publisher : Rajneesh Foundation ISBN 0-88050-072-7 (No printed ISBN on the book) (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 239 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes : First edition December 1976. Copyright by Rajneesh Foundation, Poona, India. Size : 220 x 146 x 27 mm Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Published by Ma Yoga Laxmi Compilation: Sw Anand Devesh Editor: Ma Prem Veena Acknowledgement is given to the following for the stories used in this book: * Zen Buddhism - Peter Pauper Press * Zen: Poems, Prayers, Sermons, Anecdotes, Interviews. Ed. Stryk and Ikemoto - Doubleday * Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. P. Reps - Pelican Printed by Dineshchandra Bole, K.L. Bhargava & Co., Impression House, G.D. Ambekar Marg, Wadala, Bombay 400 031, India Introduction: Ma Prem Veena
	The Grass Grows by Itself Talks on Zen Year of publication : 1976 Publisher : Rajneesh Foundation ISBN 0-88050-572-9 (No printed ISBN on the book) (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 239 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes : First edition December 1976. (As the 1976 hardcover.)
	The Grass Grows by Itself Talks on Zen Year of publication : 1978 Publisher : Rajneesh Foundation ISBN 0-88050-572-9 (No printed ISBN on the book) (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 239 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes : First paperback edition January 1978 Printed by DeVorss & Company, Marina del Rey, California 90291 Printed in the United States of America. (Further edition notes as the 1976 hardcover.)
	The Grass Grows by Itself Talks on Zen Year of publication : 1979 Publisher : Rajneesh Foundation ISBN 0-87516-251-7 (No printed ISBN on the book) (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 239 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes : Second paperback printing April 1979. Copyright by Rajneesh Foundation, Poona, India. Size : 214 x 138 x 20 mm Printed by DeVorss & Company, Marina del Rey, California 90291 Printed in the United States of America. (Further edition notes as the 1976 hardcover.)