The Silent Music

"Be empty - and you will know" (Osho)

notes

"A collection of 30 Immortal Letters written by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh to different seekers in India and abroad."

Letters are 1 page long in the booklet, with date and addressee.

Later published as part of A Cup of Tea.

For the publishing history of each letter, addressees and other info, see A Cup of Tea (sources).

time period of Osho's original talks/writings

Apr 19, 1971 to May 25, 1971 : timeline

number of discourses/chapters

30   (see table of contents)

editions

The Silent Music Year of publication : 1971 Publisher : A Life Awakening Movement Publication ISBN None Number of pages : 41 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes : First Edition: 3000 July 1971. Copyright Jeevan Jagriti Kendra, Bombay. Size : 216 x 140 x 4 mm Author as Acharya Rajneesh Publisher Ishwarlal N. Shah, Secretary, Jeevan Jagriti Kendra (Life Awakening Centre). 31, Israil Mohalla, Bhagwan Bhuvan, Masjid Bunder Road, Bombay-9 Printer: Sw Govind Siddharth (Alias: Shree J.D. Laskhari), Selprint, Bombay-13. Editing: Ma Ananda Prem Afterword: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh : A Glimpse by Sw Yoga Chinmaya, A-1, Woodlands, Peddar Road, Bombay 26 (India) Page II - III. Page 8 - 9. A facsimile of this book's ch. 27, shown on the back of Flowers of Love. Click on the image for more info.

table of contents

edition 1971.07 chapter titles		letters
		event	location	addressee
1	Be Empty -- and You Will Know	19 Apr 1971	Bombay	Swami Krishna Saraswati, Bombay
2	Live Death -- Moment to Moment	2 May 1971	unknown	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
3	Look -- with the Heart	3 May 1971	Ahmedabad	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
4	Ecstasy of Total Living in the Body	4 May 1971	Ahmedabad	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
5	Meditation Plus Love Is the Path	5 May 1971	Ahmedabad	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
6	Meditate, Pray and Wait	6 May 1971	Ahmedabad	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
7	Listen -- Because the Message Is Everywhere	10 May 1971	Ahmedabad	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
8	Relax and There Is Ecstasy	11 May 1971	Ahmedabad	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
9	Things -- Which Can Not Be Proved	12 May 1971	Ahmedabad	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
10	Remember that Nothing Matters	17 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
11	Forgetfulness of Death	17 May 1971	Bombay	Swami Krishna Saraswati, Bombay
12	Golden Rule -- One Step at a Time	18 May 1971	Bombay	Swami Krishna Kabeer, Ahmedabad, India
13	Man Suffers Because of His Craving	18 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
14	Courage on the Inner Way	19 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
15	The Way to the Inner Treasure	20 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
16	Do Not Waste Time -- BEGIN	20 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
17	Dreams and Desires -- in Vain	20 May 1971	Bombay	Swami Krishna Kabeer, Ahmedabad, India
18	Pseudo-Awareness	20 May 1971	Bombay	Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India
19	Awareness Is Egolessness	21 May 1971	Bombay	Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India
20	God Is -- when You Are Not	22 May 1971	Bombay	Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India
21	Logic Is Not All	22 May 1971	Bombay	Swami Krishna Saraswati, Bombay
22	Beyond All Doing -- Is the Being	22 May 1971	Bombay	Swami Krishna Kabeer, Ahmedabad, India
23	Witnessing the Dreaming Mind	22 May 1971	Bombay	Swami Ananda Paramhansa, Jabalpur, India
24	Silence Is Benediction	23 May 1971	Bombay	Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India
25	Subtle Role of the Ego	23 May 1971	Bombay	Swami Krishna Saraswati, Bombay
26	Endless Self-Deceptions of Man	24 May 1971	Bombay	Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay
27	Man Is Rationalizing Animal	24 May 1971	Bombay	Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay
28	Total Mutation of the Mind	24 May 1971	Bombay	Swami Krishna Kabeer, Ahmedabad, India
29	The Known Must Cease for the Unknown to Be	25 May 1971	Bombay	Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India
30	The Silent Music	22 May 1971	Bombay	Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay