The Sword and the Lotus

This volume captures the fast pace of Osho's six-week stay in Nepal, the birthplace of Buddha. He answers questions from his sannyasins in his hotel suite in the mornings, from representatives of the press every evening in the hotel conference room: What is your message to the modern Nepalese Buddhists? What is your message for the Pope who is in India now? What do you think about the New Age movement? You teach us to be thankful to existence, but how can I be thankful to those who speak against you and try to destroy your work? With no white lies, no beating around the bush, no platitudes and no mincing of words, Osho's truth cuts clean with the skill of a master swordsman, and with the compassion symbolized in the lotus.

notes

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

The discourse series was originally part of The Rajneesh Bible and The Last Testament, but was never published under those names.

time period of Osho's original talks/writings

Jan 15, 1986 to Feb 13, 1986 : timeline

number of discourses/chapters

24 in this book, but the the audio and video have a 25th discourse that wasn't transcribed for this book or the CD-ROM, see discussion.

(see table of contents)

editions

The Sword and the Lotus Talks in the Himalayas Year of publication : 1989-12 Likely different prints: 1st printing: 1989 September? (with name-sticker #C) 2nd printing: 1989 December? (with printed name explanation #B) Publisher : The Rebel Publishing House, Köln, Germany ISBN 3-89338-075-2 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 328 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes : First edition. Copyright © Neo-Sannyas International. Size : 216 x 194 x 29 mm Author as Osho Rajneesh Editing: Ma Dhyan Sagar, B.A. Typesetting: Ma Prem Arya Design: Sw Bhaven, B.A.; Sw Dhyan Suryam Cover photograph: Sw Anand Prashanta Painting: Ma Anand Meera (Kasuë Hashimoto), B.F.A. (Musashino Art University, Tokyo) Production: Sw Prem Visarjan, Sw Prem Prabodh In loving gratitude to Osho Rajneesh, Rajneesh Foundation Australia Printing by Mohnsdruck, Gütersloh, West Germany Introduction: Ma Dhyan Sagar, B.A. Page III (inside cover). Page VII - printed name-explanation #B. Page VIII. Page IX. Page X - colophon. Page XII. Page XIII.

table of contents

edition 1989.12 chapter titles		discourses
		event	location	duration	media
1	An Individual Revolution	15 Jan 1986 am	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	2h 8min	video
2	Don't Sow Wrong Seeds	15 Jan 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	unknown	missing
3	The Science of the Inner Soul	21 Jan 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	2h 1min	video
4	The Only Secret There Is	22 Jan 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	1h 53min	video
5	Something of the Sacred	24 Jan 1986 am	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	1h 53min	video
6	All Is	25 Jan 1986 am	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	1h 54min	video
7	The Ecology of Existence	25 Jan 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	1h 8min	video
8	Truth Is Not Far Away	27 Jan 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	1h 47min	video
9	One Boat Is Enough	28 Jan 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	1h 56min	video
10	No Question of I	29 Jan 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	2h 6min	video
11	Godless and Yet So Godly	31 Jan 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	1h 41min	video
12	The Golden Mean	1 Feb 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	1h 57min	video
13	Almost Ready to Steal the Truth	2 Feb 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	1h 59min	video
14	The Last Word in Meditation	3 Feb 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	1h 42min	video
15	A Meditator Is a Rain Cloud	4 Feb 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	1h 28min	video
16	Life Is a School	5 Feb 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	2h 0min	video
17	A Device to Find Yourself	6 Feb 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	2h 4min	audio
18	The Art of Living	8 Feb 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	1h 51min	video
19	A Simple Thankyou	9 Feb 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	2h 13min	video
20	Reaction Never Brings Freedom	10 Feb 1986 am	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	1h 44min	video
21	Something Deeper Than the Mind	10 Feb 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	2h 19min	video
22	The Sword and the Lotus	11 Feb 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	2h 13min	video
23	No Beginning - No End	12 Feb 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	1h 37min	video
24	The Master Is at the Door	13 Feb 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	1h 32min	video
25	To Enter into Your Own Presence	14 Feb 1986 pm	Oberoi Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal	1h 57min	video