The Way of Tao

The book: "Tao-Teh-King" or The Way of Tao as it is called here, is a small book in 81 brief chapters by Lao-Tse (571 BC) comprising the cream of the experience of the sage. Bhagwan Shree has rightly said -- "It is true that what Lao-Tse has said is 2,500 years old; but in a sense , it is as new as the morning dew." (...)

This book comprises 22 lectures on the first 8 Chs. of the book.

translated from

Hindi : Tao Upanishad, Bhag 1 (ताओ उपनिषद, भाग एक). Translator: Dolli Didi.

notes

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

"A collection of twenty-two lectures of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh in the course of the monthly discourses of June, July and November (1971) of the Immortal Study Circle, Bombay."

This book has also been listed with ISBNs 0-89684-025-5 and 083645779X, but both may be incorrect. It's also sometimes listed as "The Way of Tao, Part 1" or "The Way of Tao, Volume 1", the latter being how it appears in Osho Books on CD-ROM.

There is also a The Way of Tao, Part II and that book has explicitly the part-indication.

time period of Osho's original talks/writings

Jun 19, 1971 to Nov 8, 1971 ** : timeline

number of discourses/chapters

22   (see table of contents)

editions

The Way of Tao Discourses on Lao Tse's Tao-Te-King Year of publication : 1978 Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass ISBN 81-208-0513-5 ? (No ISBN printed on book) (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 574 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes : First edition : Delhi, 1978. © 1978 Rajneesh Foundation, Poona. Size : 222 x 153 x 36 mm Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Printed in India by Shantilal Jain, at Shri Jainendra Press, A-45, Phase-1, Industrial Area, Naraina, New Delhi-28 and Published by Sundarlal Jain, for Motilal Banarsidass, Bungalow Road, Jawahar Nagar, Delhi-7. Foreword: Sw Ananda Maitreya, Rajneesh Foundation, Poona

table of contents

edition 1978 chapter titles		discourses
		event	location	duration	media
1	The Eternal, Unchanging Tao	19 Jun 1971, 20:30	Palm Beach High School, Bombay	1h 25min	audio
2	The Mysterious Original Current -- Tao	20 Jun 1971, 20:30	Palm Beach High School, Bombay	1h 39min	audio
3	Into the Disinterested Depths of Tao	21 Jun 1971, 20:30	Palm Beach High School, Bombay	1h 29min	audio
4	The Mysterious Tao -- Beyond Ignorance and Knowledge	22 Jun 1971, 20:30	Palm Beach High School, Bombay	1h 31min	audio
5	Free from the Similar Variances -- The Beautiful and the Good	23 Jun 1971, 20:30	Palm Beach High School, Bombay	1h 24min	audio
6	The Music of Opposing Notes	24 Jun 1971, 20:30	Palm Beach High School, Bombay	1h 50min	audio
7	Actionless Action and Silent Dialogue of the Wise	25 Jun 1971, 20:30	Palm Beach High School, Bombay	1h 36min	audio
8	Action Free from Ownership and Recognition	26 Jun 1971, 20:30	Palm Beach High School, Bombay	1h 29min	audio
9	The Poison of Ambition and the Order of Life	19 Jul 1971, 20:30	Woodlands, Bombay	1h 54min	audio
10	The Secret of a Full Stomach and an Empty Mind -- Tao	20 Jul 1971, 20:30	Woodlands, Bombay	1h 4min	audio
11	Empty (Theoretical) Knowledge Leads to Desire	21 Jul 1971, 20:30	Woodlands, Bombay	1h 22min	audio
12	The Supreme Void, the Supreme Ancestor, the Ideal Support -- Tao	22 Jul 1971, 20:30	Woodlands, Bombay	1h 17min	audio
13	Death of the Ego and the Entrance into the Mystery	23 Jul 1971, 20:30	Woodlands, Bombay	1h 41min	audio
14	Reflection of That -- Which Was Before God	24 Jul 1971, 20:30	Woodlands, Bombay	1h 22min	audio
15	Understanding, Emptiness, Surrender and Effort	25 Jul 1971, 20:30	Woodlands, Bombay	1h 24min	audio
16	Unbiased Are the Three -- Heaven, Earth and the Saint	2 Nov 1971 pm	Birla Kreeda Kendra, Bombay	1h 10min	audio
17	Oneness in the Opposites and Installation into the Void	3 Nov 1971 pm	Birla Kreeda Kendra, Bombay	1h 16min	audio
18	The Supreme Power -- Corresponding to the Valley Female and Mysterious	4 Nov 1971 pm	Birla Kreeda Kendra, Bombay	1h 22min	audio
19	Other Dimensions of a Feminine Consciousness: Faith, Acceptance and Surrender	5 Nov 1971 pm	Birla Kreeda Kendra, Bombay	1h 20min	audio
20	Blessed Are Those Who Are Ready to Be Last	6 Nov 1971 pm	Birla Kreeda Kendra, Bombay	1h 30min	audio
21	The Nature of Water Is Very Much Like Tao	7 Nov 1971 pm	Birla Kreeda Kendra, Bombay	1h 21min	audio
22	Lao-Tse Is the Most Useful in the Present State of the World	8 Nov 1971 pm	Birla Kreeda Kendra, Bombay	1h 14min	audio