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description =Osho is unique amongst commentators in that he does not offer yet another intellectual treatise on principles, but rather relates the situations of a few thousand years ago to our situation here and now. His great affinity with Chuang Tzu is obvious as he talks on Zen as a religious system only in so far as it is a practical means by which we may understand the conditionings of the mind, and in so doing, transcend. And then the shoe will always fit! |
description =Osho is unique amongst commentators in that he does not offer yet another intellectual treatise on principles, but rather relates the situations of a few thousand years ago to our situation here and now. His great affinity with Chuang Tzu is obvious as he talks on Zen as a religious system only in so far as it is a practical means by which we may understand the conditionings of the mind, and in so doing, transcend. And then the shoe will always fit! |
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period = Oct 11, 1974 to Oct 20, 1974 |year=1974|
period = Oct 11, 1974 to Oct 20, 1974 |year=1974|
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Osho is unique amongst commentators in that he does not offer yet another intellectual treatise on principles, but rather relates the situations of a few thousand years ago to our situation here and now. His great affinity with Chuang Tzu is obvious as he talks on Zen as a religious system only in so far as it is a practical means by which we may understand the conditionings of the mind, and in so doing, transcend. And then the shoe will always fit!
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Read this book as PDF or create a free account at osho.com to read the book online.
Later published as part of Osho Books on CD-ROM.
time period of Osho's original talks/writings
Oct 11, 1974 to Oct 20, 1974 : timeline
number of discourses/chapters
10


editions

When the Shoe Fits

Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu

Year of publication : 1976
Reprint : 1978
Publisher : Rajneesh Foundation
ISBN 0-88050-171-5 (No printed ISBN on the book) (click ISBN to buy online)
Number of pages : 370
Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H
Edition notes : First Clothbound edition. Copyright © 1976 Rajneesh Foundation, Poona, India.
Size : 220 x 146 x 29 mm
Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Published by Ma Yoga Laxmi.
Compilation: Sw Amrit Pathik
Editor: Ma Prema Veena
Design: Sw Anand Yatri
We acknowledge the use of translations by Thomas Merton in The Way of Chuang Tzu.
Printed by Arun K. Mehta, Vakil & Sons, Ltd., Vakils house 18 Ballard Estate, Bombay-400 038
  • Front endpage and flaptext.

    Front endpage and flaptext.

  • Pages XIV - XV.

    Pages XIV - XV.

  • When the Shoe Fits

    Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu

    Year of publication : 1978
    Reprint : 1979
    Publisher : Rajneesh Foundation
    ISBN 0-87516-252-5 (click ISBN to buy online)
    Number of pages : 370
    Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P
    Edition notes : First Paperback edition 1978. Copyright © 1978 Rajneesh Foundation, Poona, India.
    Size : 213 x 137 x 29 mm
    Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
    Distributed by DeVorss & Company, Marina del Rey, CA, USA
    Printed in the United States of America by Book Graphics, Inc., Marina del Rey, California
    (Further edition notes as the 1976 hardcover.)
    (Type-page and illustrations identical to the 1976 edition, but no color picture.)

    When the Shoe Fits

    Commentaries on the Stories of the Taoist Mystic Chuang Tzu

    Year of publication : 1997
    Publisher : Rebel Publishing House, India
    ISBN 81-7261-073-4 (click ISBN to buy online)
    Number of pages : 318
    Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H
    Edition notes : Copyright: 1997 Osho International Foundation.
    Size : 210 x 146 x 27 mm
    Editing: Sw Krishna Prabhu; Ma Kamaal
    Design: Ma Prem Shunyo
    Typesetting: Ma Divyam Sonar
    Photography: Osho Photo Services
    Endleaves: Ma Deva Sandipa
    Production: Ma Deva Harito
    Printing: Thomson Press (India) Ltd.
    Introduction: Ralph Thorpe, author of The Dreamer

    When the Shoe Fits

    Commentaries on the Stories of the Taoist Mystic Chuang Tzu

    Year of publication : 2003
    Publisher : Watkins/Duncan Baird Publishers
    ISBN 1-84293-085-0 (click ISBN to buy online)
    Number of pages : 256
    Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P
    Edition notes :

    When the Shoe Fits

    Commentaries on the Stories of the Taoist Mystic Chuang Tzu

    Year of publication : 2004
    Publisher : Watkins/Duncan Baird Publishers
    ISBN 1-84293-085-0 (click ISBN to buy online)
    Number of pages : 256
    Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P
    Edition notes :