Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 2

"In Zen a totally new dimension opens, the dimension of effortless transformation. The dimension of transformation that comes naturally, by clearer eyes, by clarity. By seeing into the nature of things, without any hindrances, without any prejudices." This book is brimming with anecdotes showing life's paradoxes, and that if you look around you will find contradiction everywhere. The message is clear, that the more we dissect and analyze the more neurotic we become. The man of Zen has utter respect for himself; he does not believe in outer disciplines, rules and regulations; he trusts the inner - a trust that comes out of meditation - "and trust makes nature divine."

notes

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time period of Osho's original talks/writings

Jun 21, 1977 to Jun 30, 1977 : timeline

number of discourses/chapters

10   (see table of contents)

editions

Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 2 Talks on Zen Year of publication : 1979 Publisher : Rajneesh Foundation ISBN 0-88050-189-8 (no printed ISBN in the book) (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 340 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes : First edition March 1979, 5,000 copies. © Copyright Rajneesh Foundation. Size : 223 x 147 x 32 mm Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Published by Ma Yoga Laxmi Compilation and editor: Ma Ananda Vandana Design: Sw Govinddas Acknowledgement is given to: The World of Zen: An East-West Anthology by Nancy Wilson Ross, Random House, 1960 Zen Flesh, Zen Bones by Paul Reps, The Charles E. Tuttle Co, 1957 Buddhist Texts Through the Ages edited by Conze, Horner, Snellgrove & Waley, Bruno Cassirer Ltd. for the stories quoted in this book. Processed by Com. Art Lithographers Pvt Ltd Bombay; Rajneesh Foundation Ltd. Poona. Printed by Usha Offset Printers Bombay. Flap text: Bernard Gunther Ph.D., Psychologist; Former Faculty, Esalen Institute; Author, "Sense Relaxation", "What To Do ::Introduction: Ma Ananda Vandana Until the Messiah Comes" and "Dying for Enlightenment". Inside cover front. Pages V - VI. Pages XI - XII. Pages XIII - XIV. Inside cover back.jpg

table of contents

edition 1979.03 chapter titles		discourses
		event	location	duration	media
1	Hey! Wait a Minute	21 Jun 1977 am	Buddha Hall, Poona	1h 40min	audio
2	Selling Water by the River	22 Jun 1977 am	Buddha Hall, Poona	1h 34min	audio
3	And the Sky Abides	23 Jun 1977 am	Buddha Hall, Poona	1h 41min	audio
4	Slipping Lazily into Divinity	24 Jun 1977 am	Buddha Hall, Poona	1h 36min	audio
5	The White Flame of Life	25 Jun 1977 am	Buddha Hall, Poona	1h 38min	audio
6	The Door to the Wild	26 Jun 1977 am	Buddha Hall, Poona	1h 44min	audio
7	An Explosion of Insight	27 Jun 1977 am	Buddha Hall, Poona	1h 37min	audio
8	There Is No Back of This Book	28 Jun 1977 am	Buddha Hall, Poona	1h 44min	audio
9	Scratching the Shoe	29 Jun 1977 am	Buddha Hall, Poona	1h 34min	audio
10	The Bridge but Not the Water Flows	30 Jun 1977 am	Buddha Hall, Poona	1h 40min	audio