Flowers of Love
- "Dear Krishna Karuna,
- Love. There is no power greater than faith in one's own self. The fragrance of self-confidence is something not of this world.
- Peace, Bliss, Truth - all these follow this fragrance. He who has confidence in himself is in heaven.
- And he who has no confidence in himself holds the key to hell in his own hands." (Osho, letter # 100)
- translated from
- Hindi: Prem Ke Phool (प्रेम के फूल). The order of the chapters is the same.
- Translated by Dolly Diddee
- notes
- "A compilation of 150 immortal letters* written by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh to various seekers, translated from the original Hindi version: Prem Ke Phool".
- Plus a 151st English letter on the back of the book: i.e. letter 27 of The Silent Music. All letters have a date and addressee, see table of contents below.
- The titles of these 150 letters match those of the Hindi original. 6 dates in this English translation are incorrect, they marked by "**" in TOC below, see Talk:Prem Ke Phool (प्रेम के फूल)#Inconsistencies table.
- Later published as part of A Cup of Tea (First Edition, 1980)
- number of discourses/chapters
- 150 (see table of contents)
editions
Flowers of LoveA Compilation of 150 Immortal Letters Written by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh to Various Seekers
Page IV - V. Page 126 - 127. Back of the book. Facsimile of a letter, originally from The Silent Music #27. | |
Flowers of LoveA Book of Letters
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table of contents
edition 1974.09 chapter titles |
letters | |||||||
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event | location | addressee | ||||||
1 | Flowers of Love | 12 Mar 1965 | Tikamgarh | Mrs. Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
2 | Love Is Prayer | 3 Feb 1965 | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
3 | Temple of Love -- An Innocent, Simple Heart | 9 Jun 1965 om | unknown | Mrs. Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
4 | The Fragrance of Love | 14 Jun 1965 om | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
5 | The Tears of Love | 17 Feb 1965 pm | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
6 | The Death of the Ego in the Fullness of Love | 3 Mar 1965 xm | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
7 | Love -- From One to All | 17 Apr 1965 pm | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
8 | Love Is Music, Beauty -- Hence, Religion | 5 Dec 1964 | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
9 | The Sweetness of Love | 17 Mar 1965 ** | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
10 | This Little Word -- "Love" | 22 Mar 1965 xm | unknown | Mrs. Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
11 | The Thirsty Awaiting -- of Love | 24 Apr 1965 om | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
12 | The Totality of Life | 27 Mar 1969 | unknown | Sri M.T. Kamdar, Sri Suresh B. Joshi, Sri Nanubhai and Sri Karelia, Bhavnagar, Gujarat | ||||
13 | Do Not Swim -- Float | 10 Sep 1968 | unknown | Sushree Om Prakash Agarwal, Jullundur, Punjab **** | ||||
14 | Jump -- into the Void | 18 Jun 1968 am | unknown | Sushree Omprakash Agarwal, Jullundur, Punjab **** | ||||
15 | Life -- a Line Drawn on the Water | 12 Dec 1968 | unknown | Shree Anupchand Shah, Surendranagar, Gujarat ***** | ||||
16 | Awaiting | 29 Sep 1968 am | unknown | Sushree Jayavanti Shukla, Junagadh, Gujarat | ||||
17 | By Drowning Oneself, Truth Is Known | 13 Aug 1962 am | unknown | Lala Sunderlal, Delhi **** | ||||
18 | Investigations of Yoga | 1 Oct 1962 ** | unknown | Lala Sunderlal, Delhi **** | ||||
19 | Not Ethics -- But the Practice of Yoga | 12 Feb 1963 xm | unknown | Lala Sunderlal, Delhi **** | ||||
20 | Carry Out the Experiment -- Do Not Worry About Results | 3 Jun 1963 | unknown | Lala Sunderlal, Delhi **** | ||||
21 | The Awakening of the Witness | 17 Jun 1964 | unknown | Lala Sunderlal, Delhi **** | ||||
22 | The Drop Is the Ocean | 24 Apr 1969 | unknown | Shree Pushkar Gokani, Dwarka, Gujarat | ||||
23 | Awareness in Sleep | 9 Sep 1969 | unknown | Shree Ghanashyamdas Janmejai, Gwalior, M.P. | ||||
24 | Burning Desire | 2 Dec 1963 ** | unknown | Shree Rohit Kumar Mittal, Khandwa, M.P. | ||||
25 | Patience in Sadhana | 1 Nov 1963 | during transit from Katni | Lala Sunderlal, Delhi **** | ||||
26 | The Downpour of Love | 18 Aug 1969 | unknown | Sushree Jayati, Junagadh ***** | ||||
27 | Where Thirst Is, There Is the Way | 11 Mar 1966 | unknown | Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay | ||||
28 | Effort and Resolution for Sadhana | 26 Mar 1966 | unknown | Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay | ||||
29 | The Intense Will | 2 Apr 1966 | unknown | Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay | ||||
30 | Peace and Restlessness Are Our Own Creations | 1966 | unknown | Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay | ||||
31 | The Transformation of Sex Energy | 4 Jun 1966 | unknown | Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay | ||||
32 | The Centre of the Self | 1966 | unknown | Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay | ||||
33 | Total Living in the Present | 19 Dec 1966 ** | unknown | Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay | ||||
34 | The Melody of Love | 5 Apr 1967 | unknown | Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay | ||||
35 | The Inner Communion | 8 Sep 1969 | Jabalpur | The Poet Bachchan, Delhi | ||||
36 | Silent Expression | 3 Nov 1969 | unknown | Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana, Punjab | ||||
37 | Surrender with Prayer and Awaiting | 19 Nov 1969 | unknown | Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana, Punjab | ||||
38 | The Acceptance of All Aspects of Existence | 3 Nov 1969 | unknown | Sushree Anasuya, Bombay | ||||
39 | Where Love Is, Prayer Is | 3 Nov 1969 | unknown | (Sushree Dolly Diddee, Poona, Maharashtra) *** | ||||
40 | Infinite Awaiting Is Sadhana | 2 Oct 1968 | unknown | Sushree Kanchan Behu, Bulsar, Gujarat **** | ||||
41 | Prayerful Awaiting Is Love | 7 Dec 1969 | unknown | Shree Ramkrishan Dikshit (“Vishva”), Jabalpur, M.P. **** | ||||
42 | "I" -- a Dream -- a State of Sleep | 18 Jul 1968 | unknown | Sushree Kanchan, Bulsar, Gujarat **** | ||||
43 | The Unwritten Letter | 7 Dec 1969 | unknown | Sushree Darshan Valia, Bombay | ||||
44 | The Transcendence of Anxieties | 7 Dec 1970 | unknown | Shree Ishwarbhai Shah, Jeevan Jagruti Kendra, Bombay | ||||
45 | Meditation on Sex | 16 Feb 1970 | unknown | Shree Jayantilal, Bhavnagar, Gujarat | ||||
46 | Live Spontaneously -- Moment to Moment | 17 Feb 1970 | unknown | Shree Jayant Bhatt, Nargol, Bulsar, Gujarat **** | ||||
47 | Dissolve Completely -- into Nothingness | 16 Feb 1970 | unknown | Sushree Ansuya, Bombay ***** | ||||
48 | The Thirst for God | 16 Feb 1970 | unknown | Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana | ||||
49 | The Life Vision | 2 Jan 1970 | unknown | Shree Yashwant Mehta, Ahmedabad, Gujarat | ||||
50 | Life Is Purposeless | 2 Jan 1970 | unknown | Shree Mathura Babu (Swami Ananda Maitreya), Bihar | ||||
51 | Emptiness Is the Door, the Path, the Destination | 13 May 1970 | unknown | Shree Ramakant Upadhyaya, Kathmandu, Nepal | ||||
52 | The Soul's Restlessness | 13 May 1970 | unknown | Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana | ||||
53 | The Revolutionary Youth Force | 22 Nov 1970 | unknown | Shree Dinesh Shahi. Indore, M.P. | ||||
54 | Life Is Insecure -- Patternless | 17 Feb 1970 | unknown | Sushree Jayati, Junagadh ***** | ||||
55 | The Two Sides of Love: Sex and Compassion | 15 Feb 1970 | unknown | Dr. M. R. Gautam, Benares, U.P. **** | ||||
56 | Total Acceptance Is the Doorway to God | 16 Feb 1970 | unknown | Dr. M. R. Gautam, Benares, U.P. **** | ||||
57 | Do Not Think: Look -- Just Look | 1962 -- 1971 | unknown | Swami Mohan Chaitanya, Moga, Punjab | ||||
58 | Separation, Thirst, Longing and Tears | 1962 -- 1971 | unknown | Shree Sunderlal Sehgal, Amritsar, Punjab **** | ||||
59 | The Ten Commandments of Life | 8 Apr 1970 | unknown | Dr. Ramchandra Prasad, Patna University, Patna, Bihar | ||||
60 | The Art Of Conquering Truth -- Total Surrender | 11 Apr 1970 | unknown | Shree Babu Bhai Shah, Ajol, Gujarat | ||||
61 | Awareness of Death | 10 Apr 1970 ** | unknown | Shree Mathura Prasad Mishra (Swami Ananda Maitreya) Patna | ||||
62 | The Quest for the Meaning | 8 Apr 1970 | unknown | Pushparaj Sharma, Simla **** | ||||
63 | Awake and See -- "I" Is Not There | 8 Apr 1970 | unknown | Mrs. Mayadevi Jain, Chandigarh, Punjab | ||||
64 | Seek -- Seek -- and Seek | 8 Apr 1970 | unknown | Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana | ||||
65 | The Lyre of the Soul | 8 Apr 1970 | unknown | Shree Jayantilal Vyas, Udaipur | ||||
66 | Dreams -- of Closed and Open Eyes | 8 Apr 1970 | unknown | Sushree Guna Shah, Bombay | ||||
67 | Quest for the Solution | 8 Apr 1970 | unknown | Kumari Rekha, Rajkot, Gujarat ***** | ||||
68 | Truth Is Forever on the Cross | 10 Jun 1970 | unknown | Sushree Jayati, Junagadh ***** | ||||
69 | Strong Determination | 10 Jun 1970 | unknown | Lala Sunderlal, Delhi **** | ||||
70 | The Melody of Freedom | 25 Oct 1970 | unknown | Sushree Jayati, Junagadh ***** | ||||
71 | The Fire of Love | 13 Nov 1970 | unknown | Sushree Jayati, Junagadh, Gujarat ***** | ||||
72 | The Pinnacle of Thoughts | 1962 -- 1971 | unknown | Sushree Premshanker Panday, Manmad, Maharashtra **** | ||||
73 | Do Not Search -- Lose Yourself | 12 Nov 1970 | unknown | Yogi Satyanand, Tikamgadh, M.P. **** | ||||
74 | Speechless, Demandless Self-Surrender | 12 Nov 1970 | unknown | Kumari Lalita Rathor, Fatehabad, M.P. | ||||
75 | The Song of the Soul | 16 Nov 1970 | unknown | Shree Rajendra R. Anjaria, Ahmedabad **** | ||||
76 | First Seek Ye the Kingdom of God | 16 Nov 1970 | unknown | Shree Kedar Sehgal, Neemuch, M.P. **** | ||||
77 | Turn Life into a Dance | 16 Nov 1970 | unknown | Sushree Neelam Amarjeet, Ludhiana | ||||
78 | Prayer Is -- Where There Is No Complaint | 16 Nov 1970 | unknown | Shree Sardari Lal Sehgal, Amritsar **** | ||||
79 | Open Your Eyes and See | 17 Nov 1970 | unknown | Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana | ||||
80 | Surrender -- Surrender -- and Surrender | 17 Nov 1970 | unknown | Dr. Savitri C. Patel, Bulsar, Gujarat | ||||
81 | Why So Much Suffering in Life? | 1 May 1970 | unknown | Shree Shiv, Jabalpur | ||||
82 | Without Doubt, How Will You Search? | 15 Sep 1970 | unknown | Shree Shiv, Jabalpur | ||||
83 | Die to Live | 25 Oct 1969 | unknown | Shree Shiv, Jabalpur | ||||
84 | The Dust of Knowledge on Intuition | 3 Nov 1969 | unknown | Shree Narendra (Swami Narendra Bodhisatva), Jabalpur | ||||
85 | Do Not Swim -- Drown | 7 May 1970 | unknown | Shree Arvind Kumar, Jabalpur | ||||
86 | Open Eyes Alone Are the Door to Truth | 20 Aug 1969 | unknown | Sushree Jayati, Junagadh ***** | ||||
87 | The Quest for Truth | 15 Nov 1969 | unknown | Sushree Jayati, Junagadh ***** | ||||
88 | Die Every Moment | 1 Jul 1969 | unknown | Sushree Bhagavati Advani, Bombay | ||||
89 | Fearlessness Comes with Sadhana | 19 Aug 1969 | unknown | Sushree Bhagavati Advani, Bombay | ||||
90 | Total Acceptance and Surrender Is Theism | 14 Oct 1970 | unknown | Ma Yoga Bhagavati, Bombay | ||||
91 | God Alone Is Our Wealth | 6 Nov 1970 | unknown | Ma Yoga Bhagavati, Bombay | ||||
92 | Nectar and Poison -- Both Are Mine | 20 Dec 1969 | unknown | Sushree Laxmi, Bombay | ||||
93 | Truth Is Beyond Words | 5 Sep 1970 | unknown | Ma Yoga Laxmi, Bombay | ||||
94 | Man Also Is a Seed | 22 Sep 1970 | unknown | Ma Yoga Laxmi, Bombay | ||||
95 | Neither Suppression Nor Negation -- But Awareness | 1 Oct 1970 | unknown | Ma Yoga Laxmi, Bombay | ||||
96 | He Who Loses Finds | 1 Aug 1969 | unknown | Swami Kriyananda (Swami Yoga Chinmaya), Bombay | ||||
97 | Make Life Itself a Liberation | 15 Aug 1969 | unknown | Swami Kriyananda (Swami Yoga Chinmaya), Bombay | ||||
98 | Freedom from Dreams Is the Door to Truth | 20 Oct 1970 | unknown | Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay | ||||
99 | To Live in One's Nature Is Sadhana | 3 Nov 1970 | unknown | Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay | ||||
100 | Faith in One's Own Self | 15 Oct 1970 | unknown | Ma Krishna Karuna, Bombay | ||||
101 | Infinite Hope Is the Only Support | 20 Nov 1970 | unknown | Ma Krishna Karuna, Bombay | ||||
102 | Sadhana Follows Determination | 1 Nov 1970 | unknown | Sushree Maunoo (Ma Yoga Kranti), Jabalpur | ||||
103 | Detachment | 11 Sep 1970 | unknown | Sushree Maunoo (Ma Yoga Kranti), Jabalpur | ||||
104 | Change Alone Is Eternal | 13 Nov 1970 | unknown | Sushree Maunoo (Ma Yoga Kranti), Jabalpur | ||||
105 | Freedom from Activities -- Through Awareness | 13 Jul 1962 om | unknown | Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay ***** | ||||
106 | Meditation -- Through Non-Doing -- Non-Effort | 5 Oct 1962 om | unknown | Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay ***** | ||||
107 | The Witness | 20 Oct 1962 | unknown | Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay ***** | ||||
108 | The Inner Flame | 21 Nov 1962 am ** | unknown | Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay | ||||
109 | The Dream-Like Knot of Unawareness | 14 Dec 1962 | unknown | Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay | ||||
110 | Emptiness Is the Gateway to God | 12 Jan 1963 | unknown | Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay | ||||
111 | Yoga Sadhana Is the Right Religion | 10 Feb 1963 am | unknown | Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay | ||||
112 | Thirst, Prayer, Effort And Awaiting | 30 Aug 1966 | unknown | Shree Jayantibhai, Bombay | ||||
113 | The Understanding of the Life Process | 19 Nov 1970 | unknown | Kumari Hasumati, Bombay | ||||
114 | The Song of Life | 14 Nov 1970 | unknown | Sangeeta Khabiya, Ratlam, M.P. | ||||
115 | Let Yourself Go and Cease to Exist | 25 Oct 1970 | unknown | Shree Sardarilal Sehgal, Amritsar **** | ||||
116 | Love Is Eternity | 30 Jun 1968 | unknown | Shree Mahipal, Bombay | ||||
117 | Sadhana -- Steeped in Surrender and Resolve | 11 Nov 1964 | unknown | Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
118 | Digging of the Treasure Within | 23 Nov 1964 | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
119 | The Journey Within -- in One's Own Self -- in Truth | 4 Jan 1965 | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
120 | The Lamps of Love | 25 Oct 1965 | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
121 | Love Is Service | 29 Apr 1965 am | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
122 | The Poverty of a Loveless Heart | 1 Jun 1965 am | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
123 | The Ocean of Love in a Pitcher | 7 Jun 1965 xm | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
124 | The Treasure of Love | 2 Nov 1964 | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
125 | God Is Love Unbounded | 26 Oct 1964 | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
126 | Watered with Tears -- the Wine of Love | 9 May 1965 | unknown | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona | ||||
127 | Be Mad for God | 26 Nov 1970 | unknown | Ma Ananda Madhu, Ajol, Gujarat | ||||
128 | Waste No Time | 26 Nov 1970 | unknown | Swami Krishna Chaitanya, Ajol, Gujarat | ||||
129 | Transcendence of Duality -- Through Witnessing | 25 Nov 1970 ** | unknown | Ma Yoga Prem, Ajol, Gujarat | ||||
130 | Act Your Part Well | 26 Nov 1970 | unknown | Ma Yoga Priya, Ajol, Gujarat | ||||
131 | Meditation Is to Look Within | 26 Nov 1970 | unknown | Ma Yoga Yasha, Ajol, Gujarat | ||||
132 | Surrender and Witness | 26 Nov 1970 | unknown | Swami Pragyananda Saraswati, Haridwar | ||||
133 | He Who Burns His House | 26 Nov 1970 ** | unknown | Shree Chandrakant U. Patel, Baroda, Gujarat **** | ||||
134 | Go Still Deeper into Atheism | 26 Nov 1970 | unknown | Shree Bhavani Sinh, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh | ||||
135 | "The Fall" of Thoughts | 26 Nov 1970 | unknown | Shree Labhshankar Pandya, Ahmedabad | ||||
136 | Surrender -- a Jump Without Mental Calculation | 26 Nov 1970 | unknown | Dr. Savitri C. Patel, Bulsar, Gujarat | ||||
137 | God Is -- Here and Now | 26 Nov 1970 | unknown | Sushree Jayati, Junagadh | ||||
138 | The Sadhana of "Not This, Not That!" | 26 Nov 1970 | unknown | Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana | ||||
139 | Empty Yourself Completely | 15 Oct 1970 | unknown | Ma Ananda Madhu, Ajol | ||||
140 | Struggle, Will, and Sannyas | 25 Oct 1970 | unknown | Ma Ananda Madhu, Ajol | ||||
141 | The Anguish of Spiritual Rebirth | 27 Mar 1970 | unknown | Babubai (Swami Krishna Chaitanya), Ajol, Gujarat **** | ||||
142 | Start the Journey -- To the Eternity | 15 Oct 1970 | unknown | Swami Krishna Chaitanya, Ajol, Gujarat | ||||
143 | Power Is Within You | 27 Oct 1970 ** | unknown | Swami Krishna Chaitanya, Ajol | ||||
144 | Die and Know... Lose And Find | 11 Apr 1970 | unknown | Kumari Jasoo (Ma Yoga Prem), Ajol | ||||
145 | Love in Every Breath | 15 Oct 1970 ** | unknown | Ma Yoga Prem, Ajol | ||||
146 | Sannyas -- the Supreme Enjoyment of Life | 15 Oct 1970 | unknown | Ma Yoga Priya, Ajol | ||||
147 | Sannyas Is the New Birth | 11 Nov 1970 | unknown | Ma Yoga Yasha, Ajol | ||||
148 | The Descent of Sannyas to the World | 12 Nov 1970 | unknown | Swami Prem Krishna, Ajol, Gujarat | ||||
149 | The Pride of a Sannyasin Son | 15 Oct 1970 | unknown | Swami Anandamurti, Ahmedabad | ||||
150 | The Soul of a Sannyasin: Fixed, Firm and Fearless | 15 Oct 1970 | unknown | Ma Yoga Samadhi, Rajkot, Gujarat |
- *** Addressee does not state in the book. Source of it here is Prem Ke Phool (प्रेम के फूल), 1970 edition.
- **** Addressees have spelling errors, see Talk:Prem Ke Phool (प्रेम के फूल)#Dates and Addressees for right addressees.
- ***** Name of addressees differ a lot from Hindi book, see above link.