The Zen Manifesto: Freedom from Oneself
- "Zen has nothing to do with the mind... It is the lion's roar. And the greatest thing that Zen has brought into the world is freedom from oneself." The Zen Manifesto is a collection of the last discourses of Osho with his last publicly spoken words. In this culmination of his insights into Zen he makes it clear that the West's comprehension of Zen is still confined to intellectual appreciation. To prove it, Osho takes on such respected members of the Western Zen establishment as D.T. Suzuki, Thomas Merton, Paul Reps, Alan Watts and Nancy Wilson-Ross.
- notes
- 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.
- The last chapter of this book is Osho's last spoken discourse. The title is Sammasati- The Last Word. After the reading of the sutra, Osho (on audio and video) starts with:
- "Friends,
- A new series begins today: The Awakening of the Buddha.
- Before the sutras there are few questions from the sannyasins..."
- This first sentence has been omitted from the books.
- time period of Osho's original talks/writings
- Feb 20, 1989 to Apr 10, 1989 : timeline
- number of discourses/chapters
- 11 (see table of contents)
editions
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table of contents
edition 1989 chapter titles |
discourses | |||||||
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event | location | duration | media | |||||
1 | This Disappearance Is Anatta | 20 Feb 1989 pm | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune | 3h 37min | video | |||
2 | Let the Christian Ship Drown | 21 Feb 1989 pm | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune | 3h 10min | video | |||
3 | To Wait, to Wait for Nothing | 2 Apr 1989 pm | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune | 2h 13min | video | |||
4 | Freedom Not Licentiousness | 3 Apr 1989 pm | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune | 3h 5min | video | |||
5 | The Sky of Completion | 4 Apr 1989 pm | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune | 1h 54min | video | |||
6 | Chaos - The Very Nature of Existence | 5 Apr 1989 pm | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune | 1h 36min | video | |||
7 | Mind Only Thinks, Meditation Lives | 6 Apr 1989 pm | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune | 1h 54min | video | |||
8 | Inscape - The Ultimate Annihilation | 7 Apr 1989 pm | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune | 2h 46min | video | |||
9 | Small Intervals of Light | 8 Apr 1989 pm | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune | 2h 14min | video | |||
10 | The Less You Are, the More You Are | 9 Apr 1989 pm | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune | 1h 45min | video | |||
11 | Sammasati - The Last Word | 10 Apr 1989 pm | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune | 1h 55min | video |