Dynamics of Meditation
- translated from
- Most of the material is original English, except following Hindi:
- Appendix 3: translated from Karuna Aur Kranti (करुणा और क्रान्ति), ch.2 (shortened parts) by Sw Krishna Kabeer
- Appendix 4: from Sadhana Path (साधना पथ), ch. 1, 3 (excerpts)
- Appendix 6: from Main Mrityu Sikhata Hun (मैं मृत्यु सिखाता हूं), ch.1 (excerpts).
- notes
- "Twelve interview-discourses by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh on the various aspects of meditation."
- Contains the dates and names of the interviewers.
- Much of this book has later been published in Meditation: The Art of Ecstasy and Meditation: The Art of Inner Ecstasy, but extensively edited, and the content has been shuffled over various chapters. See the TOCs of those books.
- Appendix:
- Various Meditation Experiments
- A collection of additional meditation techniques, as instructed by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, from his various discourses.
- Appendix 1 is "From SANNYAS Magazine, Vol. I, No. 2, March-April 1972, Page 29"
- Appendix 2, 7 and 8 are small parts of a discourse, later published in full as ch. 6 of The Ultimate Alchemy, Vol 1.
- Appendix 5 is a small part of a discourse, later published in full as ch. 3 of The Ultimate Alchemy, Vol 2.
- Appendix 6 is a small part of The Mysteries of Life and Death.
- time period of Osho's original talks/writings
- Oct, 1970 to Apr 7, 1972 (for Ch. 1 - 12. The Appendix contains material from June 4, 1964 to July 3, 1972) : timeline
- number of discourses/chapters
- 12, plus an Appendix with 8 numbered parts (see table of contents)
editions
Dynamics of Meditation
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Dynamics of Meditation
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table of contents
edition 1973.08 chapter titles |
discourses & interviews | |||||||
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event | location | duration | media | |||||
1 | Yoga, Soul and the Growth of Consciousness*
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22 Dec 1971 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
2 | Doors to Relaxation
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19 Jan 1971 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
3 | Meditation: Jump into the Unconscious**
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4 Mar 1971 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
4 | Silent Sitting & Catharsis in Meditation
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23 Dec 1971 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
5 | Devices for Transformation: Sannyas and "Hoo" Meditation
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22 Dec 1971 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
6 | Kundalini and Meditation
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22 Oct 1971 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
7 | Meditation and the Path of Kundalini
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Oct 1970 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
8 | Enlightenment and the Symbols of Kundalini Yoga
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10 Nov 1970 am | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
9 | The Polarities of Life Force in the Seven Bodies***
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10 Nov 1970 am | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
10 | Witnessing, Dynamic Meditation and Satori
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Nov 1970 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
11 | Meditation, LSD and Intuition
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7 Apr 1972 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
12 | Desirelessness: A Door to Transcendence
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21 Dec 1971 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
Appendix 1 | The Meditation Technique of "Tratak" | Feb 1972 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
Appendix 2 | The Meditation Technique of Mirror Gazing | excerpt from The Ultimate Alchemy Vol 1 ~ 06, q.1 | ||||||
Appendix 3 | Experiments to Relax the Mind | shortened translated parts from Karuna Aur Kranti ~ 02 | ||||||
Appendix 4 | Meditation on the Navel Center | translated excerpts from Sadhana Path ~ 01 & Sadhana Path ~ 03 | ||||||
Appendix 5 | Anapan - Sati Yoga: The Method of Breath Awareness | excerpt from The Ultimate Alchemy Vol 2 ~ 03 | ||||||
Appendix 6 | Meditation of Conscious "Death" | translated excerpts from Main Mrityu Sikhata Hun ~ 01 | ||||||
Appendix 7 | Entering Sleep Consciously | edited excerpt from The Ultimate Alchemy Vol 1 ~ 06, q.1 | ||||||
Appendix 8 | Wordless Communication with the Existence | excerpt from The Ultimate Alchemy Vol 1 ~ 06, q.1 |
- * The TOC in the book mentions ch.1 as "Yoga and the Growth of Consciousness".
- ** The TOC in the book mentions ch.3 as "Meditation: A Jump into the Unconscious".
- *** The TOC in the book mentions ch.9 as "Polarities of Life Force in the Seven Bodies".