Absolute Tao
- Osho says speaking on Lao Tzu is as if he is speaking on himself, and you can feel this throughout the book. Tao is, as is Osho, the way of wholeness - not dividing anything, not denying anything, remaining choiceless. The first sutra of this classic work by Lao Tzu begins: The Tao that can be told of is not the Absolute Tao. In this book, the Tao is simply absolutely reflected by Osho.
- You seem to not read this book, but rather listen to it as if it were a waterfall. And in this way you can come to understand why Tao emphasizes hollowness. To be empty inside, to be hollow is the meaning of meditation. Osho’s insight is if you can be nourished even by emptiness, then you are in touch with the eternal. This nourishment comes through a dancing being. The more you dance outwardly, the more an inner dance becomes possible and then the emptiness becomes blissful, ecstatic.
- notes
- Read this book as PDF or create a free account at osho.com to read the book online.
- Previously published as Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 1
- time period of Osho's original talks/writings
- Jun 11, 1975 to Jun 20, 1975 : timeline
- number of discourses/chapters
- 10 (see table of contents)
editions
Absolute TaoTalks on Fragments from "Tao Te Ching" by Lao Tzu
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Absolute TaoTalks on Fragments from Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
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Absolute TaoTalks on Fragments from Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
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Absolute Tao Subtle is the way to love, happiness and truth
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Absolute Tao Subtle is the way to love, happiness and truth
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table of contents
edition 2012 chapter titles |
discourses | |||||||
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event | location | duration | media | |||||
1 | On the Absolute Tao | 11 Jun 1975 am | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona | 1h 48min | audio | |||
2 | Ordinariness | 12 Jun 1975 am | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona | 1h 37min | audio | |||
3 | On the Character of Tao | 13 Jun 1975 am | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona | 1h 47min | audio | |||
4 | Emptiness | 14 Jun 1975 am | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona | 1h 35min | audio | |||
5 | On the Danger of Overweening Success | 15 Jun 1975 am | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona | 1h 27min | audio | |||
6 | There Is No Meaning | 16 Jun 1975 am | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona | 1h 16min | audio | |||
7 | On the Utility of Not-Being | 17 Jun 1975 am | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona | 1h 8min | audio | |||
8 | Witnessing | 18 Jun 1975 am | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona | 1h 18min | audio | |||
9 | On the Wise Ones of Old | 19 Jun 1975 am | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona | 1h 37min | audio | |||
10 | Wisdom and Understanding | 20 Jun 1975 am | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona | 1h 29min | audio |