Bodhidharma: The Greatest Zen Master

Commentaries on the Teachings of the Messenger of Zen from India to China Osho paints a portrait of Bodhidharma, one of his favorite Zen masters, as an enlightened "mafia guy" with a personal history that reads like a spiritual Alice in Wonderland.

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time period of Osho's original talks/writings

Jul 5, 1987 to Jul 14, 1987 : timeline

number of discourses/chapters

20   (see table of contents)

editions

Bodhidharma: The Greatest Zen Master Commentaries on the Teachings of the Messenger of Zen from India to China Year of publication : 1988-03 Publisher : The Rebel Publishing House, Germany ISBN 3-89338-025-6 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 376 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes : First edition. Copyright © Neo-Sannyas International. Size : 218 x 174 x 34 mm Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Editing by Ma Prem Gitika M.A., B.Sc.; Ma Deva Sarito Typing by Ma Prem Praveeta, Ma Deva Anupo M.S.W. Design by Ma Dhyan Amiyo Calligraphy by Ma Deva Satyama Production by Ma Prem Arya Quotations from The Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma (complete version available in a bilingual, Chinese/English, edition from Empty Bowl, P.O. Box 646, Port Townsend, WA 98368, USA) Translation by Red Pine. Copyright © Red Pine 1987. Reproduced by permission. In loving gratitude to Bhagwan, Sw Anand Vibhavan "Talks given to the Rajneesh International University of Mysticism in Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona, India" Typesetting by Photon Graphics Pvt., Ltd., Poona, India Printing by Mohndruck, Guetersloh, West Germany Distributed in the U.S.A. by Chidvilas, Boulder, Colorado. Distributed in Europe by The Rebel Publishing House GmbH, Cologne, West Germany. Introduction: Sw Deva Rashid

Bodhidharma: The Greatest Zen Master Commentaries on the Teachings of the Messenger of Zen from India to China Year of publication : 2011 Publisher : Osho Media International ISBN 8172612540 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 420 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes :

table of contents

edition 1988.03 chapter titles		discourses
		event	location	duration	media
1	To Seek Nothing Is Bliss	5 Jul 1987 am	Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Pune	2h 12min	video
2	A Pilgrimage to Your Own Being	5 Jul 1987 pm	Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Pune	1h 29min	video
3	Beyond This Nature There's No Buddha	6 Jul 1987 am	Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Pune	1h 28min	video
4	Buddha's Don't Practise Nonsense	6 Jul 1987 pm	Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Pune	1h 48min	video
5	Suchness Is Our Self-Nature	7 Jul 1987 am	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 54min	video
6	Understanding Comes in Mid-Sentence	7 Jul 1987 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 47min	video
7	Get Ready and Claim Your Inheritance	8 Jul 1987 am	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	2h 0min	video
8	Everybody Has the Right to Be Wrong	8 Jul 1987 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 0min	video
9	Dead Men Don't Bleed	9 Jul 1987 am	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	2h 2min	video
10	Not to Be in the Mind Is Everything	9 Jul 1987 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 28min	video
11	Mind Is the Greatest Enemy of Man	10 Jul 1987 am	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 54min	video
12	Every Suffering Is a Buddha-Seed	10 Jul 1987 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 43min	video
13	Mind Is the Bondage	11 Jul 1987 am	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	2h 14min	video
14	To Face a Buddha Is Dangerous	11 Jul 1987 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	2h 2min	video
15	Breakthrough... to Buddhahood	12 Jul 1987 am	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 29min	video
16	The Courage to Say 'I Don't Know'	12 Jul 1987 pm	Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Pune	1h 49min	video
17	Take the Risk Wholesale	13 Jul 1987 am	Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Pune	2h 14min	video
18	Wakefulness Is Awareness	13 Jul 1987 pm	Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Pune	1h 42min	video
19	Relish the Mystery in the Depths of Your Heart	14 Jul 1987 am	Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Pune	2h 21min	video
20	Less Than an Eyeblink Away	14 Jul 1987 pm	Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Pune	2h 14min	video