Live Zen

Through a dissection of anecdotes about Zen masters and their disciples, Osho introduces us to Zen, "the only living religion." He experiments in these discourses with an existential understanding of Zen through the introduction of No-mind Meditation, leading the assembly through the three stages of it at the end of each discourse.

notes

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Later published as part of Osho Books on CD-ROM.

Part of the five-volume set The World of Zen

The original tape title was Zen: Rebellion Against Religion, but it was never published under that name.

time period of Osho's original talks/writings

Apr 22, 1988 to May 26, 1988 : timeline

number of discourses/chapters

17 + an appendix in which the No-Mind meditation is explained

(see table of contents)

editions

Live Zen A New Therapy is Born - Therapy through Gibberish Dedicated to the suchness of everything Year of publication : 1988-11 Publisher : The Rebel Publishing House, Germany ISBN 3-89338-032-9 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 299 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes : First edition. Copyright © Neo-Sannyas International. Size : 192 x 122 x 26 mm Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Editing by Ma Dhyan Sagar B.A. Typing by Ma Rashmi Bharti, Sw Gyan Atol Design by Ma Dhyan Amiyo Back cover painting by Ma Anand Meera (Kasué Hashimoto), B.F.A. (Musashino Art University, Tokio) Production by Ma Prem Sonar M.A., Sw Prem Visarjan, Ma Deva Radhika B.S.W., Sw Prem Prabhu Bhagwan declares the first German Zen Master, Niskriya Dedicated to the suchness of everything In loving gratitude to Bhagwan, Rajneesh Foundation Australia "Talks given to the Rajneesh International University of Mysticism in Gautama the Buddha Auditorium, Poona, India" Printing by Mohndruck, Gütersloh, West Germany Introduction: Ma Anand Ritu, Poona, India, 1988 Cover-front & back. Endpaper-front. Pages IV - V. Pages 16 - 17. Pages 18 - 19. Pages 20 - 21. Pages 230 - 231. Pages 232 - 233.

Live Zen The World of Zen Year of publication : 2008 Publisher : Osho Media International ISBN 9788172612078 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 319 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes :

table of contents

edition 1988.11 chapter titles		discourses
		event	location	duration	media
1	Emptiness. No Holiness	22 Apr 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 37min	video
2	From Here to Here -- No Space for the Way	23 Apr 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 24min	video
3	Pecking and Tapping	24 Apr 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 42min	video
4	Always Now and Here	25 Apr 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 25min	video
5	Signatures on Water	26 Apr 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 33min	video
6	Perfect the Circle, Pure the Sound	27 Apr 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 10min	video
7	Just Be	28 Apr 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 4min	video
8	The Voice of the Raindrops	29 Apr 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 28min	video
9	Three Pounds of Flax	30 Apr 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	0h 57min	video
10	Nothing Is Better Than Anything	1 May 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 39min	video
11	What's in a Name?	2 May 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	2h 4min	video
12	Let No Dust Settle	3 May 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 23min	video
13	The Great Death	4 May 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	0h 56min	video
14	Beat the Drum	5 May 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 9min	video
15	Dragons Do Not Lie in Puddles	6 May 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 25min	video
16	Have You Had Your Dinner?	7 May 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 43min	video
17	Just Fall Like a Bag of Rice	26 May 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	0h 35min	video
	Appendix -- The No-Mind Meditation: Therapy Through Gibberish		(Comments by participants of the No-Mind Meditation)