My Way: The Way of the White Clouds

Chapter 1 starts:

Bhagwan, Why is your way called "The Way of the White Clouds"?

Just before Buddha died, somebody asked him : When a Buddha dies where does he go - does he survive, or simply disappear into nothingness?

Buddha is reported to have said: "Just like a white cloud disappearing".

This very morning there were white clouds in the sky. Now they are there no more. Where have they gone? From where they come? How they evolve, and how they dissolve again?

A white cloud is a mystery, the coming, the going, the very being of it. That's the first reason why I call my way "The Way of the White Clouds", but there are many reasons, and it is good to ponder, to meditate upon those ...

notes

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

Previously (First edition) published as The Way of the White Cloud.

Chapters 1-3 later published as The Mystery Beyond Mind (3 talks).

Chapters 4-6 later published as The Centre of the Cyclone.

Chapters 7-9 later published as Be Oceanic.

Chapters 10-12 later published as Meditation: The Ultimate Adventure.

Chapters 13-15 later published as Love & Meditation.

time period of Osho's original talks/writings

May 10, 1974 to May 24, 1974 : timeline

number of discourses/chapters

15   (see table of contents)

editions

	My Way: The Way of the White Clouds Year of publication : 1978 Publisher : Rajneesh Foundation ISBN 0-88050-096-4 (Not all books have ISBN) (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 612 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes : Revised edition, May 1978, 3,500 copies. © 1978 Rajneesh Foundation. Size : 226 x 145 x 46 mm Called the "De Luxe" edition in later books-in-print lists Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Published by Ma Yoga Laxmi Compilation: Sw Amrit Pathik Editor: Sw Ananda Teertha, Ma Yoga Anurag Design: Sw Anand Yatri, Ma Deva Adheera Production: Ma Prem Tushita Photography: Sw Shivamurti, Sw Krishna Bharti, Ma Prem Champa Processing: Bindoo Rekha, Kushal House, 384 Veer Savarkar Marg, Prabhadevi, Bombah 400 025 Printing: Arun K. Mehta, Vakil & Sons, Ltd., 18 Ballard Estate, Bombay-400 038. Introduction: Sw Krishna Prem Hardcover back, spine and front. Endpaper front. Pages II - III. Pages VII - VIII. Pages VII - VIII. Pages XII - XIII. Pages XXIV - XXV. Pages XXVIII - 001. Pages 004 - 005. Pages 098 - 099.
	My Way: The Way of the White Clouds Year of publication : 1979 Publisher : Grove Press, Inc., New York ISBN 0-394-17089-X (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 603 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes : First Evergreen Edition 1979, First Printing 1979. Copyright © 1975 Rajneesh Foundation. Size : 203.2 x 133.4 x 40 mm Book-block identical to the 1978-edition, but printed in black and white and last pages (with books-in-print and meditation-centers) omitted. Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Distributed by Random House, Inc., New York. Reprint of the 1978 ed. published by Rajneesh Foundation, Poona. The book has the same type-page as the 1978 edition, but in black & white. Compilation: Sw Amrit Pathik Editor: Sw Ananda Teertha, Ma Yoga Anurag Photography: Sw Shivamurti, Sw Krishna Bharti, Ma Prem Champa Manufactured in the United States of America. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 79-2303 Introduction: Sw Krishna Prem Pages VII - VIII Pages XXIV - XXV Pages XXVIII-1 Pages 004 - 005. Pages 098 - 099.
	My Way: The Way of the White Clouds Year of publication : 1982 Publisher : The Rebel Publishing House, Germany ISBN 3-89338-111-2 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : ? Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : ? Edition notes :
	My Way: The Way of the White Clouds Responses to Questions Year of publication : 1995 Publisher : Element Books ISBN 1-85230-699-8 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 192 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes :
	My Way: The Way of the White Clouds Year of publication : 1999 Publisher : Rebel Publishing House, India ISBN 81-7261-133-1 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 267 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes :
	My Way: The Way of the White Clouds Year of publication : 2009 Publisher : Rebel Publishing House, India ISBN 8172612184 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 272 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes :
	My Way: The Way of the White Clouds Year of publication : 2011 Publisher : Rebel Publishing House, India ISBN 9788172612184 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 294 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes :

table of contents

edition 1978.05 chapter titles		discourses
		event	location	duration	media
1	The Way of the White Clouds	10 May 1974 pm	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	0h 52min	audio
2	The Mystery Beyond Mind	11 May 1974 pm	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 0min	audio
3	To Be Miserable or Ecstatic...?	12 May 1974 pm	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	0h 54min	audio
4	All Hopes Are False	13 May 1974 pm	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 0min	audio
5	Dropping the Ego Now	14 May 1974 pm	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 6min	audio
6	Are You Still Carrying Her?	15 May 1974 pm	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 1min	audio
7	The Mystery of Relationship	16 May 1974 pm	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 3min	audio
8	Only a Ripe Fruit Falls	17 May 1974 pm	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	0h 59min	audio
9	Surrender and I Will Do the Rest	18 May 1974 pm	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	0h 49min	audio
10	You Are the Way	19 May 1974 pm	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 0min	audio
11	You Are the Meeting Point	20 May 1974 pm	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 7min	audio
12	Whatsoever You Do, Be Total	21 May 1974 pm	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 0min	audio
13	God Is in Search of You	22 May 1974 pm	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 2min	audio
14	Both Are Needed	23 May 1974 pm	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 14min	audio
15	Share Through Your Being	24 May 1974 pm	Lao Tzu balcony, Poona	1h 0min	audio