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description =This beautifully presented volume chronicles twelve days of upheaval in the life of Osho and his disciples as he returns from a long period of illness to announce that he is dropping his former name, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Using anecdotes about Zen masters and their disciples, as well as a magnificent selection of haikus, Osho reveals the mystery of Zen as something to be savored rather than solved. He then confirms the assertion of a Japanese seeress that he has become a vehicle for the wandering soul of Gautama the Buddha, who has promised to return to the world as Maitreya, the friend. The end of the saga comes as a shock, a surprise, and an awakening - a landmark of a book, intriguing and amusing. | | description =This beautifully presented volume chronicles twelve days of upheaval in the life of Osho and his disciples as he returns from a long period of illness to announce that he is dropping his former name, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Using anecdotes about Zen masters and their disciples, as well as a magnificent selection of haikus, Osho reveals the mystery of Zen as something to be savored rather than solved. He then confirms the assertion of a Japanese seeress that he has become a vehicle for the wandering soul of Gautama the Buddha, who has promised to return to the world as Maitreya, the friend. The end of the saga comes as a shock, a surprise, and an awakening - a landmark of a book, intriguing and amusing. | | ||
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notes = | notes = Chapters 1 - 12 are the lectures of this series. Chapter 13 is an excerpt of ''[[Zen: The Mystery and the Poetry of the Beyond]]'' ch. 3 of Jan 10, 1989, where he continues on the issue of his name and dropping "Buddha". | | ||
period =Dec 26, 1988 to Jan | period =Dec 26, 1988 to Jan 7, 1989 | year=1988 | | ||
nofd = 13| | nofd = 13| | ||
editions = | editions = | ||
Revision as of 15:46, 14 January 2015
- This beautifully presented volume chronicles twelve days of upheaval in the life of Osho and his disciples as he returns from a long period of illness to announce that he is dropping his former name, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Using anecdotes about Zen masters and their disciples, as well as a magnificent selection of haikus, Osho reveals the mystery of Zen as something to be savored rather than solved. He then confirms the assertion of a Japanese seeress that he has become a vehicle for the wandering soul of Gautama the Buddha, who has promised to return to the world as Maitreya, the friend. The end of the saga comes as a shock, a surprise, and an awakening - a landmark of a book, intriguing and amusing.
- notes
- Chapters 1 - 12 are the lectures of this series. Chapter 13 is an excerpt of Zen: The Mystery and the Poetry of the Beyond ch. 3 of Jan 10, 1989, where he continues on the issue of his name and dropping "Buddha".
- time period of Osho's original talks/writings
- Dec 26, 1988 to Jan 7, 1989 : timeline
- number of discourses/chapters
- 13
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