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"Tantra means you can use sex as a jumping-point. Once you understand the ecstasy of sex, you can understand what the mystics have been talking about - a greater orgasm, a cosmic orgasm." (Osho)
notes
From the 1983 edition, page VI:
Pages 372-388 from The Book of the Secrets, Vol 2, Copyright © 1975 by Rajneesh Foundation International. Reprinted by permission of Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
Pages 3-22, 25-43, 338-341 from The Book of the Secrets, Vol 3, Copyright © 1976 by Rajneesh Foundation International. Reprinted by permission of Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
The sutras quoted in this book are taken from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (ed. Penguin, 1972 reprint), translated and compiled by Paul Reps.
From the 1983 edition, page VII:
Each of the chapters in this book has been taken from the series The Book of the Secrets (5 volumes) -
chapter one: from volume 1, ch. 2, given Oct 2, 1972.
chapter two: from volume 1, ch. 7, given Oct 7, 1972.
chapter three: from volume 3, ch. 14, given Mar 30, 1973.
chapter four: from volume 3, ch. 1, given Feb 22, 1973.
chapter five: from volume 3, ch. 2, given Feb 23, 1973.
chapter six: from volume 2, ch. 16, given Jan 29, 1973.
time period of Osho's original talks/writings
Oct 2, 1972 to Mar 30, 1973 : timeline
number of discourses/chapters
6


editions

Tantra, Spirituality & Sex

Year of publication : 1977
Publisher : The Rainbow Bridge, San Francisco, CA
ISBN 0-914198-11-4 (click ISBN to buy online)
Number of pages : 87
Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P
Edition notes : First Edition: 1977 U.S.A. Rainbow Bridge - 10,000 copies.
Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

Tantra, Spirituality & Sex

Year of publication : 1983
Publisher : Rajneesh Foundation International
ISBN 0-88050-696-2 (click ISBN to buy online)
Number of pages : 137
Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P
Edition notes : Second Edition: September 1983 - 40,000 copies. Copyright: © Rajneesh Foundation International.
Size : 152 x 102 x 8 mm
Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Published by: Ma Anand Sheela M.M., D.Phil.M., D.Litt., Acharya
Editor: Ma Yoga Anurag
Design: Ma Anand Zeno
Direction: Ma Yoga Pratima M.M., D.Phil., Arihanta
The sutras quoted in this book are taken from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (ed. Penguin, 1972 reprint) translatd and compiled by Paul Reps.
Printed in U.S.A.
Library of Congress Catalog Number 83-16036
Introduction: Sw Premgeet, August 1983

Tantra, Spirituality & Sex

Year of publication : 1994
Publisher : Rebel Publishing House? Osho International Foundation?
ISBN 0-685-70335-5 (click ISBN to buy online)
Number of pages : ?
Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P
Edition notes : Revised 2nd edition, May 1994 ?

Tantra, Spirituality & Sex

Year of publication : 1994
Publisher : Chidvilas, Inc., Boulder, CO
ISBN 0-918963-03-6 (click ISBN to buy online)
Number of pages : 160
Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P
Edition notes : Third revised edition (June 1994)?
Editor: Deva Anutoshen