The Eternal Message

beloved bhakti,

Love. Meditation is like the sea, receiving the dirty river and yet remaining pure.

You need not be purified before it.

But you will come purified out of it.

Meditation in unconditional.

Purity is not a pre-requirement - but a consequence.

(Osho, letter 12)

notes

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"A collection of 30 immortal letters written by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh to Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, U.S.A., now Ma Ananda Pratima, World President of Neo-Sannyas International."

Later published as part of A Cup of Tea.

For the publishing history of each letter, addressees and other info, see A Cup of Tea (sources).

time period of Osho's original talks/writings

Apr 17, 1971 to May 30, 1971 : timeline

number of discourses/chapters

30   (see table of contents)

editions

The Eternal Message Year of publication : 1972 Publisher : A Life Awakening Movement Publication ISBN None Number of pages : 35 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes : First edition: August, 1972 - 3000 copies. Copyright: Jeevan Jagriti Kendra, Bombay, (India). Size : 216 x 140 x 3 mm Author as Acharya Rajneesh Publisher: Ishwarlal N. Shah, Secretary, Jeevan Jagriti Kendra (Life Awakening Centre). 31, Israil Mohalla, Bhagwan Bhuvan, Masjid Bunder Road, Bombay-9. 53 Empire Building, 146, Dr. D.N. Road, Bombay-1. Printed by: Sw Govind Siddharth, (Alias Shree J.D. Lashkari), Selprint, Bombay-13. Editing: Sw Yoga Chinmaya Pages II - III back cover

The Eternal Message Year of publication : 1973 Publisher : A Life Awakening Movement Publication ISBN None Number of pages : 39 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes : Second edition: November, 1973 - 3000 copies. Copyright: Jeevan Jagriti Kendra, Bombay (India) Size : 215 x 138 x 3 mm Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Publisher: Ishwarlal N. Shah, now Sadhu Ishver Samarpan, Secretary, Jeevan Jagriti Kendra (Life Awakening Centre). 31, Israil Mohalla, Bhagwan Bhuvan, Masjid Bunder Road, Bombay-400 009 Printed by: Himatlal L. Pawa, Kiran Printers, 90, Shell Colony Road, Chembu-400 071. Editing: Sw Yoga Chinmaya

table of contents

edition 1973.11 chapter titles		letters
		event	location	addressee
1	The Inward Growth	20 Apr 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
2	Life Is Non-Fragmentary	21 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
3	Maturity Comes Through Understanding	17 Apr 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
4	Reason Is Necessary but Not Enough	22 Apr 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
5	Authentic Knowledge -- Only Through Meditation	24 Apr 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
6	Self-Deception	30 Apr 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
7	The Silent Observation	1 May 1971	unknown	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
8	The Explosion of Thoughtless Awareness	2 May 1971	unknown	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
9	The Fire Test	28 Apr 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
10	Drop Yourself into the Divine	3 May 1971	Ahmedabad	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
11	The Anti-Life Negative Attitudes	13 May 1971	unknown	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
12	Purity -- a Consequence of Meditation	4 May 1971	Ahmedabad	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
13	Mutation Is Explosion	11 May 1971	Ahmedabad	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
14	The Mind Dies with Total Acceptance	17 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
15	Thought Can Never Come to the Cosmic Whole	13 May 1971	unknown	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
16	Freedom from the Ideology-Oriented Mind	14 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
17	To Go Beyond Ego	26 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
18	Ecstasy Is Always with the New	15 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
19	Truth Cannot Be Transferred	21 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
20	Transcendence of Conflicts	19 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
21	Knowledge Is Through Experience	27 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
22	The Seeker Dissolves in Awareness	20 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
23	Illusion of the Ego	22 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
24	The Trap of the Opposites	22 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
25	To Be Negative Is to Be Sell-Destructive	22 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
26	Mind Is Ego-Centric	25 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
27	Childish Metaphysical Theories	26 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
28	In Search of the Secret of Success	30 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
29	Childish Answers About the Ultimate Reality	30 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA
30	The Eternal Message	10 May 1971	Ahmedabad	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, USA