The Gateless Gate

Beloved Bhakti,

Love.

Be in the crowd as if you are alone.

And vice versa.

Receive a guest with the same attitude you have when alone. And, when alone, maintain the same attitude you have in receiving guests

In this way, the drop drops in the Ocean.

(Osho, letter 7)

translated from

Probably all original English, see discussion.

notes

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"A collection of thirty immortal letters written by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh to different seekers all over the world."

Letters have 1 to 2 pages in the booklet, with date and addressee.

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

Aug 17, 1970 to May 16, 1971 : timeline

number of discourses/chapters

30   (see table of contents)

editions

The Gateless Gate (Collection of Thirty immortal Letters) Year of publication : 1971 Publisher : A Life Awakening Movement Publication ISBN None Number of pages : 47 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes : First edition: 5000, May 1971. Copyright: Jeevan Jagruti Kendra, Bombay - India. Size : 212 x 141 x 3 mm Author as Acharya Rajneesh Publisher: Ishvarlal N. Shah, Secretary, Jeevan Jagruti Kendra (Life Awakening Movement). 31, Israil Mohalla, Bhagwan Bhuvan, Masjid Bunder Road, Bombay-9 53, Empire Building, 146, Dr. D.N. Road, Bombay-1 Printed by: Jayesh Sangani, Empire Printery, 189, L.J. Road, Bombay-16. DD. Compilation and editing: Sw Yoga Chinmaya Introduction: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh: A Glimpse by Sw Yoga Chinmaya Page III. Page 4. Page 14 - 15.

table of contents

edition 1971.05** chapter titles		letters
		event	location	addressee
1	Just Be Aware and Await	17 Aug 1970	unknown	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
2	Let Meditation Be Thy Very Existence	25 Oct 1970	Bombay	Ma Saraswati, Paris
3	Let the Meditation Ripen You	25 Oct 1970	Bombay	Dr. Jean Georges Henrotte, Paris
4	Say Wholeheartedly: 'Thy Will be Done'	27 Oct 1970	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
5	The Call from Beyond Has Come	27 Nov 1970	Bombay	Ma Ananda Prema, New York
6	Freedom from Becoming	7 Jan 1971	Bombay	Shree Dharmendra Tukaram Dhokhe, Poona, India
7	In This Way, the Ocean Drops into the Drop	15 Jan 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
8	Be Open, and Let Things Happen	16 Jan 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
9	Carefulness for Spiritual Crisis	27 Jan 1971	Bombay	Ma Atmananda, New York
10	Ecstacy and Bliss of Living Moment to Moment	27 Jan 1971	Bombay	Docteur C. Guinebert, Paris
11	Spiritual Sleep and Constant Awareness	28 Jan 1971	Bombay	Ma Ananda Prema, New York
12	Meditation Is Encountering Yourself in Total Nakedness	25 Feb 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
13	Divineness and Beauty of Being No-Body	14 Apr 1971	Bombay	Swami Krishna Christ, New York
14	Dance in Ecstasy to Welcome the Divine Happening	16 Apr 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Tao, North Carolina, U.S.A.
15	Surrender Happens	16 Apr 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Tao, North Carolina, U.S.A.
16	Life Is Playful and Festive	16 Apr 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
17	Ego -- the Creator of All the Agonies	16 Apr 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
18	Transcendence of Death	17 Apr 1971	Bombay	Mrs. Kusum, Ludhiana, India
19	Jump into the Unknown	17 Apr 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
20	The Way to Ecstacy on and Divine Intoxication	18 Apr 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
21	Opening of the Locked Doors of the Past Lives	19 Apr 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
22	I Am the Gate -- the Emptiness	19 Apr 1971	Bombay	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
23	Go on Discarding -- Until the Nothingness	19 Apr 1971	Bombay	Ma Krishna Karuna, Bombay
24	Be Free of the Mind - Prison	26 Apr 1971	Bombay	Mr. Michael Graham, London
25	I Knock Your Door	14 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
26	Transcendence of Death Through Acceptance	15 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
27	Kneeling down of the Ego	15 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
28	Meditation of Conscious Dreaming	16 May 1971	Bombay	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
29	Authentic Being -- Through Meditation	19 Apr 1971	Bombay	Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
30	The Gateless Gate	25 Apr 1971	Bombay	Shree Inderraj Anand, Bombay

** The book has no table of contents. Titles are those above the chapters.