The Original Man

What's so original about the original man? Only that on finding him within yourself, according to Osho you find everything worth discovering. But he exhorts his audience not to take his word for it but experience it for themselves. Osho traces Zen from its beginnings with Bodhidarma in China through a succession of masters and poets. Seemingly absurd Zen statements and devices are all shown as techniques used in specific situations with different types of seekers to jolt them out of spiritual sleep. These discourses based on anecdotes about masters and their disciples aren't about Zen, they are it.

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

Part of the five-volume set Zen: All the Colors of the Rainbow

time period of Osho's original talks/writings

Aug 16, 1988 to Aug 25, 1988 : timeline

number of discourses/chapters

9   (see table of contents)

editions

The Original Man Year of publication : 1989-09 Publisher : The Rebel Publishing House, Germany ISBN 3-89338-056-6 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 231 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes : First edition. Copyright © Neo-Sannyas International. Size : 192 x 122 x 22 mm Author as Osho Rajneesh Editing by Ma Dhyan Sagar B.A. Typesetting by Ma Rashmi Bharti Design by Ma Dhyan Amiyo Cover Photograph by Sw Anand Vijayo Paintings by Ma Anand Meera (Kasué Hashimoto), B.F.A. (Musashino Art University, Tokio) Production by Sw Prem Visarjan, Sw Prem Prabodh In loving gratitude to Osho Rajneesh, Rajneesh Foundation Australia Talks given to the Rajneesh International University of Mysticism in Gautama the Buddha Auditorium, Poona, India Printing by Mohndruck, Gütersloh, West Germany Introduction: Ma Dhyan Sagar, Poona, March 1989 Cover-front & back. Endpaper-front. Pages IV - V. Pages XIV - 1. Pages 26 - 27. Endpaper-back.

The Original Man Talks on Zen Year of publication : 2015 Publisher : Osho Media International ISBN 978-8172613143 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 182 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes :

table of contents

edition 1989.09 chapter titles		discourses
		event	location	duration	media
1	You Simply Are	16 Aug 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	2h 16min	video
2	Only a Remembrance	17 Aug 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 30min	video
3	Look In and Find It	18 Aug 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 55min	video
4	The Inner Innocence	19 Aug 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	2h 11min	video
5	The Sky of Realization	20 Aug 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 55min	video
6	Roots in the Universe	21 Aug 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	2h 16min	video
7	Zen Is Love	22 Aug 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 28min	video
8	From the Mortal to the Immortal	23 Aug 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 28min	video
9	Yaa-Hoo! -- A Living Sound	25 Aug 1988 pm	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune	1h 23min	video