The Silent Explosion
- "A composition of lectures given by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, at 1-1, Woodlands, Peddar Road, Bombay-400026. India."
- From the three-page Preface:
- Recently, in the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim, His Holiness Lama Karmapa has spoken of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh as "the greatest incarnation since Buddha in India", and the only living person who can be a world teacher. He went on to say that Rajneesh was "realized" in previous births and was one of the 99 Tibetan Avatars (Divine Incarnations); his golden statue of two life-times ago still in existence and being carefully preserved in a secret cave somewhere in Tibet.
- (...)
- In this book, The Silent Explosion, we have endevoured to compile the most useful cross-section of the teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, so that one will not only benefit from its reading, but in it will find the tools necessary for encountering the non-intellectual, non-verbal "happening", that is the experience of meditation itself.
- notes
- Inside cover reads: "A composition of lectures given by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh at A-1, Woodlands, Peddar Road, Bombay-400026. India."
- Ch.1 - Flight of the Alone to the Alone (interviews) (previously published as a booklet with this title)
- Ch.2 - titled Meditation: A New Dimension and compiled: "Meditation Experiment", instruction for Dynamic Meditation of 4 stages, and Meditation: A New Dimension (text edited and abridged), previously published as a booklet.
- Ch.3 - The Occult Meaning of Asanas and Mudras (previously published as Yoga As a Spontaneous Happening)
- Ch.4 - Kundalini: The Science of Transcendence: q.1 is abridged version of Ch.12 of The Inward Revolution; q.2 is abridged version of q.1 of Ch.7 of Dynamics of Meditation;
- Ch.5 - Sex, Love, Prayer and Meditation (previously published as The Inward Revolution Ch.3)
- Ch.6 - The Vital Balance (previously published as a booklet with this title)
- Ch.7 - Religion and the Windows of Man (previously published as The Inward Revolution Ch.8)
- Ch.8 - Mysteries of Initiation (previously published as I Am the Gate Ch.7)
- Ch.9 - The Unknown Life of Jesus (interview with Dieter Ludwig, a journalist from Germany. Published here for the first time. Later published as The Great Challenge Ch.9.)
- Ch.10 - Letters from Bhagwan - A collection of 21 letters written to disciples. (These are the first 21 letters of What Is Meditation?, same order, same titles.)
- Postscript - Visit to a Tibetan monastery (Interview, source unknown)
- "Sw Govind Siddharthji, would you please tell us in detail about your visit to the Monastery of the Tibetan Lama, His Holiness Lama Karmapa? ..."
- (pages 202-217)
- A complete transcript of Siddharth's account can be found at Purushottama's blog, Sat Sangha Salon, linked to lots of other material relating to Karmapa and Osho.
- time period of Osho's original talks/writings
- May 6, 1970 to Apr 6, 1972 : timeline
- number of discourses/chapters
- 10 + postscript (see table of contents)
editions
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table of contents
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1 | Flight of the Alone to the Alone | 16 Aug 1970 pm | Bombay | unknown | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Meditation: A New Dimension
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2 | Meditation: A New Dimension
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6 May 1970 | Bombay | unknown | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | The Occult Meaning of Asanas and Mudras | 27 Oct 1970 pm | Bombay | unknown | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Kundalini: The Science of Transcendence
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10 Feb 1971 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 0h 27min | audio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Kundalini: The Science of Transcendence
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Oct 1970 (abridged q.1) |
Bombay | unknown | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sex, Love, Prayer and Meditation | 14 Feb 1971 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | unknown | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | The Vital Balance | 6 Jan 1971 | Woodlands, Bombay | unknown | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Religion and the Windows of Man | 9 Jan 1971 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | unknown | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Mysteries of Initiation | 10 Jun 1971 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 2h 1min | audio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | The Unknown Life of Jesus | 6 Apr 1972 | Woodlands, Bombay | unknown | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Letters from Bhagwan | this chapter has 21 letters : | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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postscript | Visit to a Tibetan monastery | (interview by Sw Govind Siddharth) |