The Way of Tao

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The book: "Tao-Teh-King" or The Way of Tao as it is called here, is a small book in 81 brief chapters by Lao-Tse (571 BC) comprising the cream of the experience of the sage. Bhagwan Shree has rightly said -- "It is true that what Lao-Tse has said is 2,500 years old; but in a sense , it is as new as the morning dew." (...)
This book comprises 22 lectures on the first 8 Chs. of the book.
translated from
Hindi : Tao Upanishad, Vol 1 (ताओ उपनिषद, भाग एक)
notes
"A collection of twenty-two lectures of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh in the course of the monthly discourses of June, July and November (1971) of the Immortal Study Circle, Bombay."
This book has also been listed with ISBNs 0-89684-025-5 and 083645779X, but both may be incorrect. It's also sometimes listed as "The Way of Tao, Part 1" or "The Way of Tao, Volume 1", the latter being how it appears in Osho Books on CD-ROM.
time period of Osho's original talks/writings
Jun 19, 1971 to Nov 8, 1971 ** : timeline
number of discourses/chapters
22


editions

The Way of Tao

Discourses on Lao Tse's Tao-Te-King

Year of publication : 1978
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN 81-208-0513-5 ? (No ISBN printed on book) (click ISBN to buy online)
Number of pages : 574
Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H
Edition notes : First edition : Delhi, 1978. © 1978 Rajneesh Foundation, Poona.
Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Translator: Dolli Didi
Foreword: Sw Ananda Maitreya, Rajneesh Foundation, Poona