What Is Meditation?

notes

"A Collection of forty five Immortal Letters written by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh to H.H. Ma Veet Sandeh (Alias Dr. Miss Grazia Marchiano, Rome, Italy), President, Neo-Sannyas International, for Europe."

The first 21 letters were later published in ch.10 of The Silent Explosion.

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

14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ? ** : timeline

number of discourses/chapters

45   (see table of contents)

editions

	What Is Meditation? Year of publication : 1971-08 Publisher : Jivan Jagruti Kendra ISBN  : None Number of pages : 58 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes : First Edition, August 1971, 3000 copies. Copyright Jeevan Jagriti Kendra, Bombay, India. Size : 215 x 143 x 5 mm Author as Acharya Rajneesh Publisher: Ishwarlal N. Shah, Secretary, Jeevan Jagriti Kendra, (LIFE AWAKENING CENTRE), 31 Israil Mohalla, Bhagwan Bhuwan, Masjid Bunder Road, BOMBAY-9 53, Empire Building, 146, Dr. D.N. Road, BOMBAY-1 Editing: Sw Yoga Chinmaya Dedication, signed by Osho: For beloved Veet Sandeh to meditate and TO BE. Printers: Sw Govind Siddharth (Alias Shree Jayendra D. Lashkari), Sel Print, BOMBAY-13 Pages II - III. Pages 4 - 5. Pages 52 - 53.
	What Is Meditation? Year of publication : 1973 ** Publisher : Jivan Jagruti Kendra ISBN  : None Number of pages : ? Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : ? Edition notes : Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
	What Is Meditation? Year of publication : Publisher : ISBN Number of pages : Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes : Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

table of contents

edition 1971.08 chapter titles		letters
		event	location	addressee
1	Meditation Is the Answer	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
2	Meditation Is a Living Art	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
3	In the Gap Is Meditation	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
4	Meditation Is Not Thinking but Living	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
5	Know Yourself -- as You Are	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
6	Be Aware of Your Masks	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
7	Ego Is Ignorance	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
8	Life Goes on -- Eternally Flowing	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
9	Life Is a Sermon	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
10	Life Is Not a Theory but a Mystery	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
11	Meditation Is Unoccupiedness	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
12	Humbleness -- the Essence of Meditation	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
13	To Exist Wordlessly Is Meditation	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
14	Be as If You Are Not	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
15	In Awareness There Is No Self	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
16	The Vicious Circle of Desire	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
17	Meditation -- with a Jump into the Unknown	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
18	Witnessing Is Meditation	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
19	Meditation Is the Master-Key	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
20	Life Is a Play -- a Leela	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
21	Mystery of the Void	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
22	Accept Insecurity -- Blissfully	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
23	Upside-down-ness of the Life	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
24	Thinking Is Disease	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
25	Clinging Is Mind -- the Bondage	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
26	Illogical and Irrational Jump into the Unknown	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
27	Meditation Means to Live in the Unknown	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
28	Meditation Is the Greatest Art	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
29	Existence Itself Is Life Eternal	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
30	Existence Exists Beyond Utility	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
31	Love to Be Alone	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
32	Understanding -- Not from the Intellect but from the Being	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
33	No-Mind Is the Door to the Divine	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
34	Crystallization of Being Through Awareness	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
35	Tension and Disease -- due to Localization of Consciousness	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
36	Meditate on Death	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
37	Mind Means Duality, Meditation Means Oneness	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
38	Rest Contented with the Things -- as They Are	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
39	God Is Always Here and Now	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
40	The Opening of That-Which-Is	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
41	Open Your Inner Doors and Windows	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
42	A Break-through -- for Meditation	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
43	Meditation Requires Understanding -- Not Effort	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
44	Meditation Is Beyond Knowledge	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
45	What Is Meditation?	14 Apr 1971 to 30 May 1971 ?	unknown	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome