Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1

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Osho is saying that all the techniques of Yoga have really one focus: how to use the mind. Rightly used it becomes no-mind and you are absolutely silent; wrongly, it becomes so divided you go insane. Through the sutras of Patanjali, Osho leads the reader step by step toward an understanding of the mind - that it is not something different from the body, and how to use it as an instrument.

notes: Read this book as PDF or create a free account at osho.com to read the book online.; Later published as part of Osho Books on CD-ROM.

"Ten discourses, given by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, on the 'Yoga Sutras' of Patanjali. This volume covers chapter 1, Samadhi Pada, Sutras 1-16."

Later published in the US as Yoga: The Science of the Soul, Vol 1.

Later published in India as The Path of Yoga.

Chapters 1-5 later published in India as The Cessation of Mind and chapters 6-10 - as The Birth of Being.

Chapters 1, 3 & 9 published as a part of Yoga: The Science of the Soul (6 talks).

See Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega (series) for links to other volumes in this series.

time period of Osho's original talks/writings: Dec 25, 1973 to Jan 4, 1974 : timeline

number of discourses/chapters: 10 (see table of contents)

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