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Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu. OSHO revitalises the 300-year-old Taoist message of self-realization through the stories of the Chinese mystic, Chuang Tzu. He speaks about the state of egolessness, "the empty boat"; spontaneity, dreams and wholeness; living life choicelessly and meeting death with the same equanimity . Available in a beautiful new edition, this series overflows with the wisdom of one who has realized the state of egolessness himself.
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Osho, known for his revolutionary contribution to the science of inner transformation, continues to inspire millions of people worldwide in their search to define a new approach to individual spirituality that is self-directed and responsive to the everyday challenges of contemporary life. The Sunday Times of London named him one of the '1,000 Makers of the Twentieth Century,' and novelist Tom Robbins called him 'the most dangerous man since Jesus Christ.' For more information about Osho and his work, please visit osho.com.
Osho's teachings defy categorization, covering everything from the individual quest for meaning to the most urgent social and political issues facing individuals and society today.
His unique "Osho Active Meditations" are designed to first release the accumulated stresses of body and mind, so that it is easier to experience the thought-free and relaxed state of meditation. (Meditation -The First and Last Freedom, by Osho)
About his own work Osho has said that he is helping to create the conditions for the birth of a new kind of human being. He has often characterized this new human being as "Zorba the Buddha" -- capable both of enjoying the earthy pleasures of a Zorba the Greek and the silent serenity of a Gautam Buddha.
Running like a thread through all aspects of Osho's work is a vision that encompasses both the timeless wisdom of the East and the highest potential of Western science and technology.
Osho has been described by the Sunday Times in London as one of the "1000 Makers of the 20th Century" and by American author Tom Robbins as "the most dangerous man since Jesus Christ."
Biographical:
Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic, ST. MARTIN'S Press, New York, available in multiple languages.
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Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu. OSHO revitalises the 300-year-old Taoist message of self-realization through the stories of the Chinese mystic, Chuang Tzu. He speaks about the state of egolessness, "the empty boat"; spontaneity, dreams and wholeness; living life choicelessly and meeting death with the same equanimity . Available in a beautiful new edition, this series overflows with the wisdom of one who has realized the state of egolessness himself.
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ASIN : B004LLICD6
Publisher : Osho Media International; Reprint edition (12 April 2011)
Language : English
File size : 439 KB
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Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
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Print length : 249 pagesBest Sellers Rank: 276,305 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)60 in Taoism (Kindle Store)
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Osho, known for his revolutionary contribution to the science of inner transformation, continues to inspire millions of people worldwide in their search to define a new approach to individual spirituality that is self-directed and responsive to the everyday challenges of contemporary life. The Sunday Times of London named him one of the '1,000 Makers of the Twentieth Century,' and novelist Tom Robbins called him 'the most dangerous man since Jesus Christ.' For more information about Osho and his work, please visit osho.com.
Osho's teachings defy categorization, covering everything from the individual quest for meaning to the most urgent social and political issues facing individuals and society today.
His unique "Osho Active Meditations" are designed to first release the accumulated stresses of body and mind, so that it is easier to experience the thought-free and relaxed state of meditation. (Meditation -The First and Last Freedom, by Osho)
About his own work Osho has said that he is helping to create the conditions for the birth of a new kind of human being. He has often characterized this new human being as "Zorba the Buddha" -- capable both of enjoying the earthy pleasures of a Zorba the Greek and the silent serenity of a Gautam Buddha.
Running like a thread through all aspects of Osho's work is a vision that encompasses both the timeless wisdom of the East and the highest potential of Western science and technology.
Osho has been described by the Sunday Times in London as one of the "1000 Makers of the 20th Century" and by American author Tom Robbins as "the most dangerous man since Jesus Christ."
Biographical:
Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic, ST. MARTIN'S Press, New York, available in multiple languages.
Websites for more information:
http://www.oshotimes.com
http://www.OSHO.com
http://OSHO.com/resort
http://www.youtube.com/OSHO
http://www.Twitter.com/OSHOtimes
http://www.facebook.com/pages/OSHO.International
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KCSANTHAKUMAR
4.0 out of 5 stars Nobody knows from where you came or where you go.
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 25 August 2017
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This book is a transcript of Osho’s talks on Chuang Tzu stories, an ancient Chinese collection of anecdotes and fables; one of the fundamental text of Taoism. (Taoism is a religious tradition of Chinese origin which means living in harmony) Chuang Tzu says that if a man is crossing a river and an empty boat collides with his skiff, he will not become angry. . But if he sees a man in the boat he will become very angry and shout at him. Osho says that your boat is too heavy with your ego. Your boat is not empty. If you are too much in your boat , then everywhere there will be collision, anger, depression, aggression and violence . An empty boat is not going anywhere. Even if it is moving it is not going anywhere.
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If you can empty your own boat
crossing the river of the world,
no one will oppose you,
and no one will seek to harm you’.
According to Osho, a man of Tao is an empty boat. He is gentle, innocent, not knowing, not worried and wise. Only a man of Tao can just sit in a chair and go on sitting and sitting and sitting.
The whole of Chuang Tzu’s philosophy is that when everything is happening, why are you worried? Allow it to happen. If rivers and trees can reach, man will reach. When the whole existence is moving , you are part of it. Chuang Tzu says: ‘ Everything is amply taken care of.’
Chuang Tzu’s whole teaching consists of being spontaneous. What he says is that don’t choose religion against the world, don’t choose goodness against badness, don’t choose grace against sin, don’t try to be a good man against the bad man and don’t make any distinction between the Devil and God.
A few of Osho’s observations taken from this book are quoted below:
When you have become so rich you are not aware of it. When you are so rich, there is no need to exhibit it.
Hell is a bondage, heaven is also a bondage. Heaven may be a beautiful prison, hell may be an ugly prison - but both are prisons.
We live together without knowing what togetherness is.
When Bibles and Gitas and Korans are too much on your mind, you miss the divine - because the whole space in you is filled with too much furniture.
You never need to remember a real thing that has happened to you. If it happens to you, it is there - what is the need to remember.
There are altogether 11 chapters in this book spreading over 226 pages. Each chapter begins with a Chuang tzu story followed by Osho’s reflections on it. Osho uses parables, anecdotes and jokes to give emphasis to his points as well as to make his audience active and live. Here is one joke:
A man was caught, and the magistrate asked, “Tell me, when you were caught, what did the policeman say to you?”
The man said, “Can I use the vulgar language that he used, here in court? Will you not feel offended?”
The magistrate said, “Leave out the vulgar language and say what he said.”
The man thought and said, “Then ...he said nothing.”
How much power wine can give when one is drunk is pictured in the following Mulla story.
Mulla Nasruddin was walking with his wife, absolutely drunk. She had found him lying in the street and was bringing him home. She was arguing, and winning all the arguments, because Mulla Nasaruddin was not there, he was simply coming along with her.
Then suddenly she saw a mad bull approaching. There was no time to alert Nasruddin, so she jumped into a bush. The bull came up and spun Nasruddin almost fifty feet in the air. He fell into a ditch, and as he crawled out of it he looked at his wife and said, “If you do this to me again, I shall really lose my temper. This is too much.”
Osho asks, If ordinary wine gives so much power, what about Tao, the absolute drunkenness?.
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Steven McGill
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Challenging, Very Rewarding
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 10 February 2013
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I really, really love this book. It goes against all conventional wisdom for how to live one's life, but is directly in line with the teachings of Taoism, as well as the feelings that have forever dwelled within my own heart. In a world that constantly pounds into our heads the need to be somebody, Osho teaches us of the importance of being nobody. In a world that constantly tells us we need to accomplish things, Osho teaches us that accomplishing things is worthless. In a world that encourages us to be proud of our achievements, Osho teaches that our achievements don't mean anything.
Instead, Osho informs us that it is our essence that matters. Who we are at core is what matters, not what we do. When doing comes out of being, there is no conflict. There is no need to seek reward because the reward is in the action itself. Instead of moving toward goals and planning out our lives in such a way that can lead to "success," Osho says that the real joy of living comes through being spontaneous, and through having no expectations. "All that is great, all that is beautiful, all that is true and real," he says, "is always spontaneous. You cannot plan it.... Do the trees plan how to grow, how to mature, how to come to flower? They simply grow without even being conscious of the growth" (80-81).
To be an empty boat means to be free of ego, free of the need to prove oneself, free of the need to be somebody, free of the fear of being nobody, free of the need to win, free of the fear of losing. It means being free to put everything you are into what you do without any attachment to results.
What I like about Osho is that he is uncompromising. He doesn't let you feel good about yourself. He gives you no choice but to look within yourself and to be honest about what you see. Reading this book, you'll realize that all problems in the external world are rooted in the internal world of each one of us, and that we cannot effectively address any injustices in society without being introspective. "A seeker of truth," he says, "carries no theories with him. He is always open, vulnerable. He can listen" (144).
This quality of listening is what opens us up to the reality that lies beneath the surface of our chattering minds. When we listen to others, instead of competing with them to prove we are right, rigidly holding onto our opinions, conversations have a musical quality, a rhythm, a flow, and friendships are formed where rivalries once reigned. This quality of listening is also what enables us to see that this moment, right here right now, is a joyous moment, even if it doesn't lead to anything tangible, even if nothing is happening. Osho teaches us to view each moment as a celebration, so that we don't wish our lives away, waiting for someday to come, or wishing that the good old days would come back. "A man of wisdom is always concerned with the being," he says, whereas "a man of ignorance is always concerned with questions of doing" ( 223).
So, the "Nothingness" in the title is the Tao, the emptiness within, the pure, virgin Self, prior to the intrusion of the thinking, logical mind. Osho urges us to return to that pure state, so that we are awake to what every moment brings us.
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Devinder Sehgal
5.0 out of 5 stars Insights
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Beautiful perspective to lead a choice less life.
The author has such a grip on flow of thoughts that you swim with the book effortlessly.
Couldn't stop reading...it was the fastest reading ever for me.
Intend to read it again as one tends to grow with it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Let the life to eat you!
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Very good book. I learned to think what means let the life to eat you. But yeah, becoming the empty boat, put your ego side. There's no me. Osho's words penetrated in your brain.. Maybe one of the best book what I have been read so far. Also I would say it was the most important also. It's the eye opener. Your should be here and now. We have this life. Be middle, be here. Those words become instinctually. Lots of wisdom. You should read it immediately and you will understand..
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5.0 out of 5 stars Osho has a sacred place in my heart
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I love this man!! His essence speaks to your soul. If your ready to listen, these words can bring great enlightenment, or in Osho's way, not bring you enlightenment. I've been a Buddhist for years, but identify with the Tao first and foremost. This book was a welcome read. The words just fell off the page like water and absorbed into me like the sunshine on a clear summer day. Just wonderful! I would recommend this to all who want to expand their understanding of reality. He writes as if speaking directly to you one on one, promising nothing, but everything. Beautiful.
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5.0 out of 5 stars If your reading this your going to read the book ...
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If your reading this your going to read the book. Nobody gets this far in the game and is able to turn back. Be sure to read everything over and over. If this stuff doesent help change to another book or teacher until you get this information. All religion and real teachers or sages say the sane thing. But you my only be able to hear it from a certian person. Everyone in life will get this stuff in one way or another. Osho is for you if you can feel the truth in what he says. Stop pretending. Watch yourself. Stop and hear the quiet moment your in and read this stuff. Also, you can pick any page in his books and the message is the same. Be here now.
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We are reading this book for yoga club and it is a very interesting read! To be an empty boat means to be free of ego, free of the need to prove oneself, free of the need to be somebody, free of the fear of being nobody, free of the need to win, free of the fear of losing. It means being free to put everything you are into what you do without any attachment to results. Very challenging to do, but the books walks us through the obstacles.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read.
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Must read for meditators. Osho is one of the best people to read on meditation. This work is very special.
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seebeep
5.0 out of 5 stars A good book!
Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on 30 June 2019
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All Osho books are full of inspiration, life and love. Osho highlights here the importance of no mind in everything we do and having a choiceless attitude in life is essential for achieving a perfect meditation.
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MJ
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is awsome!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 9 November 2011
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Actually I'm the reader from Asian country, and I've known OSHO for almost 4years, reading so many books written by him in my language, but it didn't really come to me. This book, however, makes me full understanding of what he tried to say in this book. And What I want to say in this review is just simple. Read it, and you will know what I'm talking about. There is something above the words.
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Angela
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Pleased!
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very slow to arrive but in excellent condition as advertised, highly enjoyable read! definitely worth the wait. I would recommend this book to anyone seeking spirituality, growth, paths to enlightenment and tame the Ego.
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Joanna Walsh
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible
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I loved reading this book. It was amazing how each part spoke to me at just the right stage of my life journey. It helped me so much and I am often quoting from it. Osho has such an entertaining way of speaking which often made me laugh and yet I could relate to the teachings so well. His understanding of human nature is incredible.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A good buy
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Good book . Really enjoying it. Ordered it late one evening and it arrived the next day with standard delivery ! Great service
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Yugo Lalla
5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding Daoism
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I've been a Daoist for forty years and have read most of what is available on the topic. This is the finest book on Chang Tzu's parables and on Daoism ever. For anyone interested in deeper understanding of Dao, don't hesitate to order this book. Osho's clarity of interpretation excels. His conversational style is very readable.
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eigerdreams
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
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Good preview in the working of the mind..... a bit difficult to put in practice.
Given the controversial life Osho, there are things with resonated and some of them which felt completely out of whack.
interpretations of the verses are elaborate. Communication style is pretty direct, sometimes feels a bit narcissistic.
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Sonam J
5.0 out of 5 stars Love books of Osho
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Love books of Osho. After reading this book, i feel i have learnt something about life which is helping me with my day to day experiences. Good read !
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Sergio Canelo
4.0 out of 5 stars Wit perspectives to live with
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Very good, mostly if you are an Osho reader. Clear concepts, humorous passages. I encourage new readers to taste this kind of ideas.
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MP
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book I've ever read!
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I absolutely loved this book, and would recommend it to anybody who searches for truth and wants to live better. I am grateful to Osho for sharing his wisdom!
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FN
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a very high mystical book and is best read slowly
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This is a very high mystical book and is best read slowly. This is not a quick read, but as in all of OSHO's books you only get the highest spiritual teachings.
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How can words convey a message which is wordless? What can be said about an enlightened master? The essence of the message beyond words is paradox, and Osho and Chuang Tzu ask us to accept paradox, set aside mind and logic, and become empty. Only when empty of our conditionings, ideas and expectations - our egos - can their enlightenment become our own. Chuang Tzu millennia ago, and Osho today, conspire to make us nobodies, empty vessels who can receive the wordless, the eternal, which they embody. In these discourses Osho makes obvious that in our present state of being/doing, there is no room for the wordless to enter us and rest. It is there waiting for empty space in us; preoccupations, plans, close the door and we miss it But any effort to attain this emptiness reveals the paradox—effort and ambitions build ego and doom us to ultimate failure. So what can we do? Osho tells us there is nothing to be done, all doing is of the ego. But we can be in a state of receptivity, we can be open and accepting of existence. Bypass the critical mind and his words sink into us, deep into us, and we become like empty boats. To ponder over the words, their meanings, is the road to confusion. Osho uses contradiction as a technique and through it addresses all types of personality. He knows every quirk and twist of the ego, every trick of the mind; he is many jumps ahead. Osho is not trying to turn us into slaves of his rules, he is not our enemy. He has so much love for our monkeyish nature that his whole effort is to help us to become aware of our enslavements, not more adjusted to them. He shocks, jolts us from our comfortable cages, so that through understanding and awareness we can transcend them.
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Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain, 11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990) and latter rebranded as Osho was leader of the Rajneesh movement. During his lifetime he was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader and mystic.
In the 1960s he traveled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Hindu religious orthodoxy.
Rajneesh emphasized the importance of meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity and humor—qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and socialization.
In advocating a more open attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru".
In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as "neo-sannyasins". During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. In 1974 Rajneesh relocated to Pune, where an ashram was established and a variety of therapies, incorporating methods first developed by the Human Potential Movement, were offered to a growing Western following. By the late 1970s, the tension between the ruling Janata Party government of Morarji Desai and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development and a back taxes claim estimated at $5 million.
In 1981, the Rajneesh movement's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon. Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government, and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success.
In 1985, in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers, including a mass food poisoning attack with Salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner, Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela and her close supporters had been responsible. He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain.[
After his deportation, 21 countries denied him entry. He ultimately returned to India and a revived Pune ashram, where he died in 1990. Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the Zurich registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation). Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western New Age thought, and their popularity has increased markedly since his death.
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I have read a lot of Osho's name on the Internet and on the shelves of libraries, but I have never read anything about him or about him. This is the first time that I got to know him and his philosophy and principles, so I can say that I started reading the book "The Empty Boat" without prejudice, neither about the book nor And God knows that while I was reading the book, I tried to remain open to his ideas as much as I could and not to judge until I finished reading. As for having finished reading the book, I can say with a clear conscience that this book is a bit of wisdom and a lot of empty talk.
The book is divided into 11 chapters in which Osho explains the sayings of "Zhiguan Tzi" or "Lao-tse", who is one of the wise men of the Taoist faith in China.
I do not agree with many of the ideas included in the book, but I find them a pure invitation to madness.
Osho says in the first chapter of his book, “Be nobody so that you can enjoy spiritual happiness.”
This is the main idea around which the book revolves, but when I am nobody, what is the meaning of happiness ? How can I be happy when I am nobody?
Moreover, we did not only create spirits, and this contradiction between the spirit that yearns for the sky and the body clinging to the earth is what makes man a human being, and the human ability to balance between them is true happiness.
I'm not totally against spiritual sciences, but I don't like this exaggeration in dealing with them, just as I don't like their antithesis, "material philosophy."
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August 5, 2014
Its a sequel (i.e volume 2) to the book 'when the shoe fits foot is forgotten'.
Its one of the best books by osho. Its philosophy is life changing and is very simple. Worth a read.
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May 26, 2014
The book is about the sayings of the wise Chagwan Tszi
interpreted and explained by Osho.
It revolves around the aiju and how to get rid of
the sayings. If I collect them, they will come to three pages with a lot. They explained them in three and sixty pages. His
explanation is spiritual, very beautiful.
I wish he was a Muslim and interpreted the Qur’an
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Read it long back. The most impressive lesson I remember from this book is
“If a man is crossing a river and an empty boat collides with his own skiff, even though he be a bad-tempered man he will not become very angry.
But if he sees a man in the boat, he will shout at him to steer clear.
If the shout is not heard, he will shout again, and yet again, and begin cursing.
And all because there is somebody in the boat.
Yet if the boat were empty, he would not be shouting, and not angry.
If you can empty your own boat crossing the river of the world, no one will oppose you, no one will seek to harm you….
Who can free himself from achievement, and from fame, descend and be lost amid the masses of men? He will flow like Tao, unseen, he will go about like Life itself with no name and no home.
Simple is he, without distinction.
To all appearances he is a fool. His steps leave no trace. He has no power. He achieves nothing, has no reputation. Since he judges no one, no one judges him. Such is the perfect man: His boat is empty.”
“어떤 사람이 강을 건너는데 빈 배가 자기 배와 부딪히면 비록 성질이 나쁜 사람일지라도 성내지 않을 것이다. 그러나 그가 배 안에 있는 사람을 보면 그에게 피하라고 소리칠 것입니다. 외침이 들리지 않으면 그는 다시 소리를 지르고 또 다시 저주를 시작합니다. 그리고 배에 누군가가 있기 때문입니다. 그러나 배가 비어 있다면 그는 소리를 지르지도 화를 내지도 않았을 것입니다.
자신의 배를 비워 세상의 강을 건널 수 있다면 아무도 당신을 반대하지 않을 것이며 아무도 당신을 해치려 하지 않을 것입니다… 누가 성취와 명성에서 벗어나 사람들 사이에서 길을 잃을 수 있겠습니까? 그는 보이지 않는 도처럼 흐르고 이름도 집도 없이 삶 그 자체처럼 돌아다닐 것입니다. 그는 구별 없이 단순합니다. 모든 면에서 그는 바보입니다. 그의 발걸음은 흔적을 남기지 않는다. 그는 힘이 없습니다. 그는 아무것도 성취하지 못하고 명성도 얻지 못합니다. 그가 아무도 판단하지 않으니 아무도 그를 판단하지 않는다. 그런 사람이 완전한 사람이다: 그의 배는 비어 있다.”
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The empty boat is a journey that you must make sure that you are fully prepared before embarking on it.
The book is very deep..to the extent that I spent nearly a month on it.
Each chapter has to sit after a contemplative session to realize how very real
Osho is. I talked about him, and talking about him became like talking about forbidden things,
but when I sat with him.. In every chapter, I was impressed by his difference and the depth of his faith, so that the reader would imagine at first sight that he was crazy. In
the book, Osho talked about the Rubaiyat of the mystic Omar Khayyam, and how he was accused of immorality when he talked about drunkenness and love But what he meant when he talked about intoxication is the divine intoxication and the eternal embrace with God,
and Osho talked about Lao Tsri and Tshuan Tzi and how they made their lives pure consciousness when they got rid of all material things and decided with courage to be useless
Osho speaks in the language of light and gratitude..Listen to what is behind the phrases and words.
Do not take them literally..because you will drown.
I knew that the Illuminati talk about embracing and love as an expression of their love for God.
They talk about intoxication..not the intoxication of wine, but the divine intoxication and eternal embrace with God.
Osho clearly True religiosity begins when you listen well..when you decide to get rid of all materialism and apparent turmoil.
Osho explains that there is no prayer in the presence of words.
We are full of chatter.
When you listen well and thoughts stop and become filled with you, you will pray the first real prayer
. In philosophy and everything that the father of philosophers Socrates
Osho says, he sees that philosophers and rationalists are the ones who made us live in illusion and miss the aesthetics of life.
When we ask about everything, we lose pleasure and faith.
Osho teaches us how to find God within us and not in temples.
How do we live spontaneously .. How everything is perfect and should go in the way that
Osho is going to call for a return to instinct, love and tolerance
Osho is very honest, I am not impressed by the misunderstanding of many and their arguments about him
because his honesty is contagious as soon as you read it until it is filled with light and you look For life with a new perspective
and get rid of deceiving yourself for yourself and for life
Osho invites you to get rid of everything that is fake and unreal.
Osho calls for unconditional love.. to get rid of formalities in relationships
for free love and get rid of restrictions
. I repeat, do not read the book if you are not ready,
and I repeat, read behind Phrases and words and do not take them literally
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This is one of the gems from Osho, on saying of Ancient Mystic, Chuang Tzu, explaining beautifully, the importance of 'just being' without harbouring any attachments under happiness, sadness, anger, greed or such. The actual Life is in this present moment, not in past or future, was stated beautifully with various epitaphs as 'The toast is burnt', 'the empty boat', 'when Fish is caught, the trap is forgotten' and such. When you read Osho, it's mostly 4 or 5, nothing less; from one of the greatest mystic who walked on this earth in 90s. His talks are relevant even today & I think, it would be in any future. When you read his thoughts as transcribed in his books, you can't but agree to his thoughts, reflections and visions, such is the power of his talks.4 stars.
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Nothingness is the fragrance of the beyond. It is the opening of the heart to the transcendental. It is the unfoldment of the one-thousand-petaled lotus. It is man’s destiny. Man is complete only when he has come to this fragrance, when he has come to this absolute nothingness inside his being, when this nothingness has spread all over him, when he is just a pure sky, unclouded.
This nothingness is what Buddha calls nirvana. First we have to understand what this nothingness actually is, because it is not just empty – it is full, it is overflowing. Never for a single moment think that nothingness is a negative state, an absence, no. Nothingness is simply no-thingness. Things disappear, only the ultimate substance remains. Forms disappear, only the formless remains. Definitions disappear, the undefined remains.
So, nothingness is not as if there is nothing. It simply means there is no possibility of defining what is there. It is as if you move all the furniture from your house outside. Somebody comes in and he says, “Now, here is nothing.” He had seen the furniture before; now the furniture is missing and he says, “Here there is no longer anything. Nothing is.” His statement is valid only to a certain extent. In fact, when you remove the furniture, you simply remove obstructions in the space of the house. Now, only pure space exists, now nothing obstructs. Now there is no cloud roaming in the sky; it is just a sky. It is not just nothing, it is purity. It is not only absence, it is a presence.
Have you ever been in an absolutely empty house? You will find that emptiness has a presence; it is very tangible, you can almost touch it. That’s the beauty of a temple or a church or a mosque – pure nothing, just empty. When you go into a temple, what surrounds you is nothingness. It is empty of everything, but not just empty. In that emptiness something is present – but only present for those who can feel it, who are sensitive enough to feel it, who are aware enough to see it. Those who can see only things will say, “What is there? Nothing.” Those who can see nothing will say, “All is here, because nothing is here.”
The identity of “yes” and “no” is the secret of nothingness. Let me repeat it; it is very basic to Buddha’s approach: nothingness is not identical with no, nothingness is the identity of yes and no, where polarities are no longer polarities, where opposites are no longer opposites.
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Reading this book made me fall asleep easily. Therefore, the book is thin, but I can't finish reading it. After reading a bit, I fell asleep
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Taoism from the perspective of a Buddhist.
Well, he is not strictly a Buddhist, but that is the impression I got while reading. I just finished this book yesterday and I thought it was good, but not amazing. This is a transcription of talks given by the author in 1974, and in giving his talks he does provide some genuinely valuable insights in to the parables of Chuang Tzu, Taoism and life in general. I found the 8th chapter ("The Useless") to be excellent, describing what might be called "existence-in-contradistinction", or the idea that for anything to exist, it must be set in opposition to or against something else.
However throughout this book I couldn't help but feel that what we get is not wholly in the spirit of Taoism, but rather what the author selectively wants to impart from Taoism, to the exclusion of other things. This world is often deprecated as being unreal, secondary or of no real importance; a sentiment not to be found in great degree in the primary sources of Taoism. The self takes a serious beating as well... but then again the title of the book is "The Empty Boat", named after a Chuang Tzu story which suggests that the source of blame is personal identity. Lastly the author fictionalizes stories about historical figures (as an avid student of the ancient Cynics of Greece, I can tell you that most details he gives about the meeting of Alexander and Diogenes of Sinope are patently false) in order to reinforce his point.
Perhaps I am being overly critical. This book is worth reading, for there are many gems of philosophical insight to be found within it, but just make sure you have read Chuang Tzu for yourself before approaching it. Reading this book I felt like looking at a picture of "The Vinegar Tasters" and seeing the words of Lao Tzu coming out of Buddha's mouth.
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Osho is a Hindu thinker who became famous, especially in European circles in our time. The book is written in a smooth style, the ideas are clear, and the multiplicity of stories in it increases the pleasure of reading and reduces the dryness of philosophy. Why, if I rate the book with one star? For the thought of the book and the writer with whom I cannot approach or be satisfied. With some of its content, the idea of the book is an embodiment of the Hindu religion that does not believe in heaven, fire, judgment, or a day of religion, even if it believes in a God who is the creator of the universe. Salvation in the Christian faith is by believing that God sacrificed his son to atone for Adam’s sin. Salvation in Judaism is only for the Jews of God’s children. Salvation is in Islam by following what the Prophet Muhammad came with. The three religions make there a day of judgment. Either bliss is in heaven or hell in hell. As for what Osho philosophizes for us about his Hindu faith, your salvation will only be if you melt yourself and unite in the divine self, and that is by your fading away. About yourself by devoting yourself, stop. The last phrase of self-dedication does not mean asceticism, for example!!!No, then a thousand no, your asceticism is existence, and what you strive for is annihilation. In short, you see yourself. Excuse me. Do you see yourself, that is, that you do not become anything, that is, that you perish in the Divine Self, and thus your salvation is achieved through Nirvana.
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