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After Middle Age: A Limitless Sky A slim paperback that shows how to transform the so-called mid-life crisis into an opportunity to blossom.

Part onePart TwoPart Three

Time for changeA JokeBecoming Free

Love And AlchemyA Few MaximsMeditation Is…

Natural is BeautifulStart Moving upwards Ups And Downs

A New BeginningLive it Finish with ItA friendly rela

Nothing EndsYour Aloneness

Horizontal or Vertical

Growing up

Gracefully surrendering

The Things of youth

The Beauty of it!

  • Ah, This !

Through delightfully zany anecdotes, Osho captures and conveys the spirit of Zen's enigmatic understanding of life. "Try to understand Zen through laughter, not through prayer," he suggests. "Zen is not a doctrine, not a dogma. It is growing into an insight. It is a vision -- very lighthearted, not serious at all."

  • A Must For Contemplation Before Sleep

The selections in this volume are taken from previously unpublished "darshan diaries". -- transcripts of intimate dialogues between Osho, his disciples and others who came seeking his insight. At Osho's suggestion the book is specifically designed to be read before entering sleep. The evening contemplations remind the reader of the beauty and significance of relaxation, expansion, melting, letting go. The book is illustrated throughout with photographs and is bound with exquisite full-color end papers.

  • And Now And Here

Osho examines one of man's greatest taboos, death. Exposing the fallacy behind the notion that death is a calamity, he also throws light on the paradoxical relationship between life and death. In addition, the reader is led through Osho's specially devised meditations related to the experience of death, techniques to increase awareness and to recall past lives.

  • A Must For Morning Contemplation

The selections in this volume are taken from previously unpublished "darshan diaries" -- transcripts of intimate dialogues between Osho, his disciples and others who came seeking his insight. At Osho's suggestion the book is specifically designed to be read upon waking.
The morning contemplations are uplifting and inspiring, encouraging a lively participation in the day to come. The book is illustrated throughout with photographs and is bound with exquisite full-color end papers.

  • And Now And Here, Vol 2

Osho talks on man's state of being spiritually asleep, and explains why beliefs are based in fear. He talks about his personal experiences of meditation and on dying with awareness. He explains his understanding that humanity can only change through the inner transformation of individuals, not through any form of moral education.

  • And Now And Here – On Death, Dying and Past Lives

What happens when we die? Is reincarnation a superstition or fact? Do we spend time as disembodied spirits between lives? How and why do we choose to be reborn?
These are among the questions being asked at a meditation retreat in a remote part of India. The subject under discussion is death, and how the fear of it affects people's lives. The man conducting the retreat is Osho, and his answers will surprise and inspire you.

  • And The Flowers Showered

A beautiful and simple introduction for those new to Zen. Commenting on eleven Zen anecdotes, Osho explores the spiritual search, speaking on emptiness and no-mind, knowledge and being; belief and trust, repression and truth; philosophy and religion, love and divinity; death and disease, happiness and living in the here-and-now.

"Osho continues publishing very good spiritual texts indeed. These on Zen are direct and whimsical. ...Osho has a no-mind to his comments, sudden bursts of insight, novel ways of putting together images so that you read in an enchanted wonder."

  • The Art Of Dying – Talks on Hasidic Stories

In this volume Osho comments on stories compiled by the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber. Osho helps the reader to face the reality of his own death without fear, and thereby living life to the optimum. Originating in Poland around 1750, Hasidim sought a direct, spontaneous religious experience of life, and created a great tradition of laughing saints and wonderful stories.

"In a language simple but yet profound, the master Osho indicates the art of 'dying' by learning how to live in the here and now, the eternal life."

  • At The Feet Of The Master

This handsome volume of Osho's words, illustrated with black and white photos of Osho and sannyasins in the commune, is a compilation from thirty published darshan diaries.
Osho speaks directly and intimately to individuals, addressing issues concerned with their personal growth: What is a disciple? What is a master? What does it mean to take sannyas? These and the innumerable other aspects of the search read with such relevance in today's world.

  • Ancient Masters Of Zen – Seven Volume Set – speaks on the ancient masters of Zen

Commenting on the exchanges, both sublime and bizarre, with their disciples, Osho talks about seven of the most well-known and loved Zen masters from the past and comments on a selection of beautiful haikus. A variety of hilarious jokes sets the stage for the meditation that concludes each evening's discourse.

  • Ancient Music of The Pines

Of the ultimate realization of Zen, Osho says, "Suddenly you become aware of a music that has always surrounded you... Your heart throbs in the same rhythm as the heart of the whole." This essential Zen reader is also about a number of other themes -- cowardice, boredom and restlessness, recognition and rejection, maturity and moving from the non-essential to the essential.

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  • Behind a Thousand Times

In these discourses on the Nirvana Upanishad, the enlightened mystic Osho explores the essential nature of spiritual longing, the moving force behind every seeker's quest for truth.
Speaking at a mediation camp in Mount Abu, Rajasthan, in India, Osho elucidates the enduring wisdom of this ancient teaching: the true meaning of initiation, or sannyas; the qualities needed by the seeker that will allow him to flower to his full potential; the dangers and pitfalls along the way; the harmonious dance between devotion, the path of love, and discipline, the path of meditation. Through the medium of this Upanishad, Osho shares with us the very fragrance of self-realization, the vision of nirvana.

"The sutra that we are exploring is so revolutionary that perhaps this is why no commentaries have ever been written on the Nirvana Upanishad. It is one of the neglected ones. ...This one is really revolutionary." Osho

  • The Beloved Vol 1 – On the Wild, Dancing World of The Bauls

"The Baul mystics are children of celebration. They celebrate life, they celebrate death. Whatever is, is seen as a gift...they simply love life in all its aspects," is how Osho introduces us to these mystics of Bengal.
And in the first verse of their song, "Only a connoisseur of the flavors of love can comprehend the language of a lover's heart" is revealed the essence of their religion. Osho explains their view of sex, their concept of the body as a temple and their secret of surrender to God, to the Beloved, to "the essential man" who lives within us all.

  • The Beloved, Vol 2 – On the Wild, Dancing World of The Bauls

Ten talks with alternating commentaries on the songs of these delicious madmen, mystics, fools and poets with answers to seekers' questions. And whatever the question, the answers all convey the trust, oneness and love experienced by the Bauls. Spontaneous and life-affirmative, "theirs is the path of the dancer, the singer, and the aesthetic man." "I have read most of [Osho's] books and listened to tapes of his talks, and I am convinced that in the spiritual tradition, here is a mind of intellectual brilliance and persuasive ability as an author."

  • Be Still And Know

In this question-and-answer series Osho talks on a diversity of subjects from science and meditation, personality and essence, to homosexuality, witnessing, salvation and silence. During these discourses, Osho's father and disciple dies, and Osho speaks on what this means for him. The book also includes a lavish color photo section on the death celebration.

  • Beyond Enlightenment

What makes Osho different from Gautam Buddha and other enlightened masters and mystics throughout history? The answer is here, in his own provocative words: "To go beyond enlightenment is to go beyond individuality and become universal." Osho responds to questions on topics ranging from the intimate to the universal, from religion to philosophy, from present-day politics to his own childhood experiences, from enlightenment to what lies beyond.

  • Beyond Psychology

Against a backdrop of almost universal political harassment, Osho talks in depth on a variety of esoterica. He describes techniques of self-discovery, pointing out that psychological answers to man's self-made miseries will no longer work. These discourses are rare jewels of wisdom.

"Many subjects of interest to psycho-historians are taken up by [Osho] in this fascinating series of talks — from esoteric topics to more familiar subjects like sex, child rearing, and the place of mind in understanding the world."

  • Bhagwan: The Buddha For The Future

In what Osho calls an "historical document," Juliet Forman, a close disciple of 17 years, tells her personal story and paints a revealing picture of the evolution of the master-disciple connection.This the first of a trilogy, describes her meeting with Osho and the dramatic turn-about in her life that followed this encounter with the most radical spiritual force of our times.

  • Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh: The Most Dangerous Man Since Jesus Christ

The author, who has been with Osho since 1976, and who was one of the small band that accompanied him on his international tour, chronicles his early years and describes the establishment of the commune in Poona and the gigantic American experiment, including contemporary reports on both by the international media. She also describes first-hand what happened on Osho's World Tour and why he was denied entry by almost every country in the world.

"The story of Osho's life makes fascinating reading,
and this is a good book to start with."

  • Bhagwan- Twelve Days That Shook The World

In what Osho calls an historical document, a close disciple for 17 years tells her personal story and paints a rivetting picture of the extra-ordinary events surrounding Osho's arrest and incarceration by the US. Government.
In this, the second part of her trilogy documenting Osho's life, and her experience of the master-disciple relationship, Ms. Forman describes Osho's illegal arrest in Charlotte, North Carolina, his imprisonment and the subsequent attempts on his life. Described as a "spiritual thriller," the book includes interviews with the sannyasins accompanying Osho and with prison officials, as well as a verbatim account of the court case against Osho.

  • Bhagwan – The Most Godless Yet The Most Godly Man

Introduction by Tom Robbins
Osho's personal physician for the last eleven years of his life, Swami Devaraj, recounts the events that led him to discipleship. He reveals the intimate drama of life with the master in Poona, as only someone so close to him could.

"...The most dangerous man since Jesus Christ... He's obviously a very effective man, otherwise he wouldn't be such a threat. He's saying the same things that nobody else has the courage to say. A man who has all kinds of ideas, they're not only inflammatory they also have a resonance of truth that scares the pants off the control freaks."

Tom Robbins, author of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues,Still Life with Woodpecker and Jitterbug Perfume.
  • Bhagwan – One Man Against The Whole Ugly Past Of Humanity

In what Osho calls an "historical document," a close disciple of 17 years tells her personal story and paints a revealing picture of the evolution of the master-disciple process.
The book that completes the trilogy documenting Osho's life takes the reader with Osho on his World Tour from the US to Nepal, Greece, France, Switzerland, Sweden, England, Ireland, Spain, East Africa, Brazil, Uruguay, Jamaica, Canada, Portugal and back again to Poona, India -- an exercise for his disciples to see that, despite their optimism and the passage of 2000 years, there was still no room at the inn. As one of the small group accompanying Osho on his tour, Ms. Forman provides data from government and other sources.

  • A Bird On The Wing

Using traditional Zen stories and responding to seekers' questions, Osho shows how man must first be grounded in himself before he can fly into the sky of consciousness. Osho takes the reader from subjects as diverse as food, jealousy, businessmen and enlightenment, to how to know if one needs a master, the barriers we create through fear, and gratitude. Good as a starter for newcomers to Zen.

  • BodhiDharma – The Greatest Zen Master, Commentaries on the Teachings of the Messenger of Zen from India to China

Osho paints a portrait of Bodhidharma, one of his favorite Zen masters, as an enlightened "mafia guy" with a personal history that reads like a spiritual Alice in Wonderland."In this volume Osho brings Bodhidharma to modern sensibilities but in a contemporary and interesting manner. Nearly 400 fascinatingly intelligent pages of questions and answers, lectures, writings, etc. A revolutionary, contemporary, utterly irreverent way to the spirit."

  • Books I Have Loved – In memory of Alan Watts

Having read thousands of the world's greatest books on every conceivable subject, Osho shares the fragrance of some of his most loved in these spontaneous and intimate talks. From the very first book, Hsin Hsin Ming by Sosan, to the last entry, The Book, by Alan Watts, he takes us on an unparalleled journey of discovery, choosing gifts from authors we have known plus surprises from mystics and poets never heard of before. Not only are we offered tantalizing reading matter, but an insight into the dimension of the enlightened consciousness."He is certainly a religious man, an intelligent human and one of those rare humans expressing himself with joy."

  • Book Of The Books (Vol 1-4) – Talks on the Dhammapada Of Gautama The Buddha

Simply expressed, the essence of Gautam the Buddha unfolds in front of us. Timeless wisdom brought into the present by one who appreciated this unique mystic, as perhaps no one else ever has.

  • Book Of The Secrets Vol 4 – Discourses on Vigyan Bhairava Tantra

Five thousand years ago Lord Shiva gave to Devi, his consort, the one hundred and twelve sutras which constitute the tantric scripture, Vigyana Bhairava Tantra. "Vigyana" means consciousness. Bhairava means "one who has gone beyond." And "Tantra" means technique. Of these sutras Osho says, "They are the oldest, most ancient techniques. But you can call them the latest also, because nothing can be added to them. They are complete -- 112 techniques. They have taken in all the possibilities, all the ways of cleaning the mind, transcending the mind."

  • The Book Of Wisdom – Talks On Atisha’s Seven Points Of Mind Training

The complete series of talks that Osho gave on the Indian mystic Atisha are combined for the first time in a handsome new hard-back edition. Atisha's fundamental teaching is outlined in "the Seven Points of Mind Training" he devised and which Osho describes as being of inestimable value. He suggests that the seeker "meditate on Atisha, listen to his advice. This is not a philosophy, it is a manual to discipline yourself, it is a manual for inner transformation. It is a book that can help you grow into wisdom." An extraordinary journey into the world of an incredible early Buddhist mystic.

"He is the rarest and most talented religionist to appear this century."

  • The Buddha: The Emptiness Of The Heart – Part Of Five Volume Set

In this particularly potent dose of Zen, Osho challenges the reader to know the "empty heart," beyond feelings and sentiment, the door to eternity that exists within everyone. Using stories and haikus from past Zen masters, Osho reveals the relevance of Zen for the contemporary world. He separates Zen from all the other religions in the world, stating that they are obsolete whereas the Zen he is presenting is an alive phenomenon.

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  • Christianity – The Deadliest Poison, and Zen – The Antidote to all poisons

With ruthless precision and wisdom that is often shocking, Osho dismembers Christianity in the presence of twenty-one Jesuit priests visiting his commune during this series. This is Osho at his most candid as he deals with all the unspoken questions anyone from a Christian background might ever want to ask. Also available on

"I think the essential thing he does is first to cut the dead wood of religions, because there's so much accumulated rubbish around every religious system. And he is quite merciless in what is necessary."