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“I call Zen the only living religion because it is not a religion, but only a religiousness. It has no dogma, it does not depend on any founder. It has no past; in fact it has nothing to teach you. It is the strangest thing that has happened in the whole history of mankind – strangest because it enjoys in emptiness, it blossoms in nothingness. It is fulfilled in innocence, in not knowing. It does not discriminate between the mundane and the sacred. For it, all that is, is sacred.” Osho, Live Zen # 1
The Bamboos, the Cuckoos, the Clouds of Monsoon, the Thunderbolts, the Full Moon and the Silently Listening Meditators – they all constitute the assembly before which these series of talks have been delivered and to which they have been dedicated. In these talks on Zen anecdotes which Osho calls “absurd yet profound without any rationality but still as truthful as language allows” he paints an experiential canvas for us readers to taste Live Zen. As a vital and innovative part of this profound experience, Osho introduces two new meditations that open a new chapter in the evolution of human consciousness.
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