This is a book about understanding nothingness and attaining to emptiness-not usually thought of as an everyday topic-yet it succeeds in being both fascinating and relevant to daily life.
The prajnaparamita Hridayam Sutra is the most important Sutra in Buddhist literature; it is at the very heart of the Buddhist message, and is chanted daily by millions across the world. But to understand the meaning, to recognize and absorb the concepts it contains is challenging, as the sutra is so succinct, so elementally direct.
In illuminating the verses, Osho uses simple, straight forward language that encourages the reader to search within for his own understanding. Osho’s clarity, preception and humor enable him to bring the significance of Buddha’s message to this very moment, here today. Osho lives the Sutras, and offers the reader the possibility to do the same.
Osho is in a category all of his own, and as he states: "I am nobody. I don't belong to any nation, I don't belong to any religion, I don't belong to any political party. I am simply an individual, the way existence created me. I have kept myself absolutely uninfluenced by any idiotic ideology - religious, political, social, financial. And the miracle is that because I am not burdened with all these glasses on my eyes, and curtains before me, I can see clearly."
Osho defies categorization. His thousands of talks cover everything from the individual quest for meaning to the most urgent social and political issues facing society today. Osho's books are not written but are transcribed from audio and video recordings of his extemporaneous talks to international audiences. As he puts it, "So remember: whatever I am saying is not just for you ... I am talking also for the future generations." Osho has been described by The Sunday Times in London as one of the" 1 000 Makers of the 20th Century" and by American author Tom Robbins as "the most dangerous man since Jesus Christ." Sunday Mid-Day (India) has selected Osho as one of ten people - along with Gandhi, Nehru and Buddha - who have changed the destiny of India.
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 often characterizes 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 Gautama the Buddha.
Running like a thread through all aspects of Osho's talks and meditations is a vision that encompasses both the timeless wisdom of all ages past and the highest potential of todays (and tomorrow's) science and technology.
Osho is known for his revolutionary contribution to the science of inner transformation, with an approach to meditation that acknowledges the accelerated pace of contemporary life. His unique Osho Active Meditations are designed to first release the accumulated stresses of body and mind, so that it is then easier to take an experience of stillness and thought- free relaxation into daily life.
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