Osho has 42 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.9★ across 78 ratings. The most-rated is The Book of Wisdom.
Nirvana: the Last Nightmare
Summary
Nirvana has become an idealized word associated with the juxtaposition of a cult rock celebrity who died before his time and a vague new age version of Eastern religion. An altered state to be hoped for but likely unattainable, reinforcing that all too familiar uneasiness associated with never being able to have what we truly desire in life. Osho masterfully brings this internal state of tension to the surface and, through the use of five beautiful Zen stories, examines, unravels, and reveals the meaning of nirvana. By absorbing without interpreting, making a decision without worrying if it is the right one, or surrendering to each moment, it is possible to come to a point where we simply drop through the manifestations of the ego. In that moment, living an ordinary life becomes an extraordinary delight.
©1976 OSHO International Foundation (P)2016 OSHO International Foundation
Philosophia Ultima
Summary
These discourses contain what Osho describes as the most significant statements ever made, which point to the whole secret of the mystic approach toward life. And the sutra that begins this series of discourses, he says, contains the very essence of the entire Upanishadic vision - that the universe is an indivisible totality, an organic whole. Osho illuminates these ancient texts with such clarity that their significance seems stunningly obvious. A wealth of jokes and amusing anecdotes are magically interwoven through his commentaries.
©1980 OSHO International Foundation (P)2017 OSHO International Foundation
Tao: The Golden Gate, Vol. 1
Summary
Taoism is a Chinese philosophy based on the writings of the Chinese mystic Lao Tzu. There are many sacred writings and different teachers of Taoism. Taoists focus on living a simple and balanced life in harmony with nature. This is one of the most important principles in Taoism. This series of talks by Osho is based on a famous work The Classic of Purity by the Taoist mystic Ko Hsuan. Chapter #1 The Art of Meditation Chapter #2 Nothing Is Wrong with You Chapter #3 Marriage Is Irrelevant Chapter #4 Celebration, the Only True Prayer Chapter #5 The Whole Art of Tao Chapter #6 Choiceless Awareness Chapter #7 Real Intelligence Chapter #8 No Hell, No Heaven Chapter #9 Only Understanding Is Needed Chapter #10 Accept Your Imperfection
©1980 Osho International Foundation (P)2009 Osho International Foundation
The Dhammapada, Vol. 1
Summary
The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Gautama the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. This is volume one of a 12-volume series of Osho Talks, where Osho brings Buddha's Dhammapada into the 21st century, opening them for a new understanding for contemporary mankind. In alternating chapters, Osho comments on specific sutras of Buddha and responds to questions from his audience, deepening the understanding of these timeless works. "My talking on Buddha is not just a commentary: It is creating a bridge. Buddha is one of the most important masters who has ever existed on the Earth - incomparable, unique." The setting of these talks is an open-air auditorium at the Osho International Meditation Resort in Pune, India. Osho and his audience sit surrounded by trees, and the elements of nature - the chirping of birds, wind, and the cracking bamboos as well as the distant sound of the local Pune-Mumbai morning train - are all parts of these recordings and give them a truly existential flavor. Osho employs his penetrating insight and wonderful humor to remove the dust of many misunderstandings gathered on Buddha's teachings and again emphasizes meditation over dogma, meditation being Buddha's greatest contribution to the development of human consciousness. "Buddha transformed the word meditation. Meditation had always been something of the mind, and Buddha brought a new quality, so totally new, diametrically opposite to the old meaning: He said meditation means a state of no mind. It is not concentration; it is not contemplation. It is not thinking; it is not thinking about God. It is not even prayer, because thinking is of the head, intellectual; prayer is emotional. That is another side of the head, not very far away from it - a different language used by another part of the head." Osho Talks are "meditating talks", allowing the listener an experience of meditation. "These words of Buddha come from eternal silence. They can reach you only if you receive them in silence."
©1979 OSHO International Foundation (P)2015 OSHO International Foundation
The Beauty of the Human Soul
Summary
All of the Osho audiobooks are created from his extemporaneous talks, and in this volume reflect the intimate setting in which they were given, with small audiences of those gathered in the Oregon commune around him. Everything is on the table - belief in God, the meaning of compassion, what happens when we die. In sharing stories from his own life, bringing new insights to old parables, and challenging his listeners to examine their own conscious and unconscious beliefs, he begins to create a new and more authentic "narrative" about what we human beings are doing on this planet, and why we are here. Chapter Titles: Chapter 1: God - The Phantom Fuehrer Chapter 2: Death: The Ultimate Orgasm Chapter 3: The New Man: Intellect in Harmony with the Heart Chapter 4: The Only Hope: The Enlightenment of Humanity Chapter 5: Superman: The Fantasy for the Inferior Chapter 6: Holy Scriptures - Wholly Bullshit Chapter 7: The Beauty of the Human Soul Chapter 8: Bored to Death? - You're on the Trail to Transformation Chapter 9: Only One Sin - to Forget Your Being. Only One Virtue - to Remember It Chapter 10: Belief - Just a Blind Man's Bluff
©1985 OSHO International Foundation (P)2016 OSHO International Foundation
Hyakujo the Everest of Zen
Summary
Osho illuminates the Chinese Zen master Hyakujo’s concept of sudden enlightenment, showing that everyone is already a buddha. No master, he says, can give you anything; he can only take your false beliefs away. Hyakujo's second landmark contribution to Zen was the foundation of monasteries creating the environment for realizing one’s buddhahood. His premise was that a gradual preparation, with work and meditation going hand in hand, can allow the realization to occur. This structure continues in Zen monasteries to this day. Osho reiterates Hyakujo’s understanding: “If you want to prepare a house, a garden, a painting, a poem, it will take time. There is only one thing that does not take time, because it is beyond time, that is your buddhahood. You simply jump out of time and you find yourself as you have been always and will be always - your intrinsic nature.” These Zen anecdotes and dialogues are not to transmit knowledge - they are tools for transformation. Chapters: "The Language of Suddenness" "The Great Pearl" "In Search of the Lost Treasure" "Lie Down and Witness" "Don’t Be Idiot-Buddhas" "The Disciple Is the Seed" "The Last Milestone" "What Words Cannot Say" "The Buddha Is Your Empty Heart"
©1988 OSHO International Foundation (P)2020 OSHO International Foundation
The Goose Is Out
Summary
There is a famous Zen story about a disciple, Riko, who once asked his master, Nansen, to explain to him the old Zen koan of the goose in the bottle. Namely, if a man puts a gosling into a bottle and feeds the gosling through the bottle's neck until it grows and becomes a goose - and then there is simply no more room inside the bottle - how can the man get it out without killing the goose or breaking the bottle? In response, Nansen shouts, "Riko!" and gives a great clap with his hands. Startled, Riko replies, "Yes master!" And Nansen says, "See! The goose is out!" In this Zen-flavored series of responses to questions, the contemporary mystic, Osho, cuts through the mad complexity of the contemporary human mind and its self-created "problems" with humor, compassion, and even an occasional shout and clap of his hands. The goose in the questioner's bottle may be a philosophical problem or an existential dilemma, a relationship drama or an emotional crisis - in each case, Osho's unique and transformational response sets the goose free, allowing us to rediscover the simple and innocent clarity each of us brings with us when we come into the world. From this space, problems are not solved but rather are dissolved: "The goose is out." This is a beautiful audio series giving an experience of a mystic working with people who are searching for themselves.
©1981 OSHO International Foundation (P)2015 OSHO International Foundation
Emotional Wellness
Summary
Osho describes unconsciousness as the basement of our minds in which many things are buried, which find expression through your conscious. Like, millions of people watch boxing or football matches and their enjoyment is the expression of hidden violence.
©1986 OSHO International Foundation (P)2009 OSHO International Foundation
The Dhammapada Vol. 4
Summary
The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of Gautama the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. This is volume four of a 12-volume series of Osho Talks, where Osho brings Buddha's Dhammapada into the 21st century, opening them for a new understanding for contemporary mankind. In alternating chapters Osho comments on specific sutras of Buddha and responds to questions from his audience, deepening the understanding of these timeless works. Gautama the Buddha raised the most important question. The most important question of all questions is: What is true happiness? "People are living just to impress. They must be really very poor inside, because only people suffering from an inferiority complex want to impress others. A really superior person never compares himself with anybody else. He knows he is incomparable; not only that, he knows others are also as incomparable as he is. He is neither superior nor inferior." This tremendous revolution is possible only with one secret key, and that is becoming more alert. The more alert you are, the less you repeat. The more alert you are, the more you find new ways of doing things, new styles of living your life. The setting of these talks is an open-air auditorium at the Osho International Meditation Resort in Pune, India. Osho and his audience sit surrounded by trees and the elements of nature - the chirping of birds, wind, and the cracking bamboo as well as the distant sound of the local Pune-Mumbai morning train are all parts of these recordings and give them a truly existential flavor. Osho Talks are "meditating talks", allowing the listener an experience of meditation. "These words of Buddha come from eternal silence. They can reach you only if you receive them in silence."
©1979 Osho International Foundation (P)2016 Osho International Foundation
The God Conspiracy
Summary
Not believing, but only experiencing, says Osho in this inspiring series of talks, is a way of finding truth and meaning. While Nietzsche's declaration that "God is dead, therefore man is free" was an incredible step in understanding, he argues, it is in itself a negative solution and does not bring freedom. Simply removing God is not enough. Osho is no atheist by far and not in favor of any "anti-believe" system either. "It is meditation that fulfills your inner being and takes away the vacuum that used to be filled by a great lie, God." In The God Conspiracy, Osho offers a solution beyond Nietzsche - meditation, a direct connection with existence itself. Here, he shows how Zen and meditation allow us to find meaning and significance, creativity, receptivity, and a path to freedom. Zen has no God, but it has a tremendous power to transform our consciousness, to bring so much awareness that committing evil becomes inconceivable. In this series of talks, one of the very last talks in Osho's life, he sums up the message of his life and argues persuasively that transformation cannot be imposed, but must come from one's innermost being and understanding. With the meditations at the end of each talk, into which Osho guides his audience, the listeners are given exquisite experience of meditation, of a let-go and a rebirth. Chapter Titles: Chapter 1: God Is Dead and Man Is Free...for What? Chapter 2: God Is an Insult to Man Chapter 3: God Is Just Like Tomorrow Chapter 4: God Is a Lie Chapter 5: God Is Your Insecurity Chapter 6: God Is the Original Sinner Chapter 7: God Is the Business of the Priest
©1989 OSHO International Foundation (P)2016 OSHO International Foundation
The Fish in the Sea Is Not Thirsty
Summary
Commenting on the haunting songs of Kabir, Osho takes the listener to the very core of the human dilemma, to the simple cause of man's misery - that he thinks that he is separate from existence: his inability to comprehend why the fish in the sea is not thirsty. Osho also answers questions, speaking on emotions and being detached from them, aloneness and love, imitation, children and religion, rebellion, living in a balanced way, sex, the generation gap, and much more. The fish in the sea is not thirsty but man is. Man lives in existence, and is absolutely unaware of it. Man is born in existence, breathes in existence, and one day will dissolve in existence. Man is godliness, made of the stuff called God, and yet completely oblivious of the fact.
©1980 OSHO International Foundation (P)2017 OSHO International Foundation
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El hombre que amaba las gaviotas [The Man Who Loved Seagulls]
Summary
Uno de los grandes maestros espirituales del siglo XX, comparte lecciones de vida esenciales extraídas de relatos de las grandes tradiciones de sabiduría del mundo. El hombre que amaba a las gaviotas, es una selección especial de historias desde la perspectiva oriental, interpretadas y aplicadas a las preocupaciones y al contexto de la vida contemporánea occidental. Osho trata los relatos y parábolas esenciales de las grandes tradiciones de sabiduría del mundo: zen, taoísmo, cristianismo y judaísmo. Interpreta las historias y las aplica a las preocupaciones diarias de la vida moderna. Las valiosas lecciones que imparte son a la vez oportunas y universales. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©1989 OSHO International Foundation (P)2020 Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial S.A.U.
The Dhammapada, Vol. 8
Summary
More than 2,500 years ago, Gautama the Buddha walked the earth, teaching to all who would listen. Buddhist lore has it that shortly after he passed away, his disciples met to recall all that they were able of the truths that Buddha had spoken. These sayings were complied into The Dhammapada, an anthology of 423 verses containing the essence of his principles. Osho is one of the most provocative mystics of our time, who inspires millions of people worldwide in their individual search for meditation and transformation. Through his talks on the teachings of Buddha, Osho creates a bridge from the highest peaks of human consciousness to the everyday challenges of contemporary life.
©1979 OSHO International Foundation (P)2017 OSHO International Foundation
The Heart Sutra
Summary
The Heart Sutra, originally a very short set of verses, was given in privacy as a message to one of Buddha's close disciples, Sariputra, specifically addressed to him. Over time the Heart Sutra became one of Buddhism's core teachings. In these 10 talks, Osho presents the powerful message of these ancient words and brings them to a modern audience - one with different minds and needs than the original audiences of Buddha more than 2,500 years ago. Osho's message is not about Buddha the historical figure; instead he addresses his listeners and encourages them to discover their own inner realities, their own buddhahood. Like Buddha's, Osho's message is about meditation and meditation alone - "rely only on your meditation and nothing else". Osho also speaks on the seven chakras, the energy centers of the human body, and their corresponding relationships to the physical, psychosomatic, psychological, psychospiritual, spiritual, spiritual-transcendental, and transcendental aspects of human growth and consciousness.
©1977 OSHO International Foundation (P)2016 OSHO International Foundation
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Confianza [Trust]
Summary
En este nuevo libro de la serie «Claves para una nueva forma de vivir», Osho nos habla en profundidad de la confianza en todas sus vertientes. La confianza no significa ingenuidad, pensamiento positivo, optimismo sin fundamento. La confianza auténtica requiere un «sí» auténtico. Y para descubrir este sí auténtico, debemos tener el valor de examinar y despojarnos de todo lo que es falso. Osho ha hablado a menudo acerca de la importancia de la duda, de cuestionar, de ver las cosas como son, no como otros nos dicen que deben ser. La confianza es sin duda un valor mayor que el amor, en ella está implícito el amor, pero en el amor no está implícita la confianza. Cuando dices: «Yo confío en ti» se sobreentiende que amas. Pero cuando dices que amas, la confianza no tiene nada que ver con eso. De hecho el amor puede ser muy desconfiado y generar miedo a perder la persona la que amas. Este nuevo libro incluye una pequeña sección de simples técnicas de meditación y otra de preguntas y respuestas sobre la naturaleza de la confianza y lo que realmente significa en la vida cotidiana. «La confianza es comprender que solo eres una parte, una nota de una gran sinfonía, una pequeña ola en el océano. La confianza significa seguir la totalidad, fluir con la totalidad, estar en sintonía con el todo.» Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©2016 OSHO International Foundation, Suiza, www.osho.com/copyrights (P)2017 Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial S. A. U.
Coming Home to Yourself
Summary
A beautiful collection of mindfulness exercises for grounding, relaxation, and finding inner peace, from legendary spiritual guru Osho. All of us have experienced moments of "coming home" - feeling relaxed, grounded, free of the restlessness that characterizes so much of our everyday lives. These moments can arise in nature or in the depths of an activity we enjoy, alone or together with people we love. They show us that we are exactly where we are supposed to be. The meditations in Coming Home to Yourself were selected from Osho's hundreds of public talks and intimate conversations. These passages are designed to be a companion on the journey toward transforming our rare moments of "at-home-ness" into an undercurrent that permeates all aspects of our lives. They offer guidance about meditation and specific techniques to try, insights into the habits that keep us tense and conflicted, and what life might look like if we recognize those habits and let them go. Exercises include activating your awareness, opening the heart, learning to relax and concentrate in order to reap the benefits of meditation, and freeing the brain from mental blocks. Coming Home to Yourself invites the listener to dip into the meditations at any point or listen to the audiobook in sequence for a true homecoming experience.
©2020 Estate of Osho (P)2020 Random House Audio
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Coraje (Claves para una nueva forma de vivir) [Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously]
Summary
¡Desarrolla el coraje interno que te permita llevar una vida satisfactoria en cualquier situación! Este libro proporciona una perspectiva general del terreno en el que se originan los miedos, cómo entenderlos y cómo encontrar el coraje para vencerlos. «Coraje no es la ausencia de miedo», dice Osho. Por el contrario, es la total presencia del miedo y el valor para encararlo. Este libro proporciona una perspectiva general del terreno en el que se originan los miedos, cómo entenderlos y cómo encontrar el coraje para vencerlos. Osho propone que siempre que nos enfrentemos a la inseguridad y el cambio en nuestras vidas debemos celebrarlo. En lugar de aferrarnos a lo familiar y conocido, podemos aprender a disfrutar de estas situaciones como oportunidades para la aventura y para profundizar en la comprensión de nosotros mismos y del mundo que nos rodea. El libro comienza con una exploración en profundidad del significado de la palabra «coraje» y de cómo se expresa en la vida cotidiana de cada persona. A diferencia de otros libros, que tratan de acciones heroicas en circunstancias excepcionales, esta obra se centra en desarrollar el coraje interno que nos permita llevar una vida satisfactoria en cualquier situación. Es el coraje necesario para cambiar cuando el cambio es necesario, el coraje para defender nuestra propia verdad, incluso en contra de las opiniones de los demás, y el coraje para abrazar lo desconocido. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©1999 Osho International Foundation. www.osho.com/copyrights (P)2021 Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A.U.
One Seed Makes the Whole Earth Green
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In Osho’s understanding Zen is the approach to religion that has not put fetters on mankind. These four talks pay homage to Zen’s reverence for life and its celebration of the everyday. He sees in Zen a seed, pregnant with infinite potential. Interspersed with his comments on anecdotes about the Zen masters Rinzai and Fuketsu, Osho addresses current issues. With characteristic forthrightness he shows how society diverges from what it preaches and how it lives. This beautifully designed volume of talks also features commentaries on haikus, and a great selection of jokes! Kikaku wrote: A brilliant full moon! On the matting of my floor shadows of pines fall. “Always visualize these haikus. A brilliant full moon! - and because of the brilliant full moon, On the matting of my floor shadows of pines fall…and a deep silence, and a tremendous blissfulness. Those things are not said. They have to be understood by visualizing." From the series: One Seed Makes the Whole Earth Green Chapter #01 Beyond Individuality: The Ultimate Center Chapter #02 Your True, Authentic, Original Face Chapter #03 Zen: A Tremendous Rebellion Chapter #04 Cut the Roots of All Your Darkness
©1989 OSHO International Foundation (P)2020 OSHO International Foundation
The Magic of Self-Respect
Summary
"I have given you freedom, and I have given you individuality, and I have given you just a little taste of something that is always yours. You just have to claim it." The Magic of Self-Respect is the second volume in a series titled Authentic Living. So much of the experience of everyday life, says Osho in this insightful guide, is shaped by religious and social conditioning - and we are not even aware of the fact. We are constantly being pulled away from the unique nature that is our birthright. In place of that original and unique self, a false self, called the "ego", is constructed, and it eventually gains control of our creativity, our ideas about what it means to be successful, our relationships, and our very experience of who we are. At the same time, he argues, the collection of egos known as "society" shapes our political, educational, and religious institutions, which in turn combine to force the same old patterns onto new generations. In this series Osho shows how to discard these old patterns in favor of a new and nurturing trinity of watchfulness, awareness, and alertness. The talks that are published in this Authentic Living series were given by Osho in the United States as the beginning of a new phase of his work.
©1984 Osho International Foundation (P)2016 Osho International Foundation
The Dhammapada Vol. 6
Summary
More than 2,500 years ago, Gautama the Buddha walked the earth, teaching to all who would listen. Buddhist lore has it that shortly after he passed away, his disciples met to recall all that they were able of the truths that Buddha had spoken. These sayings were compiled into The Dhammapada, an anthology of 423 verses containing the essence of his principles. Osho is one of the most provocative mystics of our time, who inspires millions of people worldwide in their individual searches for meditation and transformation. Through his talks on the teachings of Buddha, Osho creates a bridge from the highest peaks of human consciousness to the everyday challenges of contemporary life.
©1979 OSHO International Foundation (P)2017 OSHO International Foundation