A Cup of Tea (New edition)

A Cup of Tea (New edition)
Letters written by Osho to disciples and friends
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The words in this small book are in the form of exquisite letters, written to individuals who are seeking something beyond day-to-day life and so practicing meditation. The letters are intimately personal and, at the same time, universal.
Osho urges each recipient to go deeply into their meditation, reconnecting with the silence of existence. His love showers through, creating messages that are powerful and of great significance.
The pace of life today is often frenetic. You will find yourself slowing down as you read these letters.
Chapter Titles
    #1: Falling in Tune with the Whole
    #2: Empty Heart, Empty Mind
    #3: Zen Is a Revolution
    #4: How Coarse!
    #5: Relax and Disappear
    #6: There Is No Final Destination
    #7: All You Can Do Is Drop Your Mind
    #8: Holidays Are Not for Saints
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The words in this small book are in the form of exquisite letters, written to individuals seeking something beyond day-to-day life. The letters are intimately personal and, at the same time, universal.

Excerpt from: A Cup of Tea, Letter 4
  “Love. Thinking is necessary, but not enough.

      One must know living also. Otherwise one becomes like the philosopher mentioned by Søren Kierkegaard who builds a fine palace, but is doomed not to live in it – he has a shed for himself next door to what he has constructed for others, including himself, to look at!

       “Meditation is not thinking – but living.

Live it daily – moment to moment; that is, live in it or let it live in you. It is not something otherworldly either because all such distinctions are from the mind – they are speculative and not existential.

       “And meditation is existential. It is no more than one’s everyday life experience – lived totally.

       “When Mencius says, ‘The truth is near and people seek it far away,’ he means this.

       “Or, when Tokusan is asked about it he replies, ‘When you are hungry you eat, when you are thirsty you drink, and when you meet a friend you greet him.’ He means this.

       “Or, sings Ho Koji, ‘How wondrous this, how mysterious! I carry fuel, I draw water.’ He also means this.

       “And when you are near me, whatsoever I may say, I always mean this.

       “Or, I may not say anything – but then too I always mean this.”

 

       “Love.

       “One day Lin-chi was asked, ‘What is the essence of meditation?’

       “Lin-chi came right down from his seat and taking hold of the questioner by the front of his robe, slapped his face, and let him go.

       “The questioner, of course, stood there stupefied.

       “Then Lin-chi laughed and said to him, ‘Why don’t you bow?’

       “This woke him from his reverie, and when he was about to make a bow to the master, he had his first taste of meditation.

       “Please, read this again and again and again – and if you do not have the same taste then slap your face yourself, and then laugh and bow down to yourself. And then you will have the same taste – surely!”

In this title, Osho talks on the following topics:
love... meditation... life... consciousness... god... heart... play... christ... ummon... sekkyo...

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Type    Series of Talks
Publisher    OSHO Media International
ISBN-13    978-81-7261-359-4
Dimensions (size)    122 x 190 mm
Number of Pages    304