Books I Have Loved

Books I Have Loved
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I have loved many books, thousands of books…" Having read the world’s greatest books on almost every conceivable subject, Osho shares the fragrance of some of his most loved authors. Osho, who produced over six hundred books himself, talks with spontaneity, enthusiasm, and humor about one hundred and sixty-seven books that had a profound effect on him. From the mystics of the East to Nietzsche, from Western philosophers to great Russian novelists, from Zorba the Greek to Alice in Wonderland, here is an inspiring and insightful commentary on the entire spectrum of world writing, a rainbow of literary genius.
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Osho shares the fragrance of some of his most loved authors. From the mystics of the East to Nietzsche, and on to Lewis Carroll, here is an inspiring and insightful commentary on the entire spectrum of world writing, a rainbow of literary genius.

Extract from Session 5
"Athato Brahma Jigyasa – now the inquiry into the ultimate"…that’s how Badrayana begins his great book, perhaps the greatest. Badrayana’s book is the first I am going to talk about today. He begins his great book Brahman Sutra with this sentence: "Now the inquiry into the ultimate." That’s how all the sutra in the East begin, always with "Now…athato," never otherwise.

"Badrayana is one of those who are bound to be misunderstood, for the simple reason that he is too serious. A mystic should not be so serious, that’s not a good quality. But he was a brahmin living thousands of years ago, living among brahmins, talking to brahmins, and brahmins are the most serious people in the world. Do you know India has no jokes? Is it not strange for such a big country to be without jokes? Such a long history without jokes! The brahmins cannot joke because the joke seems too profane, and they are sacred people.

"I can understand and forgive Badrayana, but I could not forget to mention that he is a little bit too serious. I was hesitating whether to include him in my list of books. The hesitation was only because of his seriousness. I did not hesitate about Mirdad; I did not hesitate at all about even Rubaiyat, by Omar Khayyam. But I hesitated about Badrayana and his Brahman Sutra, which in the East is considered to be one of the greatest books – and it certainly is.

"I have read many serious books, even that rascal saint George Gurdjieff’s All and Everything, but there is nothing to compete with Badrayana’s Brahman Sutra as far as seriousness is concerned. He is ultimate in his seriousness too. Alas, could he only have laughed a little!

"Christians believe that Jesus never laughed. I refute it. I refute it absolutely! It is possible about Badrayana; he may never have laughed. He is so serious, utterly serious. You could not create a more serious book. Thousands of commentaries have been written on it to explain what he means.

"Truth needs no commentary, but when you put it in a serious garb, naturally commentators follow, and commentators always serve the devil. It is still a great book; in spite of Badrayana’s seriousness it is great. Badrayana reaches to the highest, to the ultimate, with great acumen, with great efficiency, the efficiency of a scientist.

In this title, Osho talks on the following topics:
naked... god... conclusion... footprints... diamonds... fragmentary... climax... bennett... badrayana... farid...
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Type    Series of Talks
Publisher    OSHO Media International
ISBN    81-72611021
ISBN-13    978-8172611026
Dimensions (size)    165 x 190 mm
Number of Pages    242