A Bird on the Wing
- Using traditional Zen stories and responding to seekers' questions, Osho shows how man must first be grounded in himself before he can fly into the sky of consciousness. Osho takes the reader from subjects as diverse as food, jealousy, businessmen and enlightenment, to how to know if one needs a master, the barriers we create through fear, and gratitude. Good for newcomers to Zen.
- "Be rooted in the earth so that you can stretch to the sky; be rooted in the visible so that you can reach into the invisible. Don't create duality and don't create any antagonism. If I am against anything, I am against antagonism. I am against being against anything; I am for the whole, the complete circle. The world and God are not divided anywhere. There is no boundary: the world goes on spreading into God and God goes on spreading into the world. Really, to use two words is not good but language creates problems. We say the creator and the created, we divide. Language is dualistic; in reality there is no created and no creator, only creativity, only a process of infinite creativity. Nothing is divided. Everything is one -- undivided." (Osho, ch.3, q.1.)
- notes
- Read this book as PDF or create a free account at osho.com to read the book online.
- Previously published as part of Osho Books on CD-ROM.
- Previously published as Roots and Wings.
- The text of this book has been edited in comparison to Roots and Wings.
- The text for this book on the CD-ROM -although called A Bird on the Wing- is mostly the text of Roots and Wings.
- time period of Osho's original talks/writings
- from Jun 10, 1974 to Jun 20, 1974 : timeline
- number of discourses/chapters
- 11 (see table of contents)
editions
A Bird on the WingTalks on Zen
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A Bird on the WingZen Anecdotes for Everyday Life
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A Bird on the WingZen Anecdotes for Everyday Life
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table of contents
edition 1997 chapter titles |
discourses | |||||||
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event | location | duration | media | |||||
1 | Empty Your Cup | 10 Jun 1974 pm ** | Lao Tzu balcony, Poona | 1h 38min | audio | |||
2 | No Mind, No Truth | 11 Jun 1974 am ** | Lao Tzu balcony, Poona | 1h 27min | audio | |||
3 | The Gates of Heaven & Hell | 12 Jun 1974 am | Lao Tzu balcony, Poona | 1h 45min | audio | |||
4 | Have a Cup of Tea | 13 Jun 1974 am | Lao Tzu balcony, Poona | 1h 34min | audio | |||
5 | Master of the New Monastery | 14 Jun 1974 am | Lao Tzu balcony, Poona | 1h 32min | audio | |||
6 | The Miracle of Ordinariness | 15 Jun 1974 am | Lao Tzu balcony, Poona | 1h 42min | audio | |||
7 | The Severe Teacher | 16 Jun 1974 am | Lao Tzu balcony, Poona | 1h 38min | audio | |||
8 | Zen Without Writing | 17 Jun 1974 am | Lao Tzu balcony, Poona | 1h 31min | audio | |||
9 | Save the Cat | 18 Jun 1974 am | Lao Tzu balcony, Poona | 1h 33min | audio | |||
10 | The Master of Silence | 19 Jun 1974 am | Lao Tzu balcony, Poona | 1h 46min | audio | |||
11 | Sober Up | 20 Jun 1974 am | Lao Tzu balcony, Poona | 1h 31min | audio |