Death: The Greatest Fiction

Osho explores the myths fictions and fears surrounding this inevitable event. "Life and death are one...in reality there is no such thing as death - life is eternal."

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PART I: THE ONLY CERTAINTY IN LIFE IS DEATH

• "Stop the wheel!"
• Sacrificing today for a fictitious tomorrow
• A door to the divine
• The myth of mortality

PART II: SAVIOURS ARE THE DEATH OF YOU

• Pseudo-religions: afraid of death and life
• The East has the yeast, the West has the dough
• The root of all fears
• An easy exploitation
• Life should not be mythed

PART III: WATCH AND YOU WILL KNOW

• Why cling? Simply sing!
• Life is foreplay; death is orgasmic

PART IV: JOURNEYING TO THE CENTRE OF YOUR BEING

• Meditation: the way beyond
• Know death without dying
• The centre of the cyclone
• An ancient golden key
• Impeccable awareness brings great joy
• The Tibetan bardo
• The transcendent prince
• Beauty without the beast

PART V: ENJOY TOTALLY! ---- A VIEW FROM THE SUNLIT PEAKS

• From darkness to light
• The undying reality
• Inquire to the very end
• A peep into yesterday
• Staying awake through the moving
• The right to die
• Celebrations knows nothing of death
• Learn the art while there is still time
• Wake up and sing

time period of Osho's original talks/writings

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editions

	Death: The Greatest Fiction Year of publication : 1987 Publisher : The Rebel Publishing House, Germany ISBN 3-89338-029-9 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 100 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes :
	Death: The Greatest Fiction Year of publication : 1997 Publisher : Sterling Publishers, New Delhi ISBN 81-207-1951-4 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 109 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes :
	Death: The Greatest Fiction Year of publication : 1997 Publisher : Sterling Publishers, New Delhi ISBN 81-207-1951-4 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 109 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes :
	Death: The Greatest Fiction Year of publication : 2001 Publisher : Sterling Publishers, New Delhi ISBN 81-207-1951-4 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 109 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes : 2 Reprint?