Life, Love, Laughter

Here is the essence of Osho's vision: Life as a joy, love as a state of being, laughter as wings.

Preface to Part I :

Life is something impossible. It should not be but it is. It is a miracle that we are, that trees are, that birds are. It is really a miracle, because the whole universe is dead. Millions and millions of stars and millions and millions of solar systems are dead. Only on this small planet earth, which is nothing -- if you think of its proportion it is just a particle of dust -- life has happened on it. This is the most fortunate' place in the whole of existence. Birds are singing, trees are growing, blooming, people are there, loving, singing, dancing. Something just unbelievable has happened.

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Snap Your Fingers, Slap Your Face and Wake Up! ch.3)

notes

Contains an Index of Sources.

There exists a "New and expanded edition" which has nearly the same name, but actually has very different content: Life, Love, Laughter: Celebrating Your Existence.

time period of Osho's original talks/writings

(unknown)

number of discourses/chapters

26 in 3 parts   (see table of contents)

editions

Life, Love, Laughter Year of publication : 1987-09 Publisher : The Rebel Publishing House, Germany ISBN 3-89338-014-0 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 120 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes : First Edition: September 1987. Copyright © Neo-Sannyas International. Size : 209 x 146 x 8 mm Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Printed in West Germany back cover, spine and front cover

Life, Love, Laughter Celebrating Your Existence Year of publication : 2009 Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin ISBN 9781429935258 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : ~ 192 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : E Edition notes :

table of contents

edition 1987.09 chapter titles		source of the compilation
	Part I - Life	unknown
1	To Be Crazy Is to Be Sane	The Hidden Splendor ~ 15, q.1 (excerpts)
2	An Attitude Towards Life	The Goose Is Out, pp. 234-236
3	Life Is an Empty Canvas	The Secret, pp. 193-197
4	There Is No Other God Than Life	Guida Spirituale, pp. 138/9
5	Boredom Is a Great Beginning	The Goose Is Out, pp. 248-254
6	Zorba the Buddha	The Perfect Master, pp. 120-123
7	Sadness Has Its Own Beauty	Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 4, pp. 252-254
8	Sin Is When You Don't Enjoy Life	Beyond Enlightenment, pp. 650-662
9	A Very Dangerous Situation	The Razor's Edge ~ 29, q.1 (excerpts)
10	Risk Everything	You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet, p.120 Snap Your Fingers, Slap Your Face and Wake Up!, pp. 6-8 Tantra: The Supreme Understanding, p. 200
	Part II - Love	unknown
1	The Inner Music	Let Go!, pp. 151/2
2	What Is Love?	The Wisdom of the Sands, p. 211-214
3	Love Is the Dance of Your Life!	Zarathustra A God That Can Dance ~ 09
4	The Four Steps Towards Love	The Divine Melody, pp. 220-29
5	Love in the Concrete	The Wisdom of the Sands, Vol 1, pp. 224-6
6	Love Is a Very Fragile Flower	Sufis: The People of the Path, pp. 446-455
7	Marriage Is Prostitution	The Hidden Splendor ~ 23
8	The Real Enemy of Love	Don't Bite My Finger, Look Where I'm Pointing, p.122
9	On Self-love	The Rajneesh Bible, Vol 1, pp. 236-259
10	Love Is a Luxury	The Tantra Vision, Vol 2, pp. 36-46 (excerpts)
11	Love and Meditation	Guida Spirituale, pp. 320-27 (excerpts)
	Part III - Laughter	unknown
1	You Don't See Donkeys Laughing	Guida Spirituale, pp. 63-66
2	Life Is a Cosmic Joke	The Book : Series II from I to Q, pp. 111-112
3	The Laughing Buddha	A Sudden Clash of Thunder, pp. 221-240 (excerpts) The Razor's Edge ~ 27
4	The Only Bard of Love and Laughter	Sermons in Stones, pp. 124-126
5	Bull or Bullock?	Zarathustra The Laughing Prophet ~ 23