Author: Osho
Publisher: Jaico
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 700
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8172245661
Description
A wholly delightful book, wherein Rajneesh speaks of Krishna in a hundred different ways.
There can be a thousand statements about who Krishna is, says Osho. And he adds: But Krishna belies all our statements. How does one understand a man with so many sides to him? Osho calls Krishna complete and whole because he has disaffirmed all our pronouncements on him.
Osho's understanding of Krishna is on the philosophical level. Or rather on, on the universal level. He does not get down to the nitty gritty of asking whether such a man existed. For Osho, it is immaterial. He says: The dates of his birth and death are not definitely known. And it is useless to know them; any dates would do. Particular dates and times are irrelevant in relation to Krishna; he can happen at any date and any time. He will be relevant to any time and situation.
Osho's book on Krishna is a treat. It stresses that Krishna celebrates life, he does not negate it. Krishna and his flute are inseparable. Krishna's flute symbolizes life's benediction and man's gratefulness to life for his blessing. When Krishna plays his flute, its melody, its bliss does not remain confined to him, it gladdens all those whose hearts come to hear it.
Contents
CHAPTER I
The Future belongs to Krishna
CHAPTER II
Krishna is complete and whole
CHAPTER III
Where buddha ends, Krishna begins
CHAPTER IV
Religion has no history, It is eternal
CHAPTER V
Follow no one but yourself
CHAPTER VI
Nudity and clothing should go together
CHAPTER VII
Make work a celebration
CHAPTER VIII
He alone wins who does not want to win
CHAPTER IX
The Cosmos is a Dance of opposites
CHAPTER X
Spiritualism, Religion, and Politics
CHAPTER XI
Draupadi : A Rare Woman
CHAPTER XII
Discipline, Devotion, and Krishna
CHAPTER XIII
Krishna goes to the West
CHAPTER XIV
Action, In-Action, and Non-Action
CHAPTER XV
Life after Death, and Rebirth
CHAPTER XVI
Atheism, Theism and Reality
CHAPTER XVII
Don’t imitate, just be yourself
CHAPTER XVIII
Non-Attachment is not Aversion
CHAPTER XIX
Rituals, fire and Knowledge
CHAPTER XX
Base your rule on the rule
CHAPTER XXI
Choose the flute or perish
CHAPTER XXII
Sannyas is of the highest