About this series · summary by Osho Live
The Zen Manifesto: Freedom From Oneself is an illuminating discourse series where Osho delves into the spiritual paradigm of transcending the self. This series is a profound exploration of Zen's fundamental principles, reframed through Osho's distinctive lens of radical self-discovery and emancipation. Osho presents Zen not merely as a philosophical doctrine but as an existential practice aimed at uncovering one’s authentic nature, free from societal constraints and internalized masks. He challenges conventional perceptions of identity, urging a liberation from the false sense of self that binds and limits individuals. The discourses emphasize the art of witnessing—the serene awareness of a reality beyond the ego. Osho’s teachings in this series invite listeners to embrace a state of 'no-mind', a space where true freedom resides, revealing life's simplicity and beauty obscured by incessant thoughts and desires. With his characteristic wit and profound insight, Osho paves a path towards true individuation, advocating for a fearless confrontation with the emptiness necessary for spiritual liberation. This series is a compelling manifesto advocating for the ultimate freedom: freedom from oneself—a journey to pure, unconditioned being.
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This disappearance is anatta 20 February 1989
Zen manifesto: freedom from oneself — drop God, ego and the self; meditation reveals anatta, disappearance into no-self, spontaneous, nondual life beyond mind.
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Let the christian ship drown 21 February 1989
Zen transcends all categories and religions; true freedom is the disappearance of self. Thomas Merton sensed it but remained obedient—let Christianity drown.
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To wait, to wait for nothing 2 April 1989
To wait for nothing: Zen embraces purposelessness, non-finding and the no-self; before the empty eon the self is isness—pure witness and timeless presence.
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Freedom not licentiousness 3 April 1989
Freedom is not licentiousness: awaken your inner light (sammasati), drop inherited cages and scriptures, accept responsibility so true freedom can arise.
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The sky of completion 4 April 1989
Wounds are borrowed; misery reincarnates through memories while your consciousness is innocent. Become the witness—unite Zorba and Zen to live complete.
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Chaos -- the very nature of existence 5 April 1989
Peace arises when individuality dissolves into primordial nothingness; Zen teaches no-self and witnessing that melts duality into an ocean of being
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Mind only thinks, meditation lives 6 April 1989
Root your awareness in the hara; in emptying the ego you awaken buddha-nature—nothingness is the doorway to fullness and living meditation now.
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Inscape -- the ultimate annihilation 7 April 1989
Sexual energy is life-energy to be lived, not repressed; through inscape—living fully then turning inward—one dissolves the person and touches impersonal silence.
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Small intervals of light 8 April 1989
Mass persecutes the awakened, so enlightenment must be inwardly chosen; see the false as false, tend your inner flame in small intervals of light.
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The less you are, the more you are 9 April 1989
Embrace nobodiness: dissolving the self—less 'I', more being. Zen frees you from mind and conditioning; true creativity and awakening arise from silence.
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Sammasati -- the last word 10 April 1989
Zen must be relaxed and immediate: sit at the source (sammasati), hear the inanimate, drop scriptures, and remember now: you are the Buddha.
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