The Book of Understanding: Creating Your Own Path to Freedom - Hardcover

Osho

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0307336948 ISBN 13: 9780307336941

Publisher: Harmony Books, 2006

Synopsis

The path to freedom is filled with questions and uncertainty. Is it possible to truly know who we are? Do our lives have a purpose, or are we just accidental? What are we meant to contribute? What are we meant to become, to create, and to share? In The Book of Understanding, Osho, one of the most provocative thinkers of our time, challenges us to understand our world and ourselves in a new and radical way. The first step toward understanding, he says, is to question and doubt all that we have been taught to believe.

All our lives we've been handed so-called truths by countless others--beliefs we learned to accept without reason. It is only in questioning our beliefs, assumptions, and prejudices that we can begin to uncover our own unique voice and heal the divisions within us and without.

Once we discover our authentic self, we can embrace all aspects of the human experience--from the earthy, pleasure-loving qualities that characterize Zorba the Greek to the watchful, silent qualities of Gautam the Buddha. We can become whole and live with integrity, able to respond with creativity and compassion to the religious, political, and cultural divides that currently plague our society.

In this groundbreaking work, Osho identifies, loosens, and ultimately helps to untie the knots of fear and misunderstanding that restrict us--leaving us free to discover and create our own individual path to freedom.

About this title

About the Author:

Osho, known for his revolutionary contribution to the science of inner transformation, continues to inspire millions of people worldwide in their search to define a new approach to individual spirituality that is self-directed and responsive to the everyday challenges of contemporary life. The Sunday Times of London named him one of the "1,000 Makers of the Twentieth Century," and novelist Tom Robbins called him "the most dangerous man since Jesus Christ." For more information about Osho and his work, please visit osho.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harmony Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0307336948
• ISBN 13: 9780307336941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288