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No Water, No Moon
Talks on Zen Stories

Zen says the ordinary mind is the enlightened mind. You don't go anywhere; the ordinary world is the paradise. Here and now, everything is there. You need not go anywhere.

Brimming with absurdities and humor, Osho is guaranteed to shake, shock and delight with these discourses based on Zen stories. This book is about sudden enlightenment - that supreme moment when we cease struggling to understand with our minds matters beyond the mind, and jump wholeheartedly into the abyss. Osho offers us deep insights into ourselves, our individual natures and the universe in which we live.

Osho, No Water No Moon,  
ISBN: 9878172612436/ HB. 269 pages / € 19.80
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Chapter Titles
Chapter 1: No Water No Moon
Chapter 2: Trading Dialogue for Lodging
Chapter 3: Is That So?
Chapter 4: The Dead Man’s Answer
Chapter 5: Gutei’s Finger
Chapter 6: Why Don’t You Retire?
Chapter 7: Black-Nosed Buddha
Chapter 8: The Giver Should Be Thankful
Chapter 9: A Philosopher Asks Buddha
Chapter 10: Ninakawa Smiles

Excerpt from No Water, No Moon
Chapter 1

"What is enlightenment? It is becoming aware who you are. It is nothing to do with the outside world. It is nothing to do with what others have said. What others have said is irrelevant. You are there! Why go and consult the Bible and the Koran and the Gita? Close your eyes and you are there in your infinite glory. Close the eyes and the doors are open. Because you are there you need not ask anybody. You ask…then you will miss. The very asking shows that you think you are somewhere else. The very asking shows that you are asking for a map. And for the inner world there is no map - there is no need, because you are not moving to an unknown destination. 

Really, you are not moving at all. You are there. You are the goal. You are not the seeker, you are the enlightenment. So what is enlightenment? One state - when you seek without - is unenlightenment; another state - when you seek within - is enlightenment. So the only difference is of a focusing. If you focus out, you are unenlightened. If you focus in, you are enlightened. So the only question is of a turning."

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Reviews
"I found No Water, No Moon one of the most refreshing, cleansing and delightful books I could imagine. It is a book which will never cease to be a comforting companion."
Yehudi Menuhin    

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