Osho - Discourses on the Bhagavad Gita by Osho

This volume, consisting of eighteen discourses by Osho on Adhyaya 4 of the Bhagavad Gita, explores the realm of Knowledge-Action-Renunciation, particularly in connection with traditional practices that have existed in India for thousands of years. Osho helps us rediscover the true essence and meaning of ancient rituals that have formed the foundation of India's cultural and religious heritage for centuries. He suggests that if human beings-regardless of religion or tradition-learned again how to pray and perform religious rituals as desireless actions, as pure acts of surrender, humanity could shift from organized religions to what Osho calls "religiousness," the pure essence of all religions that has been lost through the ages. "Throughout the Gita, Krishna talks about many different paths. That's why the Gita is extraordinary. The Koran is a scripture belonging to one system; there is no mention of other paths. The Bible belongs to one system; there is no mention of other paths. The words of Mahavira describe one system; he does not speak of other paths. Buddha's words relate to one system; he does not mention other paths. But the Gita is extraordinary. If we consider all the systems mankind has developed, we realize that the essence of all of them is included in the Gita."