These talks are the pinnacle of Osho on Zen. He lays out his Manifesto – a celebration of the experience of “freedom from the self” – and speaks eloquently about those credited with having brought Zen to the West, such as D. T. Suzuki, Thomas Merton, Paul Reps, Alan Watts, and Nancy Wilson-Ross. He reveals which among them have had a genuine taste of Zen, and which have been capable of only an intellectual investigation. Then, by weaving together anecdotes of Zen masters and their disciples, stories from his own life experiences, and guided meditations, Osho, a true man of Zen, moves far from intellectual discussion as shares the real breakthrough experience of no-mind.

“I call Zen essentially freedom from oneself. You have heard about other freedoms, but freedom from oneself is the ultimate freedom – not to be, and to allow existence to express itself in all its spontaneity and grandeur. But it is existence, not you, not me. It is life itself dancing, not you, not me.”  Osho