Zen: The Path of Paradox

In Zen: The Path of Paradox, Osho suggests Zen as a possible bridge between East and West, and between the scientific and the spiritual. "Without science," Osho said, "the East has lost much; without meditation, the West has lost much. I am trying to bring together East and West, because together they will create the whole." Osho encourages the reader to throw off the accumulated "knowing" of a lifetime—to let go of physical, mental, and emotional tensions, to relax into the flow of an extraordinary discourse and become receptive to the present moment and the potential within.

In Zen: The Path of Paradox, Osho suggests Zen as a possible bridge between East and West, and between the scientific and the spiritual. "Without science," Osho said, "the East has lost much; without meditation, the West has lost much. I am trying to bring together East and West, because together they will create the whole." Osho encourages the reader to throw off the accumulated "knowing" of a lifetime—to let go of physical, mental, and emotional tensions, to relax into the flow of an extraordinary discourse and become receptive to the present moment and the potential within.

Osho is the author of Yoga: The Science of the Soul, Tao: The Pathless Path, The Book of Secrets, Meditation: The First and Last Freedom, and the series Insights for a New Way of Living. Beginning in the 1970s, he captured the attention of young people from the West who wanted to experience meditation and spiritual transformation. More than a decade after his death in 1990, the influence of his teaching continues to expand, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world.