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Zarathustra: The Laughing Prophet

On Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra
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Describing Zarathustra as a pioneer of inner exploration, Osho highlights his brilliance as a mystic. Zarathustra rejects the word God for its outdated connotations and advocates for the superman – an awakened and conscious individual.

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Describing Zarathustra as a pioneer of inner exploration, Osho highlights his brilliance as a mystic who was unrecognized in his time.
Zarathustra was thought to be born in the second millennium BCE in ancient Iran. Known as a religious reformer, Zarathustra redefined religion, leading to the emergence of Zoroastrianism. Friedrich Nietzsche introduced him to the West in Thus Spake Zarathustra, but Osho offers a deeper perspective.

Osho sees Zarathustra as a revolutionary who reshaped the concept of God and religion. He rejects the word God for its outdated connotations, advocating instead for the superman – a fully awakened, mature, and conscious individual.

“Zarathustra’s great contribution is that he helps man to look at things in new ways – absolutely new, fresh, and immensely enlightening. You may be shocked sometimes because he will be speaking against your prejudices. You have to be courageous enough to put aside all your prejudices.” Osho

Chapter Titles
    #1: Of the Famous Philosophers
    #2: Of Self-Overcoming
    #3: Of Scholars
    #4: Of Poets
    #5: Of Redemption
    #6: Of Manly Prudence
    #7: Of the Stillest Hour
    #8: The Wanderer
    #9: Of Blissful Islands
    #10: Before Sunrise
    #11: Of the Virtue That Makes Small
    #12: Of the Apostates
    #13: The Home-Coming
    #14: Of the Three Evil Things
    #15: Of the Spirit of Gravity Part 1
    #16: Of the Spirit of Gravity Part 2
    #17: Of Old and New Law-Tables Part 1
    #18: Of Old and New Law-Tables Part 2
    #19: Of Old and New Law-Tables Part
    #20: The Convalescent
    #21: Of the Meeting with a Higher Man
    #22: The Greeting
    #23: Of Laughter and Dance

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Describing Zarathustra as a pioneer of inner exploration, Osho highlights his brilliance as a mystic. Zarathustra rejects the word God for its outdated connotations and advocates for the superman – an awakened and conscious individual.


Excerpt from Chapter 1

“Zarathustra denies God as a creator, but he is willing to accept God as the ultimate creation of human consciousness. To avoid misunderstanding, he calls this ultimate evolution of consciousness: the superman. The superman is his God. But he does not come at the beginning, he comes at the very crescendo, in the end. He is not your master and your lord, he is your evolved, refined form. Hence another thing that has to be remembered, is that Zarathustra cannot believe in one God. There are millions of beings, they are all evolving and there will be millions of gods, because each life has the seed, the potential to become a god.

“Zarathustra brings a total revolution in the concept of God and religion. Now religion is no longer a worship or a belief; now religion becomes the greatest creative act of man. Now religion is not that which enslaves man, imprisons his spirit. In Zarathustra’s hands religion becomes the art of shattering all the chains, destroying all the hindrances – so that human consciousness can become divine consciousness, so that man disappears and gives birth to the superman.” Osho

In this title, Osho talks on the following topics:
love... power... light... life... enemy... pleasure... question... zarathustra... superman... ramakrishna...

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Type Series of Talks
Publisher Osho Media International
ISBN-13 978-0-88050-403-4
Number of Pages 875
File Size 2.0 MB