Volume 1: Osho recounts how Lao Tzu, at the age of 90, was leaving for the Himalayas to spend his final days. Until this time he had never written about his insights. But at the border a guard, who was also his disciple, imprisoned the mystic and refused to release him until he wrote down something of what he had come to know. That is how this unique text, the Tao Te Ching, was born. Osho comments on Lao Tzu’s words, and also answers questions including how to prevent his vision degenerating into an institution, the I Ching, growth and spirituality in the context of Tao, sudden and gradual enlightenment, and much more. “Lao Tzu moved into life, watched silently, observed and saw many things—many things—but the base of them all is that everything is moving to its opposite.”- Osho. “This is one of the fundamental works on knowing oneself and the world. Osho’s comments are truly unique.”- Corriere d’Italie