‘Silence is the beginning and silence is the end, and if you are a meditator, silence is the middle.\nSilence is the whole fabric of existence.’\nOsho\n\nThe mantra that begins and ends all Eastern scriptures, om, represents the universal heartbeat, and shantih, the peace or silence that envelopes those who approach that heartbeat.\nIn this volume, Osho opens new windows on timeless topics: the origins of compassion, freedom as the ultimate value, surrendering to love and not to the object of one’s love, and transcending transcendence itself.\n\nAlso in the Mantra Series\nSat Chit Anand: Truth Consciousness Bliss\nSatyam Shivam Sundaram: Truth Godliness Beauty\nHari Om Tat Sat: The Divine Sound – That Is the Truth\nOm Mani Padme Hum: The Sound of Silence, the Diamond in the Lotus