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Tantric Transformation : Talks on the Royal Song of Saraha This life is a gift from existence, to be lived and enjoyed. But with the seemingly impossible and conflicting demands of society, morality and culture, people struggle with feelings of unfulfilled potential, frustration and guilt rather than living full lives.This uplifting book gives a taste of Osho's life-affirmative, accepting and far-reaching wisdom, as he comments on The Royal Song of Saraha and answers questions. Saraha was an 8th century Indian sage who left his opulent life in the royal court to live with an arrowsmith woman. Inspired by her single-pointed awareness, and the potential of living each moment, Tantra was born.The world of Tantra has no division between higher and lower. The simple, ordinary things of life are transformed into great things when we enter into them totally - be it car fixing, floor cleaning or lovemaking. Osho shows how, living this vision, new heights of consciousness and freedom are realized. The Path of Yoga Yoga is now an integral part of our health-conscious cultural landscape practiced by millions for health and fitness reasons. While Yoga is seen and practiced mostly as a body exercise program the interest in the philosophical and spiritual dimension of Yoga is growing. This book introduces us to Patanjali the founder of ancient Yoga in India. It takes us step by step into a deeper understanding of the essence and origins of Yoga. Osho introduces and unlocks Patanjali's ancient sutras revealing how contemporary this ancient message truly is. It quickly becomes clear that we are just on the cusp of a gaining a much deeper understanding of Yoga and its place in our evolving world. Surprisingly the mind even more than the body is the focus of Patanjali's teaching. He says: Yoga is the cessation of mind. As Osho says: This is the definition of Yoga the best definition. Yoga has been defined in many ways; there are many definitions. Some say Yoga is the meeting of the mind with the divine; hence it is called yoga ? yoga means meeting joining together. Some say that Yoga means dropping the ego ego is the barrier: the moment you drop the ego you are joined to the divine. You were already joined; it only appeared that you were not joined because of the ego. There are many definitions but Patanjali's is the most scientific. He says: Yoga is the cessation of mind. ?What is the mind? What is the mind doing there? What is it? Ordinarily we think that mind is something substantial there inside the head. Patanjali doesn't agree and no one who has ever known the inside of the mind will agree. Modern science also doesn't agree. Mind is not something substantial inside the head. Mind is just a function just an activity. This book is part one of a 10-part series of talks titled Yoga: The Science of the Soul in which Osho speaks about Yoga.