{"product_id":"bhaj-govindam","title":"Bhaj Govindam - Discourses on Adi Shankaracharya","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComing soon!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscourses on Bhaj Govindam by Osho\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Ma Videh and Swami Chidananda\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBhaj Govindam - Adi Shankaracharya\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited Copies!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThis series of discourses on Bhaj Govindam of Adi Shankaracharya were given by\u003cbr\u003eOsho in Shree Rajneesh Ashram, Pune, India in 1975.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAdi Shankaracharya, also known as Shankara, was born in the 8th Century in the\u003cbr\u003esouthern state of Kerala, India. He was a prominent Indian philosopher and\u003cbr\u003etheologian who consolidated the already existing school of thought of the non-\u003cbr\u003edualistic philosophy of Advaita Vedanta, that supports the vision of oneness\u003cbr\u003erather than the illusion of dualism, plurality and differentiation. He laid down the\u003cbr\u003efoundations that over the course of time have become established as the\u003cbr\u003efundamental principles of Hinduism and are the root of Indian contemporary\u003cbr\u003ethought.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eOsho chose to speak on this particular work of Shankara for its unique character.\u003cbr\u003eIn Bhaj Govindam, Shankara emphasizes devotion as well as knowledge, giving\u003cbr\u003ethem the same importance, not choosing one against the other. Osho says that\u003cbr\u003eShankara was an extraordinary individual who reached the peak of knowledge\u003cbr\u003eand joined it with his unique devotion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBhaj Govindam is one of Shankara’s devotional hymns, perhaps the most well-\u003cbr\u003eknown and popular, as it is sung even today all across India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe importance of Bhaj Govindam is explained by this quote of Osho:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e“Amongst all the works of Shankara, no other work is more valuable than\u003cbr\u003eBhaj Govindam. Essentially, Shankara is a philosopher. But Shankara\u003cbr\u003eknows that the divine cannot be attained through thinking and logical\u003cbr\u003earguments. The path that leads to the divine goes through the heart, not\u003cbr\u003ethrough the mind”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSoftcover \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48859530068125,"sku":null,"price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0440\/9317\/8013\/files\/Screenshot2026-08-30at6.20.03PM.png?v=1788139225","url":"https:\/\/oshoviha.org\/products\/bhaj-govindam","provider":"Osho Viha","version":"1.0","type":"link"}