Tantra is concerned not with any partial growth, it is concerned with you as a total being. So three things are basic: you must be centered, rooted, and balanced; that is, always in the middle -- of course, without any effort. If there is effort you are not balanced. And you must be at ease at ease in the universe, at home in the existence, and then many things follow. This is a basic need, because unless this need is fulfilled you are a man only in name. You are a man as a possibility, you are not actually a man. You can be, you have the potentiality, but the potentiality has to be made actual.

On being asked, Lord Shiva gave his wife Parvati these 112 methods of meditation. This definitive collection of techniques became famous as "Vigyan Bhairav Tantra," and is considered by many to be the leading book on meditation. These profound and comprehensive methods of self-awakening by Lord Shiva are the greatest gifts to humanity. Wherever meditation takes place in the world, it is based on one of these 112 ancient methods. These techniques are the only means by which we can enter the world of sadhana. This is a truly essential book for every seeker.

To date, Osho Tapoban has published 167 books. Of these, 88 books are in English and 79 are in Hindi. A complete set of 167 books includes Bodhisattva Swami Anand Arun's famous books, "Lone Seeker, Many Masters," "In Wonder with Osho," and Hindi books, "Panchasheel" and "Santo Ke Sang."