No Water, No Moon: Talks on Zen Storiesy by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (First U.S. Edition, 1984)

First U.S. edition of No Water, No Moon: Talks on Zen Stories by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, the spiritual teacher later known as Osho. Published in September 1984 by Rajneesh Foundation International in Rajneeshpuram, Oregon, in an edition of 10,000 copies.

In No Water, No Moon, Rajneesh uses a collection of traditional Zen stories as the foundation for talks on meditation, awareness, enlightenment, and the nature of the self. Rather than treating the stories simply as Buddhist parables, he expands upon them through his own distinctive philosophical approach, exploring themes of consciousness, transformation, attachment, and the experience of living fully in the present. The book is representative of the extensive series of discourses published by the Rajneesh movement during this period.

This copy is particularly interesting as an original Rajneeshpuram-era publication, produced during the years when Rajneesh and his followers operated their controversial communal settlement in Central Oregon. The copyright page identifies Rajneesh Foundation International and Rajneeshpuram, Oregon 97741, giving the book additional regional and historical interest, particularly for collectors of Rajneesh/Osho material and Oregon counterculture history.

Appears unread and is in exceptionally clean, like-new condition. Covers remain bright and crisp with virtually no visible shelf wear; the spine is clean and uncreased, pages and page edges are remarkably fresh, and the binding appears tight. An unusually well-preserved example of this 1984 First U.S. Edition.