More talks on Ancient Indian
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The Message Beyond Words
A dialogue with the Lord of Death
Discourses on the Kathopanishad, the ancient Indian
Book of the Death
Somebody asked: ‘Why do you call
death a god? Death is the enemy. If you call death the devil it is okay,
but why do you call it a god?’ Because death is the door to God. Your
death is deeper than your life. When you move through that death
consciously, you will come to a life which doesn't belong to you or me
or to anybody. It is the life of the whole. Death is God. |
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The Way beyond Any Way
Talks on Sarvasar Upanishad
In this book Osho describes, step by
step, the search within, the search for the essence, for what is divine within
man. This essence is variously known as the self, the atman, the soul, in the
ancient teachings of earlier masters. But before beginning on this search he
says:
"I warn you
in advance that to involve oneself in the teachings of an upanishad is like
playing with fire. An Upanishad cannot be understood without you also
becoming transformed"
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"The meaning of Sarvasar, of the
Sarvasar Upanishad, is: the quintessential essence, the most foundational of all
esoteric knowledge that has ever been discovered... such is this upanishad.
In understanding this one upanishad, doors will open to the most profound
understanding known by the genius of man. Hence its name, Sarvasar: the secret
of secrets, the mystery within all mysteries, the essence of essences."
"For so many
lives we have remained only a womb, only a seed - for eternity we have carried
ourselves in our own wombs. We have not been born yet! It is as if a butterfly
has been enclosed in its cocoon for many, many lives: neither has the cocoon
broken open, nor has the butterfly flown - it has never spread its wings in
the open sky.
We are closed in ourselves in the same way.
This upanishad is about the science which can break that shell. We have
taken this shell to be our life, although it is not even a beginning of
birth..."
WE ARE WHAT WE DO
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Enlightenment: The Only
Revolution
Discourses on the
Ashtavakragita
Ashtavakra’s
words are absolutely unique. They come from the homeland, from the
source from which we all come. Osho comments on these texts: "If
these words penetrate you, they will start awakening your sleeping soul.
These words will thrill you. These words will fill you with ecstasy.
These words will shock you. With these words a REVOLUTION
can take place..." |
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Behind a Thousand Names
talks on the Nirvana
Upanishad
An exploration of the essential
nature of the spiritual longing, the moving force behind every seekers
quest for truth.
The soul that resides within every being is the swan...
Now we will continue in the search for that
treasure.
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WHAT IS NIRVANA?
This story is about NIRVANA... this ancient Buddhist story.
An exceptionally beautiful young woman, Enyadatta, enjoyed nothing quite as much as gazing at herself in the mirror. She was a little crazy, as all human beings are. When she looked into her mirror one morning, the figure in the glass had no head. Enyadatta became hysterical and rushed around yelling 'My head is gone, where is my head? Who has my head? I shall die if I don't find it!'
Even though everyone assured Enyadatta that her head was on her shoulders, she refused to believe them. Every time she looked in the mirror, her head wasn't there, so she continued her frenzied search, shouting and crying for help. Fearing for her sanity, Enyadatta's friends and relatives dragged her home and tied her to a pillar so she wouldn't hurt herself.
Enyadatta's friends continued to reassure that her head was still on her shoulders and slowly she began to wonder whether they might not be telling the truth. Suddenly one of her friends gave her a sharp clout on the head. She cried out in pain, and her friend exclaimed 'That's your head! There it is!' Enyadatta immediately
realized that she had somehow deluded herself into thinking she had no head, when, in fact, she always had it.
So it is with NIRVANA.
The Upanishads comment
on Ancient Indian Scriptures
Philosophia
Ultima - Mandukya Upanishad
Heartbeat of the Absolute
- Ishavasya Upanishad
That
Art Thou - Adhyatma Upanishad
The
Song of Ecstasy on Adi Shankara's Bhaj Govindam
The Supreme Doctrine -
Ken Upanishad
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Vedanta: Seven Steps to
Samadhi
talks on the Akshya
Upanishad
The mystical Upanishadic wisdom of the Indian rishis
of five thousand years ago explained in the context of the twentieth
century. The seven steps to samadhi or enlightenment, are a sort of ‘seeker’s
guide to enlightenment’.
The
first stage belongs to the heart and only the heart can know
contentment and bliss....Try to be more and more sensitive about
your body. Listen to it; it goes on saying many things,... |
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