Talks on the Adhyatma Upanishad
Talks given from 13/10/72 am to 21/10/72 pm Original in Hindi
1 Don't Just Listen, Do2 We Are In It!3 The Witness and The Illusion4 Reflections In A Mirror5 Let Go and Fly6 Life Is An Opportunity7 You Are The Knot8 Realize the Fruits9 That -- The Universal Religion10 The Four Steps11 The Soul's Thirst12 Die To The Future13 Sweet Fruits14 To Fly Is Your Birthright15 Wake Up! This is a Dream16 Only This Is!17 I Am This!
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 3 The Witness and The Illusion 14 October 1972 pm in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India [NOTE: This is a translation of the Hindi series ADHYATMA UPANISHAD. This version is the final edit pending publication.] KNOWING ONESELF AS SAKSHI PRATYAGATMA, THE INNER WITNESSING SOUL, OF ONE’S INTELLECT AND ALL ITS DISPOSITIONS, AND ACQUIRING THE DISPOSITION THAT “THAT AM I,” GIVING UP THE CLAIM OF ‘MINE’ OVER ALL THINGS....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 4 Reflections In A Mirror 15 October 1972 am in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India [NOTE: This is a translation of the Hindi series ADHYATMA UPANISHAD. This version is the final edit pending publication.] THIS BODY IS MADE FROM THE EXCRETA OF YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER AND IS FULL OF EXCRETA AND FLESH. THEREFORE, MOVING AWAY FROM IT, AS FROM A CHANDAL, THE LOWLY UNTOUCHABLE, AND BECOMING BRAHMA, THE ABSOLUTE REALITY, BE FULFILLED....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 5 Let Go and Fly 15 October 1972 pm in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India [NOTE: This is a translation of the Hindi series ADHYATMA UPANISHAD. This version is the final edit pending publication.] ONLY A PERSON FREE FROM HOLDING ONTO THE EGO ATTAINS TO SELF-NATURE. THEREFORE, BECOMING SPOTLESSLY CLEAN LIKE THE FULL MOON, ONE BECOMES EVER BLISSFUL AND SELF-LUMINOUS. ON CESSATION OF THE SENSE OF DOING, ALL ANXIETIES CEASE....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 6 Life Is An Opportunity 16 October 1972 am in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India [NOTE: This is a translation of the Hindi series ADHYATMA UPANISHAD. This version is the final edit pending publication.] ONE WHO HAS ATTAINED ONENESS WITH BRAHMA, THE ABSOLUTE REALITY, WHILE LIVING, WILL REMAIN SO EVEN AFTER LEAVING THE BODY. THEREFORE, O INNOCENT ONE! BECOMING AWAKENED BE VOID OF ALL CHOICE IN DUALITY....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 7 You Are The Knot 16 October 1972 pm in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India [NOTE: This is a translation of the Hindi series ADHYATMA UPANISHAD. This version is the final edit pending publication.] THE DELUSION OF THINGS BEING IN ONE’S SOUL IS AN IMPOSED PHENOMENON. DROPPING IT, ONE IS ONESELF THE PERFECT, NON-DUAL AND ACTIONLESS BRAHMA – THE ABSOLUTE REALITY. THE WORLD THAT APPEARS AS A DIFFERENT THING FROM THE SOUL IS ALMOST UNTRUE....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 8 Realize the Fruits 17 October 1972 am in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India [NOTE: This is a translation of the Hindi series ADHYATMA UPANISHAD. This version is the final edit pending publication.] THE ROOT OF THIS DIVISION IS MIND. IF THERE IS NO MIND, THERE IS NO DIVISION. THEREFORE, CONCENTRATE YOUR MIND ON THE UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS WHICH IS YOUR INTERIORITY. KNOWING THAT YOU ARE THE PERPETUALLY BLISSFUL SOUL, ALWAYS REJOICE IN THIS BLISS WITHIN AND WITHOUT YOUR VERY SOUL....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 9 That – The Universal Religion 17 October 1972 pm in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India [NOTE: This is a translation of the Hindi series ADHYATMA UPANISHAD. This version is the final edit pending publication.] THE ONE WHO HAS THE ATTRIBUTE OF BEING THE EMBODIMENT OF MAYA, ILLUSION, WHO IS THE SOURCE OF THE UNIVERSE, WHO HAS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF OMNISCIENCE ETCETERA, AND IS THE EMBODIMENT OF INDIRECTNESS, MULTIPLICITY AND TRUTH ETCETERA, IS KNOWN BY THE WORD TAT – ‘THAT’....