< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Sex, the genesis of love 28 August 1968 pm in Gowalior Tank Maidan Question 1 WHAT IS LOVE? To feel it is easy, to define love is difficult indeed. If you ask a fish what the sea is like, the fish will say, “This is the sea. The sea is all around. And that’s that.” But if you insist – “Please define the sea” – then the problem becomes very difficult indeed....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 From repression to emancipation 28 September 1968 pm in Gowalior Tank Maidan Early one morning, before sunrise, a fisherman went to a river. On the bank he felt something underfoot, and found it to be a small sack of stones. He picked up the sack, and putting his net aside, squatted on the bank to await the sunrise. He was waiting for dawn to break in order to start his day’s work....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 The pinnacle of meditation 29 September 1968 pm in Gowalior Tank Maidan I resume my talk with a small tale. Many, many years ago, in a certain country, there was a young and famous painter. He decided to create a truly great portrait, a lively portrait full of the joy of God, a portrait of a man whose eyes radiated eternal peace....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 Sex, the super-atom 30 September 1968 pm in Gowalior Tank Maidan Here is a story. In a small village school, the teacher was teaching the story of Rama. Almost all the children were dozing. This occurrence was not unusual at the recitation of the Ramayana; even grownups nap at such times. The story has been told and retold so many times it has lost its significance; the novelty is gone....

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 5 From lust to the lord 1 October 1968 pm in Gowalior Tank Maidan Friends have asked many questions. One friend has asked why I selected sex as the subject of my discourses. Let me illustrate. There was a public meeting arranged in a big Bombay market and a pundit was speaking on Kabir and his philosophy. He recited the couplet: kabira khada bazarmen liye lukathi hath; jo ghar barai aapna chale hamare saath....