That Art Thou

Talks on the Sarvasar Upanishad,Originally titled “Sarvasar Upanishad” (first 17 discourses at Matheran), “Kaivalya Upanishad” (second 17 discourses at Mt. Abu) and “Adhyatma Upanishad” (last 17 discourses at Mt. Abu). Discourses were in Hindi and English, the tapes produced as “That Art Thou” are the English parts. That Art Thou

Talks given from 08/01/72 pm to 21/10/72 pm English Discourse series

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28 Kaivalya Upanishad

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 28 Kaivalya Upanishad 30 March 1972 pm Mt Abu Meditation Camp, India URGED BY THESE ACTS DONE IN PREVIOUS BIRTHS, THE JIVA AGAIN COMES BACK FROM THE DEEP SLEEP TO THE DREAM OR THE WAKEFUL STATE. THE JIVA, EMBODIED SOUL, THUS BORN IN THE THREE CITIES – GROSS, SUBTLE, AND CAUSAL BODY; FROM WHERE ALL DIVERSITIES HAVE SPRUNG UP. WHEN THESE THREE BODIES HAVE DISSOLVED COMPLETELY, ONLY THEN THIS SOUL BECOMES FREE FROM MAYA, AND ATTAINS ETERNAL BLISS....

29 Kaivalya Upanishad

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 29 Kaivalya Upanishad 31 March 1972 am at Mt Abu Meditation Camp, India THAT WHICH IS THE SUPREME BRAHMAN, THE SELF IN ALL, THE ANCIENT SUPPORT OF THE UNIVERSE, SUBTLER THAN THE SUBTLE, AND ETERNAL, THAT ALONE THOU ART. THOU ALONE ART THAT. THAT WHICH ILLUMINES THE WORLD OF RELATED EXPERIENCES LIVES IN THE WAKING, DREAM, AND THE PROFOUND SLEEP STATE. ONE WHO REALIZES THAT BRAHMAN AND ARE I ARE ONE, IS LIBERATED FROM ALL BONDAGES....

3 Sarvasar Upanishad

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 Sarvasar Upanishad 9 January 1972 pm at Matheran Meditation Camp, India THE SELF OR SOUL IS BOTH GOD AND LIVING BEING. BUT THE BODY, WHICH IS NOT THE SOUL, GETS INFECTED WITH A SENSE OF EGO, AND THAT IS WHAT IS CALLED LIVING BEING’S BONDAGE. THE CESSATION OF THIS EGO IS WHAT IS CALLED FREEDOM. THAT WHICH GIVES RISE TO THE EGO IS CALLED AVIDYA (FALSE LEARNING)....

30 Kaivalya Upanishad

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 30 Kaivalya Upanishad 31 March 1972 pm at Mt Abu Meditation Camp, India DIFFERENT FROM ALL THAT CONSTITUTES THE EXPERIENCER, BHOKTA, THE EXPERIENCED – BHOGYA, AND THE EXPERIENCING – BHOGA, IN THE OF WAKING, DREAM, AND DEEP SLEEP. I AM THE WITNESS, THE EVER-AUSPICIOUS, THE PURE CONSCIOUSNESS. I AM THE NON-DUAL BRAHMAN. IN ME ALONE IS EVERYTHING BORN; IN ME ALONE THAT EVERYTHING EXISTS....

31 Kaivalya Upanishad

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 31 Kaivalya Upanishad 1 April 1972 am at Mt Abu Meditation Camp, India I AM SMALLER THAN THE SMALLEST; I AM ALSO THE MOST VAST. I AM THE MARVELOUS COSMOS. I AM THE ANCIENT ONE, PURUSHA – THE BASE OF ALL. I AM HIRANYAMAYA, THE EFFULGENT ONE, THE EVER- PERPETUAL. Mind can reason, mind can think, but thinking is a limitation – and reason also....

32 Kaivalya Upanishad

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 32 Kaivalya Upanishad 1 April 1972 pm at Mt Abu Meditation Camp, India I AM THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE SHAKTI (ENERGY), I AM WITHOUT HANDS AND FEET. I CAN SEE WITHOUT EYES, HEAR WITHOUT EARS, KNOW WITHOUT INTELLECT. DEVOID OF ALL FORMS, I KNOW ALL; BUT THERE IS NONE WHO KNOWS ME,THE EVER PURE CONSCIOUSNESS. This has been one of the most foundational questions for a religious seeker: whether the divine can be known, whether the divine can become an object, whether the divine can be encountered, whether I can meet him....

33 Kaivalya Upanishad

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 33 Kaivalya Upanishad 2 April 1972 am at Mt Abu Meditation Camp, India I, ALONE, AM THE THEME TAUGHT IN THE VARIOUS VEDAS. I AM THE REVEALER OF THE UPANISHADS, THE VEDANTA, AND OF THE VEDAS. I ALONE AM THE REAL KNOWER. FOR ME THERE IS NEITHER VIRTUE, PUNYAM, NOR SIN, PAPA. I SUFFER NOT DESTRUCTION, NEITHER HAVE I BIRTH, NOR BODY, NOR SENSES AND MIND....

34 Kaivalya Upanishad

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 34 Kaivalya Upanishad 2 April 1972 pm at Mt Abu Meditation Camp, India FOR ME THERE IS NEITHER EARTH, NOR WATER, NOR FIRE, NOR AIR, NOR ETHER, AKASHA. THUS REALIZING THE NATURE OF PARAMATMA, THE SUPREME SELF, THE ONE WHO IS IN THE CAVITY OF THE HEART, WHO IS WITHOUT FORM, WITHOUT COMPARISON, ADVIDYA THE WITNESS OF ALL, BEYOND BOTH EXISTENCE AND NON-EXISTENCE, ONE ATTAINS THE SUPREME SELF....

35 Adhyatma Upanishad

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 35 Adhyatma Upanishad 13 October 1972 pm at Mt Abu Meditation Camp, India THIS IS THE INVOCATION OF SHANTIPATH: AUM, LET THE SUN BE BENEFICENT TO US. LET VARUNA BE BENEFICENT TO US. LET ARYA BE BENEFICENT TO US. LET INDRA AND BRAHASPATI BE BENEFICENT TO US. LET VISHNU BE BENEFICENT TO US. SALUTATION TO THAT SUPREME, THE BRAHMAN. O AIR, SALUTATIONS UNTO YOU, FOR YOU ARE THE IMMEDIATE BRAHMAN, THE SUPREME....

36 Adhyatma Upanishad

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 36 Adhyatma Upanishad 14 October 1972 am at Mt Abu Meditation Camp, India IN THE CAVITY OF THE HEART, WHICH IS SITUATED IN THE BODY, DWELLS THE UNBORN WHO IS ETERNAL. THE EARTH IS ITS BODY. IT DWELLS IN THE EARTH, BUT THE EARTH DOES NOT KNOW IT. WATER IS ITS BODY. IT DWELLS IN WATER,BUT WATER DOES NOT KNOW IT. FIRE IS ITS BODY....