The Mahageeta, Vol 1

Talks given from 11/09/76 - 20/09/76 Original in Hindi

1 Ashtavakra: The Purest Expression of Truth 2 Strangers in a Strange Land 3 The Lifting of the Veil 4 Meditation: The Only Medicine 5 6 The Touchstone of Truth 7 8 9 10

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1 Ashtavakra: The Purest Expression of Truth

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Ashtavakra: The Purest Expression of Truth 11 September 1976 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium [NOTE: This discourse is in the process of being edited for publication. It is for reference use only.] JANAK ASKED: “OH LORD, HOW DOES ONE ATTAIN WISDOM? AND HOW DOES LIBERATION HAPPEN? AND HOW IS NONATTACHMENT ATTAINED? PLEASE TELL ME THIS.” ASHTAVAKRA REPLIED: “OH BELOVED, IF YOU WANT LIBERATION THEN RENOUNCE THE VISHAYAS, THE PASSIONS AS VISHA, POISON, AND TAKE FORGIVENESS, INNOCENCE, COMPASSION, CONTENTMENT, AND TRUTH AS NECTAR....

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< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 10 20 September 1976 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [NOTE: This discourse is in the process of being edited for publication. It is for reference use only.] The first question: Question 1 YESTERDAY YOU SAID THAT SUDDEN ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOT BOUND BY THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT, BUT IF NOTHING IS HAPHAZARD IN EXISTENCE, NOTHING HAPPENS ACCIDENTALLY, THEN HOW CAN THE HIGHEST EXPERIENCE LIKE ENLIGHTENMENT HAPPEN THIS WAY?...

2 Strangers in a Strange Land

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 Strangers in a Strange Land 12 September 1976 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium [NOTE: This discourse is in the process of being edited for publication. It is for reference use only.] The first question: Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, WHILE LISTENING TO THE DISCOURSE YESTERDAY, I FELT I WAS NOT OF THIS EARTH, BUT WAS A SMALL PARTICLE OF LIGHT IN THE FREE AND INFINITE SKY....

3 The Lifting of the Veil

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 The Lifting of the Veil 13 September 1976 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium [NOTE: This discourse is in the process of being edited for publication. It is for reference use only.] Ashtavakra said, “YOU ARE THE ONE OBSERVER OF ALL, AND IN REALITY ALWAYS FREE. YOUR BONDAGE IS THIS: YOU SEE THE OTHER – NOT YOURSELF – AS THE OBSERVER....

4 Meditation: The Only Medicine

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 Meditation: The Only Medicine 14 September 1976 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium [NOTE: This discourse is in the process of being edited for publication. It is for reference use only.] The first question: Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEDITATION AND WITNESSING? IN WHAT WAY ARE MIND AND EGO DISSOLVED BY THEM? IS SURRENDER POSSIBLE WITHOUT ATTAINING COMPLETE EGOLESSNESS?...

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< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 5 15 September 1976 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium [NOTE: This discourse is in the process of being edited for publication. It is for reference use only.] Ashtavakra said; “O SON, LONG HAVE YOU BEEN CAUGHT IN THE NOOSE OF BODY-CONSCIOUSNESS. CUT THIS NOOSE WITH THE SWORD OF KNOWING ‘I AM AWARENESS’ AND BE HAPPY. THAT WHICH IS BORN, REMAINS, INCREASES, CHANGES, DETERIORATES AND PERISHES: YOU ARE NOT THAT....

6 The Touchstone of Truth

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 6 The Touchstone of Truth 16 September 1976 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium [NOTE: This discourse is in the process of being edited for publication. It is for reference use only.] The first question: Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, THROUGH STUDYING TEXTS LIKE VEDANTA AND THE ASHTAVAKRA GEETA, I HAVE LEARNT THAT WHATEVER IS WORTH ATTAINING HAS ALREADY BEEN ATTAINED. MAKING EFFORTS FOR IT IS GOING ASTRAY....

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< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 7 17 September 1976 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium [NOTE: This discourse is in the process of being edited for publication. It is for reference use only.] Janak said, “AMAZING. I AM INNOCENCE, I AM PEACE, I AM AWARENESS, I AM BEYOND NATURE, I HAVE BEEN FOOLED BY ILLUSION ALL THIS TIME! “JUST AS I ALONE ILLUMINE THIS BODY, DO I ILLUMINE THE UNIVERSE TOO?...

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< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 8 18 September 1976 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium [NOTE: This discourse is in the process of being edited for publication. It is for reference use only.] The first question Question 1 IT FEELS TO ME THAT MY BODY IS LIKE A CAGE OR BOTTLE, IN WHICH A VERY POWERFUL LION IS IMPRISONED AND HE HAS BEEN SLEEPING THERE FOR MANY LIVES, BUT NOW HE HAS BEEN AWAKENED BY YOUR HARASSMENT....

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< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 9 19 September 1976 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium [NOTE: This discourse is in the process of being edited for publication. It is for reference use only.] JANAK SAID: LIGHT IS MY VERY NATURE. I AM NOT OTHER THAN IT. WHEN THE UNIVERSE ILLUMINATES ITSELF, THEN IT IS VERILY I THAT SHINE. AMAZING THAT THROUGH IGNORANCE THE IMAGINARY UNIVERSE APPEARS IN ME, JUST AS SILVER APPEARS IN MOTHER OF PEARL, A SNAKE IN A ROPE, OR A MIRAGE IN THE RAYS OF THE SUN....