Vedanta: Seven Steps to Samadhi

Talks on the Akshya Upanishad

Talks given from 11/01/74 pm to 19/01/74 pm English Discourse series

1 Towards the Truth 2 Attaining Real Eyes 3 With Your Total Heart 4 The Supreme Knowledge 5 In Deep Patience 6 With the Grace of the Sages 7 You Become the Offering 8 The Unwavering Mind 9 The Means is the End 10 Sublime is the Spontaneous 11 One in the Many 12 Only Knowing Remains 13 When the Coin Disappears 14 The Motionless Flame of a Lamp 15 God Seeks You 16 The Art of Dying 17 Valleys and Peaks

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1 Towards the Truth

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Towards the Truth 11 January 1974 pm in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India AUM, MAY MY SPEECH BE ROOTED IN MY MIND, AND MY MIND ROOTED IN MY SPEECH. O SELF-ILLUMINED BRAHMAN, BE MANIFEST UNTO ME. SPEECH AND MIND FORM THE BASIS OF MY KNOWLEDGE, SO PLEASE DO NOT UNDO MY PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE. DAY AND NIGHT I SPEND IN THIS PURSUIT....

10 Sublime is the Spontaneous

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Sublime is the Spontaneous 16 January 1974 am in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF NONATTACHMENT: THE ORDINARY AND THE SUBLIME. THAT ATTITUDE OF NONATTACHMENT TO THE OBJECTS OF DESIRE IN WHICH THE SEEKER KNOWS THAT HE IS NEITHER THE DOER NOR THE ENJOYER, NEITHER THE RESTRAINED NOR THE RESTRAINER, IS CALLED ORDINARY NONATTACHMENT. HE KNOWS THAT WHATEVER FACES HIM IN THIS LIFE IS THE RESULT OF THE DEEDS OF HIS PAST LIFE....

11 One in the Many

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 One in the Many 16 January 1974 pm in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, IF EVERYTHING IS SIMPLY HAPPENING, THEN CAN THERE BE ANY ULTIMATE PURPOSE TO IT ALL, OR IS LIFE JUST AN ACCIDENT? CAN IT BE SAID THAT LIFE IS EVOLVING TOWARDS SOME ULTIMATE GOAL? It is very difficult, particularly for the Western mind, to understand that life is purposeless....

12 Only Knowing Remains

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 Only Knowing Remains 17 January 1974 am in Mt. Abu, Rajsthan, India THE FIRST STAGE, TO WHICH CONTENTMENT AND BLISS IMPART SWEETNESS, SPRINGS FROM THE INNERMOST RECESSES OF THE SEEKER’S HEART, AS IF NECTAR HAS ISSUED FORTH FROM THE HEART OF THE EARTH. AT THE INCEPTION OF THIS STAGE THE INNERMOST RECESS BECOMES A FIELD FOR THE COMING OF THE OTHER STAGES....

13 When the Coin Disappears

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 When the Coin Disappears 17 January 1974 pm in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, SOME MYSTICS HAVE BEEN VERY INTROVERTED AND SILENT. IN YOUR OWN CASE, YOU APPEAR TO BE MOVING BOTH INTROVERTEDLY AND EXTROVERTEDLY WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY. PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THIS IS POSSIBLE. The mind goes on dividing on every level of being. Wherever the mind looks immediately it divides; division, to divide, is the nature of the mind....

14 The Motionless Flame of a Lamp

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 The Motionless Flame of a Lamp 18 January 1974 am in Mt. Abu, Rajsthan, India ON THE ATTAINMENT OF THE FIFTH STATE, THE MIND OF THE SEEKER CEASES, LIKE CLOUDS IN AN AUTUMN SKY, AND ONLY TRUTH REMAINS. IN THIS STATE, WORLDLY DESIRES DO NOT ARISE AT ALL. DURING THIS STATE ALL THOUGHTS OF DIVISION IN THE SEEKER ARE STILLED AND HE REMAINS ROOTED IN NONDUALITY....

15 God Seeks You

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 15 God Seeks You 18 January 1974 pm in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, I FEEL LOST IN YOU WITHOUT REASON OR DIRECTION. QUESTIONS AND DESIRES FALL IN CONFUSION BEFORE YOU. OVERPOWERED BY SENSELESS FAITH AND LOVE, LISTLESSLY I WAIT, FEELING LIKE A FOOL. ARE THERE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BLIND FAITH, LOVE AND SURRENDER? There is a state when you certainly feel like a fool, but this is the beginning of wisdom....

16 The Art of Dying

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 16 The Art of Dying 19 January 1974 am in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India IN THIS SEVENTH STAGE, THE STATE OF VIDEHAMUKTI, LIBERATION WHILE LIVING IN THE BODY IS ACHIEVED. THIS STAGE IS TOTALLY SILENT AND CANNOT BE COMMUNICATED IN WORDS. IT IS THE END OF ALL STAGES, WHERE ALL THE PROCESSES OF YOGA COME TO THEIR CONCLUSION. IN THIS STAGE, ALL ACTIVITIES – WORLDLY, BODILY AND SCRIPTURAL – CEASE....

17 Valleys and Peaks

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 17 Valleys and Peaks 19 January 1974 pm in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, MANY TIMES I FEEL SO MERGED IN YOU THAT IT IS AS IF I HAVE DIED AND ONLY YOU ARE. BUT THIS FEELING DOESN’T REMAIN CONSTANT, AND ALWAYS THE EGO RETURNS. THIS HAPPENS WHENEVER I HAVE TO AGAIN COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS OR RETURN TO ACTIVITY. WHY DOESN’T THE EGO REMAIN DEAD?...

2 Attaining Real Eyes

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 Attaining Real Eyes 12 January 1974 am in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India THE SAGE SANKRITI ONCE VISITED ADITYALOK, THE ABODE OF THE SUN GOD, AND BOWING TO HIM HE WORSHIPPED HIM WITH WHAT IS KNOWN AS CHAKSHUSMATI VIDYA. AUM, SALUTATION TO THE SUN GOD WHO ILLUMINES THE ORGAN OF VISION! SALUTATION TO THE SUN WHO IS A GREAT WARRIOR! SALUTATION TO THE SUN WHO REPRESENTS THE THREE CONDITIONINGS: TAMAS, RAJAS AND SATTVA (DARK, RED AND WHITE)!...