The Ultimate in Meditation – Osho
We are to stand and let the waters settle on their own, why all the active meditations? If you can sit, there is no need for meditations. In Japan, for meditation they have the word zazen. It means...
View ArticleAttention! Attention! – Dada Gavand
An interview with Dada Gavand by Suma Varughese In his simple, serene way, Dada Gavand teaches to the world that watchful, attentive awareness alone can set the mind free Sage-philosopher Dada Gavand...
View ArticleThe Great Silence – J. Krishnamurti
Way down in the valley were the dull lights of a small village; it was dark and the path was stony and rough. The waving lines of the hills against the starlit sky were deeply embedded in darkness and...
View ArticleObservation, Emptiness and Dhyan – Vimala Thakar
What is involved in being an observer of the stillness? When we sit in silence what do we do? We sit and observe the voluntary and involuntary activities of the body and mind. Slowly the voluntary...
View ArticleLife is Aware of Itself – U.G. Krishnamurti
The following is a conversation between U. G. Krishnamurti and David Bohm, recorded in Saanen, Switzerland in 1968. Also present were Mrs. Bohm, David Barry and Valentine. U.G.: From quite a young age...
View ArticleThe Mystery of Meditation – Osho
What is meditation? Meditation is not an Indian method; it is not simply a technique. You cannot learn it. It is a growth: a growth of your total living, out of your total living. Meditation is not...
View ArticleTouchstone of Truth – 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. I have deepened this...
View ArticleMy Connection with Krishnamurti – Osho
Can you tell us about your connection with J. Krishnamurti? It is a real mystery. I have loved him since I have known him, and he has been very loving towards me. But we have never met; hence the...
View ArticleThe Movement of Love – J. Krishnamurti
Meditation is one of the most extraordinary things, and if you do not know what it is you are like the blind man in a world of bright color, shadows and moving light. It is not an intellectual affair,...
View ArticleSelf-Realization: A Personal Account – Albert Blackburn
Beginning on page 5: July 2, 1944 was another beautiful day for a drive to Ojai. This time I was accompanied by my wife and two Theosophical friends from Pasadena. We all had an animated discussion...
View ArticleA Movement of Great Ecstasy – J. Krishnamurti
Perception without the word, which is without thought, is one of the strangest phenomena. Then the perception is much more acute, not only with the brain, but also with all the senses. Such...
View ArticleAwareness – J. Krishnamurti
Questioner: I should like to know what you mean by awareness because you have often said that awareness is really what your teaching is about. I’ve tried to understand it by listening to your talks and...
View ArticleEnding Thought – J. Krishnamurti
Questioner: I wonder what you really mean by ending thought. I talked to a friend about it and he said it is some kind of oriental nonsense. To him thought is the highest form of intelligence and...
View ArticleThe New Human Being – J. Krishnamurti
Questioner: I am a reformer, a social worker. Seeing the extraordinary injustice there is in the world my whole life has been dedicated to reform. I used to be a Communist but I can’t go along with...
View ArticleThe Individual and Society – J. Krishnamurti
We were walking along a crowded street. The sidewalks were heavy with people, and the smell of exhaust from the cars and buses filled our nostrils. The shops displayed many costly and shoddy things....
View ArticleI Have No Name – Osho
An old poem of J. Krishnamurti: I have no name, I am as the fresh breeze of the mountains. I have no shelter; I am as the wandering waters. I have no sanctuary, like the dark gods; Nor am I in the...
View ArticleThe Question of Meditation – J. Krishnamurti
We are going to discuss the question of meditation; it is a rather complex question and before we go into it, we have to be very clear about this searching, this seeking for experience, trying to find...
View ArticleA Religious Quality of Unity – J. Krishnamurti
Meditation implies a mind that is so astonishingly clear that every form of self-deception comes to an end. One can deceive oneself infinitely; and generally meditation, so-called, is a form of...
View ArticleOn Meditation – J. Krishnamurti
A meditative mind is silent. It is not the silence which thought can conceive of; it is not the silence of a still evening; it is the silence when thought—with all its images, its words and...
View ArticleOsho on the Death of J. Krishnamurti
Krishnamurti died last Monday, in Ojai, California. In the past you have spoken of him as another enlightened being. Would you please comment on his death? The death of an enlightened being like J....
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