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Osho

Sat Chit Anand

Nov – Dec 1987 Chuang Tzu Auditorium 30 talks

About this series · summary by Osho Live

"Sat Chit Anand" is a profound exploration of enlightenment and the nature of existence through Osho's unique lens, blending Eastern wisdom with contemporary insights. The series delves into the essence of 'Sat' (truth), 'Chit' (consciousness), and 'Anand' (bliss) as the foundational pillars of spiritual awakening. Osho articulates that these states are not distant realms but intrinsic to human experience, awaiting realization through an inner journey. He dismantles conventional beliefs about spirituality, urging a direct encounter with life's immediacy. Through engaging discourse, Osho illustrates how entrenched societal and religious structures often obscure innate truth. His candid delivery encourages listeners to break free from dogmas, inviting a personal exploration of consciousness beyond intellectual grasping. In "Sat Chit Anand," Osho weaves personal anecdotes with traditional teachings, creating a vibrant tapestry that reflects his revolutionary approach to self-discovery. He emphasizes meditation as a tool for transcending illusion and reaching a state of pure bliss, where the trifecta of truth, awareness, and joy harmoniously coalesce. This series challenges individuals to transcend the ego, recognize their divine nature, and live authentically in a world dictated by transient illusions, ultimately leading to a life imbued with genuine fulfillment and peace.

  1. 1
    Everybody can be a mystic 22 November 1987

    Ultimate experience is sachchidanand; expression differs-poetic satyam-shivam-sundram or inner sat-chit-anand; meditation reveals truth and bliss

  2. 2
    Gratitude is the only prayer 22 November 1987

    Close love can trigger fear and unconscious resistance; gratitude as whole-being prayer protects against missing the master—choose the leap of trust.

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    We are the pilgrims of the unknowable 23 November 1987

    Pilgrims of the unknowable: mind cannot know truth - only live it as sat-chit-anand; experience brings tears, gratitude and a shy, suprarational bliss.

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    You can be showered by flowers of bliss 23 November 1987

    Longing for death at life's peak signals mind's limit; wait - beyond contentment lies inexhaustible consciousness. Patience opens ever more life and bliss.

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    Existence must be laughing at man 24 November 1987

    Trying to open your heart 'to yourself' is an ego trap; come home by losing the self, becoming receptive to existence's sun, songs and silence.

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    I have found my people 24 November 1987

    Being with a living Master reveals an inner luxury beyond material comfort: trust dissolves defenses, opens consciousness beyond mind’s parallel illusions.

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    A bird with two wings 25 November 1987

    Sat-Chit-Anand's sound dissolves meaning into fragrance that awakens the heart; meditation lifts consciousness so truth and bliss are two wings.

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    You're not plugged in 25 November 1987

    Most understanding is distorted by a vast unconscious; awareness turns darkness to light. Sex can naturally drop as maturity and love becomes independent.

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    Skies beyond skies 26 November 1987

    Sat-Chit-Anand is simultaneous: truth, consciousness and bliss arise as one timeless explosion; the inner infinity mirrors the boundless outer skies.

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    Each moment is the goal 26 November 1987

    Is inquiry into sachchidanand the same as Badarayana's 'athato brahma jigyasa'? Osho: 'athato' begins the seeker; sachchidanand is living here-and-now goal.

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    Each living being sooner or later is going to become a god 27 November 1987

    Conditioning makes communication almost impossible, especially between lovers; meditative evolution, not prayer, must transcend the mind and lead to godhood.

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    I am the ultimate 27 November 1987

    Aham brahmasmi - 'I am the Ultimate' - embodies sachchidanand: realized through meditation not prayer; a summons to reclaim inner divinity from priestly bondage

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    Diplomacy is a contagious disease 28 November 1987

    When questions burn and vanish you're moving beyond mind into heart; silence, peace and dropping masks reveal the real—don't say yes/no, simply know.

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    Spiritual pregnancy 28 November 1987

    Pregnant with the inner lotus: a nonmaterial birth of authentic self; freedom must become creative responsibility, and male/female minds are complementary.

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    The impossible is only an idea of the mind 29 November 1987

    Technological change widens the generation gap; elders must give respect and learn from youth, and realize the impossible is only a mind's idea.

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    God is your concentrated fear 29 November 1987

    Life and death are one; fear binds us to false selves—God is concentrated fear. Fall apart, live totally, and joy from communion dissolves death's terror.

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    Politicians are great criminals 30 November 1987

    Politicians are greater criminals than petty thieves: criminals act from need or ignorance, politicians plan systemic harm; power corrupts and destroys society.

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    The only riches are of the heart 30 November 1987

    Cultivate choiceless gratitude amid light and dark; rediscover the childlike heart to enter the unknowable—inner riches beyond the mind’s grasp.

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    Whenever you close your umbrella you have glimpses 1 December 1987

    No-mind equals full presence; the mind's chatter keeps you absent—close your umbrella of mind to receive glimpses; meditation frees creativity and being.

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    Response ability 1 December 1987

    All enlightened are one ocean—Krishnamurti was no higher; drop ego and ranks. Responsibility is 'response-ability'—spontaneous presence, not past-guided habit.

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    Seriousness is a sickness 2 December 1987

    Seriousness is a sickness; ultimate is a silent, rippleless laughter—sachchidanand. Celebrate life, drop repression, trust love as prayer on the path.

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    Mind is a con man 2 December 1987

    Ambition and the mind's projection of a future keep life moving; meditation halts this con man, dissolving desire and revealing inner fullness and awakening.

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    The great love affair with the universe 3 December 1987

    Tears of longing can open to the divine when they deepen love and awareness; don't make suffering your identity—let longing become sharing and growth.

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    The energy field of the master is a womb 3 December 1987

    The master's energy is a womb: a transmission of trust that rebirths you into eternal being; the master is a window - pass through, don't cling.

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    Nobody is planning except man 4 December 1987

    Can one live without planning? The mind's planning postpones living; be spontaneous like a weather-vane, let presence plan, relax and enlightenment arrive.

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    Nobody is a German 4 December 1987

    Enjoy life's pleasures but seek the self: awareness, not forgetfulness, is the only sin; drop defenses, trust, and transcend national and gender identities.

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    Crossianity 5 December 1987

    Outer beauty is inherited and fleeting; true radiance arises from inner consciousness—inner growth can transform you, while outward charm won't touch the soul.

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    Existence needs you 5 December 1987

    Witnessing your being reveals a transcendental awareness beyond body and mind; existence needs you - drop the head, move to the heart and boldly enter the new.

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    The master is death 6 December 1987

    Silence and true meditation 'kill' the old self so a new life is born; ask 'kill me now?' and the master (death) is the doorway to resurrection and freedom.

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    Be Adam and Eve 6 December 1987

    Love is not duty but the source of true responsibility; moral rules, nations and imposed duties are fictions that burden life—be innocent and spontaneous.

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