Sat-Chit-Anand

Beloved Osho, the beautiful statement sat-chit-anand has truth first, consciousness second and bliss third. Is there some inevitable sequence amongst them?

Naturally, the master knows before the disciple that you are just on the brink. And that slap was not just a slap. To the outsiders it was a slap, but to both the master and the disciple, that slap was a push beyond the boundary that was making him still think of himself as a disciple. With the last slap, he was recognized as a master, not with certificates -- they are so inhuman, so dead -- but with a living contact. And then both the men, the old man and the young, laughed late into the night, and the whole monastery thought: "What is happening?" People were looking from every window and door -- "What is happening?" And both were laughing tears of joy. The next day, the master did not appear for his morning sermon. He sent word to Rinzai, "Now you can go. Now, you can do…

Osho, why is the experience of knowing called sat, chit, ananda? Please explain briefly.

Sin cannot be cut by virtue—because virtue cannot be done without subtle sin. Sin can only be cut by knowing—because knowing can be without sin. Mark this well: sin cannot be cut by virtue, because virtue cannot be without sin. Sin can only be cut by knowing, because knowing can be without sin. Knowing is not a doing that requires sin. Knowing is an experience. Karma is outer; knowing is inner. Knowing is like the lighting of a lamp. The moment it is lit, the darkness is gone. Then you do not even find traces of having sinned. Because when the “I” itself is gone, the ledgers and accounts go with it. Then one is freed from the past the way one is freed from a dream on waking in the morning. Have you never wondered: we wake, having dreamed all night—someone just shakes us a little and we wake;…

Beloved Osho, sat-chit-anand ... Meaning or no meaning, just the sound of it touches my heart deeply.

Vimal, sat-chit-anand is included in those few words of all the languages of the world which have descended from the highest peak of consciousness. They are pure music, they are absolute poetry, they are no ordinary words. And if they touch your heart without even knowing the exact meaning, the reason is that they are re-echoing the soundless sound of those who have entered into that space. Sanskrit can be proud that it has never been a living language used in the marketplace. Sanskrit lovers try to prove just the contrary. They try to prove that once it was a living language in which people talked, just like any other ordinary dialect. But I insist on my difference. I want to know why their insistence is for Sanskrit to be a living language used by ordinary people. They think if a language is not used by ordinary people then it…

And something very essential is going to happen to you through sannyas. Because it is going to happen, the idea has been haunting you from the very moment you came. Your unconscious has felt something. The conscious takes time. The unconscious is intuitive -- it jumps without a process, so it concludes immediately; but the conscious mind follows a little bit slowly. It has to be more cautious... and it is good. Raise your hands and close your eyes and just feel as if you are a tree in the wind. Let the wind blow, let the wind sway you. Don't hold yourself: just become like a small, small, innocent tree, with no mind at all. Satya means truth or true and ananda means bliss -- true bliss. And there are many untrue blisses in the world which only appear to be blissful from the distance: illusions, mirages.