The Book of Secrets
- Now all in one volume for the first time!
- Osho's contemporary interpretation of the secret teachings of the 4000-year-old Vigyan Bhairav Tantra is now collected all in one impressive volume.
- Osho goes line by line through each of the mysterious teachings that were first made known in the West by Paul Reps in the last chapter of his book, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. In the process, we learn that these verses are, in fact, highly condensed, telegraphic instructions for 112 different meditation techniques.
- notes
- The original series of 80 discourses were simply called Vigyan Bhairav Tantra.
- For publication as books they were divided up into 5 volumes, called the The Book of the Secrets, Volume 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 (16 discourses each).
- Subsequently (1991) published as Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, First Series and Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Second Series (40 discourses each). Both volumes were also available as a boxed set, Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, which included a deck of 112 cards to represent the various meditations.
- Please refer to these two volumes if you want to read this book online.
- time period of Osho's original talks/writings
- Oct 1, 1972 to Nov 8, 1973 : timeline
- number of discourses/chapters
- preface and 80 chapters (see table of contents)
editions
The Book of SecretsVigyan Bhairav Tantra The Science of Meditation A contemporary approach to 112 meditations described in the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra'
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The Book of Secrets
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The Book of Secrets112 Meditations to Discover the Mystery Within
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The Book of Secrets112 Meditations to Discover the Mystery Within
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The Book of Secrets112 Meditations to Discover the Mystery Within
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table of contents
edition 2012 chapter titles |
discourses | |||||||
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event | location | duration | media | |||||
Preface | The Last Testament (Vol 3) ~ 19, q.3 | |||||||
1 | The World of Tantra | 1 Oct 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 44min | audio | |||
2 | The Path of Yoga and the Path of Tantra | 2 Oct 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 39min | audio | |||
3 | Breath - A Bridge to the Universe
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3 Oct 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 30min | audio | |||
4 | Overcoming the Deceptions of the Mind | 4 Oct 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 34min | audio | |||
5 | Five Techniques of Attentiveness
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5 Oct 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 49min | audio | |||
6 | Devices to Transcend Dreaming | 6 Oct 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 21min | audio | |||
7 | Techniques to Put You at Ease
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7 Oct 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 34min | audio | |||
8 | Total Acceptance and Non-Division: The Meaning of Tantric Purity | 8 Oct 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 34min | audio | |||
9 | Techniques for Centering
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12 Nov 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 44min | audio | |||
10 | Self Actualization: The Basic Need | 13 Nov 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 29min | audio | |||
11 | Techniques to Penetrate the Inner
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14 Nov 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 30min | audio | |||
12 | Beyond Mind to the Source | 15 Nov 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 17min | audio | |||
13 | Inner Centering
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16 Nov 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 29min | audio | |||
14 | Changing the Direction of Energy | 17 Nov 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 40min | audio | |||
15 | Seeing the Past as a Dream
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18 Nov 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 26min | audio | |||
16 | Beyond the Sin of Unconsciousness | 19 Nov 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 17min | audio | |||
17 | Several Stop Techniques
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8 Dec 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 37min | audio | |||
18 | Remaining with the Facts | 9 Dec 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 30min | audio | |||
19 | A Technique for the Intellectual and a Technique for the Feeling Type
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12 Dec 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 38min | audio | |||
20 | Ordinary Love and the Love of a Buddha | 13 Dec 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 22min | audio | |||
21 | Three Looking Techniques
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14 Dec 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 30min | audio | |||
22 | Unblocking the Third Eye | 15 Dec 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 30min | audio | |||
23 | Several More Looking Methods
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16 Dec 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 28min | audio | |||
24 | Doubt or Faith, Life or Death: The Bases of Different Paths | 17 Dec 1972 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 38min | audio | |||
25 | From Words to Pure Words to Being
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22 Jan 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 44min | audio | |||
26 | Acceptance of the Peaks and the Valleys | 23 Jan 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 18min | audio | |||
27 | Soundlessness, Soundfulness and Total Awareness
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24 Jan 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 26min | audio | |||
28 | Meditation: An Unburdening of Repressions | 25 Jan 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 32min | audio | |||
29 | Methods for the Dropping of Mind
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26 Jan 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 31min | audio | |||
30 | Surrendering in Sex and Surrendering to a Master | 27 Jan 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 22min | audio | |||
31 | From Sound to Inner Silence
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28 Jan 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 33min | audio | |||
32 | "No Fight" Is the Central Teaching | 29 Jan 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 18min | audio | |||
33 | The Spirituality of the Tantric Sex Act
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22 Feb 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 20min | audio | |||
34 | Cosmic Orgasm Through Tantra | 23 Feb 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 14min | audio | |||
35 | Turning Inward Toward the Real
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24 Feb 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 36min | audio | |||
36 | From Illusion to Reality | 25 Feb 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 23min | audio | |||
37 | Techniques to Witness the Flux-like Film of Life
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26 Feb 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 34min | audio | |||
38 | Toward the Authentic Being | 27 Feb 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 27min | audio | |||
39 | From the Wave to the Cosmic Ocean
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28 Feb 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 25min | audio | |||
40 | Sudden Enlightenment and Its Obstacles | 1 Mar 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 30min | audio | |||
41 | Tantric Methods for Awareness and NonJudgment
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25 Mar 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 29min | audio | |||
42 | Alertness Through Tantra | 26 Mar 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 24min | audio | |||
43 | Finding the Changeless Through the Changing
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27 Mar 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 31min | audio | |||
44 | Secrets of Love and Liberation | 28 Mar 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 27min | audio | |||
45 | Remaining with the Real
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29 Mar 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | unknown | missing | |||
46 | The Tantric Way to Freedom from Desires | 30 Mar 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 25min | audio | |||
47 | Tantric Meditation Using Light
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31 Mar 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 31min | audio | |||
48 | The Potentiality of the Seed | 1 Apr 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 20min | audio | |||
49 | Conscious Doing
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22 May 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 32min | audio | |||
50 | Moving to the Roots | 23 May 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 23min | audio | |||
51 | Coming Back to Existence
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24 May 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 32min | audio | |||
52 | Entering This Moment | 27 May 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 29min | audio | |||
53 | From Death to Deathlessness
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28 May 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 28min | audio | |||
54 | The Fire of Awareness | 29 May 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 22min | audio | |||
55 | Only the Unreal Dissolves
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30 May 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 25min | audio | |||
56 | Discovering Emptiness | 31 May 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 20min | audio | |||
57 | You Are Everywhere
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28 Jun 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 33min | audio | |||
58 | Go Beyond Karma | 29 Jun 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 27min | audio | |||
59 | Watch from the Hill
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30 Jun 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 26min | audio | |||
60 | Liberate Yourself from Yourself | 1 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 24min | audio | |||
61 | Techniques to Become One with the Whole
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2 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 17min | audio | |||
62 | Right Now Is the Goal | 3 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 19min | audio | |||
63 | Start Creating Yourself
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4 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 24min | audio | |||
64 | Choicelessness Is Bliss | 5 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 20min | audio | |||
65 | Destroy the Limits
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25 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 28min | audio | |||
66 | A Buddha Is a Nobody | 26 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 22min | audio | |||
67 | Go Beyond Mind and Matter
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27 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 35min | audio | |||
68 | Energy Enjoys Itself Playing | 28 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 26min | audio | |||
69 | You Are Unknown to Yourself
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29 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 35min | audio | |||
70 | Suffer the Pain of Aloneness | 30 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 25min | audio | |||
71 | Forget the Periphery
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31 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 30min | audio | |||
72 | Start Living in Insecurity | 1 Aug 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 18min | audio | |||
73 | Fear of Transformation Goes Deep
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1 Nov 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 40min | audio | |||
74 | Sensitivity Is Awareness | 2 Nov 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 34min | audio | |||
75 | Seek the Rhythm of Opposites
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3 Nov 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 31min | audio | |||
76 | Life Is Sex Energy | 4 Nov 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 33min | audio | |||
77 | Become Each Being
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5 Nov 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 31min | audio | |||
78 | The Inner Guide | 6 Nov 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 23min | audio | |||
79 | The Philosophy of Emptiness
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7 Nov 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 39min | audio | |||
80 | All and Nothing Mean the Same | 8 Nov 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 26min | audio |