Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Two Vol. Boxed Set
- An in-depth and practical explanation of the 112 meditation techniques of Shiva, on which the science of Tantra is based. Conveniently arranged according to different senses and chakras, there are step-by-step meditation techniques for every man, woman and child. Techniques include: watching the gap between two breaths; watching one's moods; being aware of oneself as the one who senses; focusing attention on the third eye; making love without a partner. Meditation techniques for every possible facet of day-to-day life and an invaluable companion for every meditator.
- notes
- 2-Volume Boxed Set with 112-Meditation Cards Deck
- Contains:
- 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).
- Later published as a single volume The Book of Secrets.
- time period of Osho's original talks/writings
- Oct 1, 1972 to Nov 8, 1973 : timeline
- number of discourses/chapters
- 80 (see table of contents)
editions
Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Two Vol. Boxed SetThe Book of the Secrets: A New Commentary
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table of contents
edition 1991 chapter titles |
discourses | |||||||
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event | location | duration | media | |||||
Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, First Series | ||||||||
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
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 | 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 | 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 Sounds to Being | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 24 Feb 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 36min | audio | |||
36 | From Maya (Illusion) to Reality | 25 Feb 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 23min | audio | |||
37 | Techniques to Witness the Fluxlike Film of Life | 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 | 28 Feb 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 25min | audio | |||
40 | Sudden Enlightenment and Its Obstacles | 1 Mar 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 30min | audio | |||
Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Second Series | ||||||||
1 | Tantric Methods for Awareness and Non-Judgement | 25 Mar 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 29min | audio | |||
2 | Alertness Through Tantra | 26 Mar 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 24min | audio | |||
3 | Finding the Changeless Through the Changing | 27 Mar 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 31min | audio | |||
4 | Secrets of Love and Liberation | 28 Mar 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 27min | audio | |||
5 | Remaining with the Real | 29 Mar 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | unknown | missing | |||
6 | The Tantric Way to Freedom from Desires | 30 Mar 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 25min | audio | |||
7 | Tantric Meditation Using Light | 31 Mar 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 31min | audio | |||
8 | The Potentiality of the Seed | 1 Apr 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 20min | audio | |||
9 | Conscious Doing | 22 May 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 32min | audio | |||
10 | Moving to the Roots | 23 May 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 23min | audio | |||
11 | Coming Back to Existence | 24 May 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 32min | audio | |||
12 | Entering This Moment | 27 May 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 29min | audio | |||
13 | From Death to Deathlessness | 28 May 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 28min | audio | |||
14 | The Fire of Awareness | 29 May 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 22min | audio | |||
15 | Only the Unreal Dissolves | 30 May 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 25min | audio | |||
16 | Discovering Emptiness | 31 May 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 20min | audio | |||
17 | You Are Everywhere | 28 Jun 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 33min | audio | |||
18 | Go Beyond Karma | 29 Jun 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 27min | audio | |||
19 | Watch from the Hill | 30 Jun 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 26min | audio | |||
20 | Liberate Yourself - From Yourself | 1 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 24min | audio | |||
21 | Techniques to Become One with the Whole | 2 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 17min | audio | |||
22 | Right Now Is the Goal | 3 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 19min | audio | |||
23 | Start Creating Yourself | 4 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 24min | audio | |||
24 | Choicelessness Is Bliss | 5 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 20min | audio | |||
25 | Destroy the Limits | 25 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 28min | audio | |||
26 | A Buddha Is a Nobody | 26 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 22min | audio | |||
27 | Go Beyond Mind and Matter | 27 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 35min | audio | |||
28 | Energy Enjoys Itself Playing | 28 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 26min | audio | |||
29 | You Are Unknown to Yourself | 29 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 35min | audio | |||
30 | Suffer the Pain of Aloneness | 30 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 25min | audio | |||
31 | Forget the Periphery | 31 Jul 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 30min | audio | |||
32 | Start Living in Insecurity | 1 Aug 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 18min | audio | |||
33 | Fear of Transformation Goes Deep | 1 Nov 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 40min | audio | |||
34 | Sensitivity Is Awareness | 2 Nov 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 34min | audio | |||
35 | Seek the Rhythm of Opposites | 3 Nov 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 31min | audio | |||
36 | Life Is Sex Energy | 4 Nov 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 33min | audio | |||
37 | Become Each Being | 5 Nov 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 31min | audio | |||
38 | The Inner Guide | 6 Nov 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 23min | audio | |||
39 | The Philosophy of Emptiness | 7 Nov 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 39min | audio | |||
40 | All and Nothing Mean the Same | 8 Nov 1973 pm | Woodlands, Bombay | 1h 26min | audio |