In this extract from Papaji’s satsang of 7th March 1994, Papaji guides a Vipassana practitioner who is struggling in his meditation practise to the moment of the arising of thought, a ‘split second’ of timeless time. He then speaks about surrendering to the Guru as the pilot of the plane, which eventually will bring everyone […]
In this amazing extract from Papaji’s satsang of 12th March 1994, Papaji replies a question about Prarabdha Karma. “Prarabdha can also be called the balance of previous activity. Actually there is no prarabdha.” Papaji continues by telling the story from the Upanishads of a saint, a cow and a butcher whose lives become entangled in […]
This clip is from the 2nd of August 1993. A devotee called Martin tells Papaji, “When I am quiet I am not disturbed by thought that comes and goes. When my body and emotions become noisy, I become disturbed again.” Papaji replies, “Satsang apprise you of the fact that there is no coming and no going. […]
This long Satsang from 7th August 1992 is divided into two parts and starts with a strong discourse about waking up before our time is over. Papaji recounts his own longing for God and the quest to find a guru who would show him God. This eventually brought him to the feet of his Master, […]
Papaji addresses Gurudas (see end of part 1 when Papaji talks to Gurudas about vigilance) and tells him to look at un-arisen thoughts to check the trend of the mind. “When you describe anything it’s past already. Only past can be described. Now you yourself invite, “Oh my dear thought, you come.” This is checking […]
“Wherever you are, you are in Consciousness and Consciousness is within you. You have to worship the Purusha, this Cosmic Being within you. ” This Satsang from 17th November 1992 begins with Papaji giving a wonderful and emotional talk on the historic background of Buddhist worship with an emphasis on honouring everything that comes into […]
This long satsang from August 20, 1992, is divided into two parts. In the opening discourse Papaji talks about Self as the substratum of everything. To realize the Self we need to enquire into who we really are. He then speaks about the ‘I’ as a concept, “When you speak of ‘I’ something is concealed. […]
This is Part 2 of Papaji’s Satsang from August 20, 1992. Papaji guides an Austrian woman into self-enquiry and gives her the name Uma. “Everything will dissolve into emptiness. Even this thing, this ‘I’ itself is a concept. When you remove this concept all other concept has to be removed.” He then tells the story […]
“To begin with you have to find out who is ‘The Seer’? The Seer, subject, must be separate, different from what is seen, the object. Object is what is seen. The Seer is what is looking at the object and you are not the object. Simply find out, “Who am I?” It’s not a method, […]
“Behold the Inner Flame, eternally ablaze within the cave of your own heart and in the hearts of all beings. There is potential in all the beings to be Buddhas. Don’t look back into the past, that this Siddhartha became Buddha. If you reject all those desires of the past and put a stop and […]