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Tantric Transformation: Discourses on the Royal Song of Saraha
Tantric Transformation beautifully details Tantra, defining it as a 'map of inner consciousness'. In these exciting and ground-breaking discourses, the world-renowned Osho explains Tantric the experience of cosmic expansion and divine wisdom. He describes the Tantra map of inner consciousness, including the 'Four Seals' or locks that open as we move higher in meditation. Speaking with profound wisdom and compassion, Osho demonstrates his genuine understanding of the fabric of our lives on earth, acknowledging both the glorious excess of our Western ways, as well as the doubt, despair, and guilt that are the legacy of our dualism. Through light, but thought-provoking anecdotes and lectures, Osho encourages each of us to turn inwards, develop as individuals, and discover the transformative Tantric language of love.
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Osho
4,285 books6,791 followersRajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain, 11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990) and latter rebranded as Osho was leader of the Rajneesh movement. During his lifetime he was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader and mystic.
In the 1960s he traveled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Hindu religious orthodoxy.
Rajneesh emphasized the importance of meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity and humor—qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and socialization.
In advocating a more open attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru".
In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as "neo-sannyasins". During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. In 1974 Rajneesh relocated to Pune, where an ashram was established and a variety of therapies, incorporating methods first developed by the Human Potential Movement, were offered to a growing Western following. By the late 1970s, the tension between the ruling Janata Party government of Morarji Desai and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development and a back taxes claim estimated at $5 million.
In 1981, the Rajneesh movement's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon. Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government, and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success.
In 1985, in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers, including a mass food poisoning attack with Salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner, Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela and her close supporters had been responsible. He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain.[
After his deportation, 21 countries denied him entry. He ultimately returned to India and a revived Pune ashram, where he died in 1990. Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the Zurich registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation). Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western New Age thought, and their popularity has increased markedly since his death.
In the 1960s he traveled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Hindu religious orthodoxy.
Rajneesh emphasized the importance of meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity and humor—qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and socialization.
In advocating a more open attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru".
In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as "neo-sannyasins". During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. In 1974 Rajneesh relocated to Pune, where an ashram was established and a variety of therapies, incorporating methods first developed by the Human Potential Movement, were offered to a growing Western following. By the late 1970s, the tension between the ruling Janata Party government of Morarji Desai and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development and a back taxes claim estimated at $5 million.
In 1981, the Rajneesh movement's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon. Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government, and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success.
In 1985, in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers, including a mass food poisoning attack with Salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner, Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela and her close supporters had been responsible. He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain.[
After his deportation, 21 countries denied him entry. He ultimately returned to India and a revived Pune ashram, where he died in 1990. Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the Zurich registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation). Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western New Age thought, and their popularity has increased markedly since his death.
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May 16, 2020
8, 9 жилийн өмнө анх уншиж эхэлж билээ. Миний хорвоог харах өнцгийг орвонгоор нь эргүүлсэн ном. Орчуулга нь ч маш сайхан.... Амьсгалах төдийхнөөр л хурьцлаас ч илүү цэнгэл жаргалыг эдэлж болно гээд бодоод үздээ...
Бярман угсаатай, язгууртан гэр бүлд төрсөн Сараха Буддын гүн ухаанд олон жил суралцсаныхаа дараа хааны дэргэд шадарлах болжээ. Гэтэл нэгэн өдөр зах зээлийн газар сум урлаж зогсох бүсгүйг хараад орчлонгийн ёсыг жинхэнээс нь ухаарч, гэгээрчээ.
Тэгээд өнөөх бүсгүйтэйгээ (бас дахиад хэд хэдэн бүсгүйтэй) оршуулгын газар цэнгэж (бүжиглэж, хурьцаж) суух болж. Үүнийг нь мэдсэн хааны ордныхон түүнийг галзуурсан гэж бодоод нэг нэгээрээ очиж ятгахыг оролджээ.
Хаан эхлээд итгэлт түшмэлээ түүний араас явуулав. Сараха түүнд 400 бадаг шүлэг уншиж өгсний дараа түшмэл өөрийнх эрхгүй тэдэнтэй хамт бүжиглэн цэнгэж эхэлжээ (Энэ 400 бадаг шүлгийг "Сарахагийн Түшмэл Дуулал" гэнэ).
Хаан дараа нь хамгаас ухаалах их хатнаа өнөөх оршуулгын газар руу явуулав. Сараха түүнд 200 бадаг шүлэг уншиж өгтөл хатан хаан өөрийн эрхгүй тэдний цэнгэлд татагдан оров (Энэ 200 бадаг шүлгийг "Сарахагийн Хатан Дуулал" гэнэ).
Хаан дараа нь өөрөө Сараха дээр очтол түүнд 80 бадаг шүлэг л уншиж өгчээ. Үүнийг Сарахагийн Хаан Дуулал гэнэ
Хаан өөрийн хатан болон түшмэлүүдээсээ оюун санааны хувьд өндөр түвшинд байсан тул түүнд үнэнийг танихад 80 хан бадаг л хэрэгтэй байж. Удалгүй бүх улс орон даяараа үнэнийг таньсан тул хүн ард тэр чигээрээ тэдэн шиг цэнгэн жаргах болж хот суурингууд эзгүйрэн хаягджээ...
This book is an antidote for this success-obsessed world where everyone tries to reach something and think that "something" will make them happy, even they know after they reach it, they're gonna need a new "something" to crave for...
Бярман угсаатай, язгууртан гэр бүлд төрсөн Сараха Буддын гүн ухаанд олон жил суралцсаныхаа дараа хааны дэргэд шадарлах болжээ. Гэтэл нэгэн өдөр зах зээлийн газар сум урлаж зогсох бүсгүйг хараад орчлонгийн ёсыг жинхэнээс нь ухаарч, гэгээрчээ.
Тэгээд өнөөх бүсгүйтэйгээ (бас дахиад хэд хэдэн бүсгүйтэй) оршуулгын газар цэнгэж (бүжиглэж, хурьцаж) суух болж. Үүнийг нь мэдсэн хааны ордныхон түүнийг галзуурсан гэж бодоод нэг нэгээрээ очиж ятгахыг оролджээ.
Хаан эхлээд итгэлт түшмэлээ түүний араас явуулав. Сараха түүнд 400 бадаг шүлэг уншиж өгсний дараа түшмэл өөрийнх эрхгүй тэдэнтэй хамт бүжиглэн цэнгэж эхэлжээ (Энэ 400 бадаг шүлгийг "Сарахагийн Түшмэл Дуулал" гэнэ).
Хаан дараа нь хамгаас ухаалах их хатнаа өнөөх оршуулгын газар руу явуулав. Сараха түүнд 200 бадаг шүлэг уншиж өгтөл хатан хаан өөрийн эрхгүй тэдний цэнгэлд татагдан оров (Энэ 200 бадаг шүлгийг "Сарахагийн Хатан Дуулал" гэнэ).
Хаан дараа нь өөрөө Сараха дээр очтол түүнд 80 бадаг шүлэг л уншиж өгчээ. Үүнийг Сарахагийн Хаан Дуулал гэнэ
Хаан өөрийн хатан болон түшмэлүүдээсээ оюун санааны хувьд өндөр түвшинд байсан тул түүнд үнэнийг танихад 80 хан бадаг л хэрэгтэй байж. Удалгүй бүх улс орон даяараа үнэнийг таньсан тул хүн ард тэр чигээрээ тэдэн шиг цэнгэн жаргах болж хот суурингууд эзгүйрэн хаягджээ...
This book is an antidote for this success-obsessed world where everyone tries to reach something and think that "something" will make them happy, even they know after they reach it, they're gonna need a new "something" to crave for...
December 10, 2020
Ойрд агнистын гэгээгээр их занималдаж бгаа.
Тантрын дуудлагын хувьд сексийн талаарх ойлголтыг маань илүүтэй чөлөөлж өгсөн ном юм. Өмнө нь ч чөлөөтэй бсан л даа хха. Гэхдээ цэгцэрсэн гэх юм уу. Иймэрхүү номонд ревью бичих хэцүү л дээ. Уншаарай л гэе.
Тантрын дуудлагын хувьд сексийн талаарх ойлголтыг маань илүүтэй чөлөөлж өгсөн ном юм. Өмнө нь ч чөлөөтэй бсан л даа хха. Гэхдээ цэгцэрсэн гэх юм уу. Иймэрхүү номонд ревью бичих хэцүү л дээ. Уншаарай л гэе.
September 5, 2021
My fav quotes (not a review):
-Page 34 |
"In Tantra the man sits in front of the woman, the naked woman, and he has to watch her so deeply to see her through and through, that all desire to see a woman naked disappears. Then man is free from the form. Now this is a great secret technique; otherwise you go on continuously seeing her in your mind. Each woman that passes by on the road, you want to undress her – that is there."
-Page 78 |
"That’s what Saraha is saying to the king. He is saying: Right you are! People have told you and they are not wrong. I run like a mad dog. Yes, if you just watch the action you will be misguided, you will not be able to understand me. WATCH my inner sky. Watch my inner priority, watch my inner core – that’s the only way to see the truth. Yes, I live with this woman – and, ordinarily, living with a woman means what it means. Now, Saraha says, WATCH! This is NO ordinary living! There is no man-woman relationship at all. It has nothing to do with sexuality. We live together as two spaces. We live together as two freedoms."
-Page 86 |
"What is the difference between being impulsive and being spontaneous? You have two things in you: the body and the mind. The mind is controlled by the society and the body is controlled by your biology. So sometimes you feel like murdering somebody, and you say, ”I am going to be spontaneous – Osho has said ’Be spontaneous!’ so I have to do it. I have to be spontaneous.” You have misunderstood. That is not going to make your life beautiful, blissful. You will be continuously in conflict again – now with outside people. By’spontaneity’ Tantra means a spontaneity full of awareness. So the first thing in order to be spontaneous is to be fully aware. The moment you are aware, you are neither in the trap of the mind nor in the trap of the body."
-Page 87 |
"A drunk staggered from a tavern and started walking with one foot in the street and one on the sidewalk. After a block or two, a policeman spotted him. ”Hey,” said the cop, ”you’re drunk!” The drunk sighed with relief. ”Gosh!” he said. ”Is that what’s wrong? I thought I was lame.”"
-Page 89 |
"How can you murder if you are so alert and so spontaneous? Compassion will flow side by side, in the same proportion."
-Page 103
"I am saying relate, but never think that any relationship is going to give you happiness."
-Page 122
"Just drop the habit of being unfree. How can you drop it? Freedom and consciousness go hand in hand: more conscious, more free;"
-Page 144
"Nobody smokes, and you are in the society of non-smokers, then nobody will remind you; and the habit by and by will disappear – out of no use. If a habit is not used, by and by it disappears; it tends to become dead, it loses its grip on you. Tantra says man can become awake only through group methods, through schools. That’s why I insist so much for sannyas. Alone, you don’t stand a chance."
-Page 209
"When you are drinking water, become thirst! Let there be an intensity to it, so each drop of cool water gives you tremendous joy. In that very experience of those drops of water entering into your throat and giving you great contentment, you will taste God, you will taste reality. Tantra is NOT ordinary indulgence: it is extraordinary indulgence. It is not ordinary indulgence because it indulges in God Himself. But, Tantra says, it is through the small things of life that you have the taste."
-Page 215
"When your left nostril is working, your right mind will function; when your right nostril is working, your left mind will function. They switch every 40 minutes or so. So if you have been studying mathematics, it is good after forty minutes to study poetry; then you can come back to mathematics again."
-Page 218
"And even if you both are having orgasms together, then too your orgasmic joy will not be more or less; it will not be affected by the orgasm of the woman, and neither will the woman’s orgasm be affected by you. You are completely private, totally in yourself – one thing. That means all orgasm, deep down, is masturbatory. The woman is just a help, an excuse; the man is a help, an excuse – but not a must. First, the orgasm has nothing to do with the person outside – your woman, your man. Second it has nothing to do with your sex energy. The woman triggers your sex energy, your sex energy triggers your brain energy; a brain center is triggered – but orgasm happens exactly there in the brain, in the head. That’s why pornography has so much appeal, because pornography can directly stimulate your brain. A beautiful woman or an ugly woman has nothing to do with your orgasm. An ugly woman can give you as beautiful an orgasm as a beautiful woman, but why don’t you like the ugly woman? It does not appeal to the head, that’s all. Otherwise, as far as orgasm is concerned, both are as capable. The ugliest woman or the most beautiful woman, a Cleopatra, is immaterial – but your head, your brain, is more interested in the form, in the beauty."
-Page 264
"humanity has remained oral. The child is not satisfied orally. The mother does not give her breast as much as the child needs; the lips remain unsatisfied. So the child will smoke cigarettes later on, will become a great kisser. will chew gum, or will become a great eater. continuously eating this and that. If mothers give their breasts as much as the child needs, then the muladhar is not damaged."
-Page 266
"For oral freedom: screaming, laughing, shouting, crying, weeping, is very helpful. That’s why my choice of encounter, gestalt, primal and that type of groups – they are all helpful to relieve the oral fixation. And to relieve you of the anal fixation, PRANAYAM, BASTRIKA – fast chaotic breathing – is very helpful, because it hits directly on the anal center and makes you able to relieve and relax the anal mechanism."
-Page 34 |
"In Tantra the man sits in front of the woman, the naked woman, and he has to watch her so deeply to see her through and through, that all desire to see a woman naked disappears. Then man is free from the form. Now this is a great secret technique; otherwise you go on continuously seeing her in your mind. Each woman that passes by on the road, you want to undress her – that is there."
-Page 78 |
"That’s what Saraha is saying to the king. He is saying: Right you are! People have told you and they are not wrong. I run like a mad dog. Yes, if you just watch the action you will be misguided, you will not be able to understand me. WATCH my inner sky. Watch my inner priority, watch my inner core – that’s the only way to see the truth. Yes, I live with this woman – and, ordinarily, living with a woman means what it means. Now, Saraha says, WATCH! This is NO ordinary living! There is no man-woman relationship at all. It has nothing to do with sexuality. We live together as two spaces. We live together as two freedoms."
-Page 86 |
"What is the difference between being impulsive and being spontaneous? You have two things in you: the body and the mind. The mind is controlled by the society and the body is controlled by your biology. So sometimes you feel like murdering somebody, and you say, ”I am going to be spontaneous – Osho has said ’Be spontaneous!’ so I have to do it. I have to be spontaneous.” You have misunderstood. That is not going to make your life beautiful, blissful. You will be continuously in conflict again – now with outside people. By’spontaneity’ Tantra means a spontaneity full of awareness. So the first thing in order to be spontaneous is to be fully aware. The moment you are aware, you are neither in the trap of the mind nor in the trap of the body."
-Page 87 |
"A drunk staggered from a tavern and started walking with one foot in the street and one on the sidewalk. After a block or two, a policeman spotted him. ”Hey,” said the cop, ”you’re drunk!” The drunk sighed with relief. ”Gosh!” he said. ”Is that what’s wrong? I thought I was lame.”"
-Page 89 |
"How can you murder if you are so alert and so spontaneous? Compassion will flow side by side, in the same proportion."
-Page 103
"I am saying relate, but never think that any relationship is going to give you happiness."
-Page 122
"Just drop the habit of being unfree. How can you drop it? Freedom and consciousness go hand in hand: more conscious, more free;"
-Page 144
"Nobody smokes, and you are in the society of non-smokers, then nobody will remind you; and the habit by and by will disappear – out of no use. If a habit is not used, by and by it disappears; it tends to become dead, it loses its grip on you. Tantra says man can become awake only through group methods, through schools. That’s why I insist so much for sannyas. Alone, you don’t stand a chance."
-Page 209
"When you are drinking water, become thirst! Let there be an intensity to it, so each drop of cool water gives you tremendous joy. In that very experience of those drops of water entering into your throat and giving you great contentment, you will taste God, you will taste reality. Tantra is NOT ordinary indulgence: it is extraordinary indulgence. It is not ordinary indulgence because it indulges in God Himself. But, Tantra says, it is through the small things of life that you have the taste."
-Page 215
"When your left nostril is working, your right mind will function; when your right nostril is working, your left mind will function. They switch every 40 minutes or so. So if you have been studying mathematics, it is good after forty minutes to study poetry; then you can come back to mathematics again."
-Page 218
"And even if you both are having orgasms together, then too your orgasmic joy will not be more or less; it will not be affected by the orgasm of the woman, and neither will the woman’s orgasm be affected by you. You are completely private, totally in yourself – one thing. That means all orgasm, deep down, is masturbatory. The woman is just a help, an excuse; the man is a help, an excuse – but not a must. First, the orgasm has nothing to do with the person outside – your woman, your man. Second it has nothing to do with your sex energy. The woman triggers your sex energy, your sex energy triggers your brain energy; a brain center is triggered – but orgasm happens exactly there in the brain, in the head. That’s why pornography has so much appeal, because pornography can directly stimulate your brain. A beautiful woman or an ugly woman has nothing to do with your orgasm. An ugly woman can give you as beautiful an orgasm as a beautiful woman, but why don’t you like the ugly woman? It does not appeal to the head, that’s all. Otherwise, as far as orgasm is concerned, both are as capable. The ugliest woman or the most beautiful woman, a Cleopatra, is immaterial – but your head, your brain, is more interested in the form, in the beauty."
-Page 264
"humanity has remained oral. The child is not satisfied orally. The mother does not give her breast as much as the child needs; the lips remain unsatisfied. So the child will smoke cigarettes later on, will become a great kisser. will chew gum, or will become a great eater. continuously eating this and that. If mothers give their breasts as much as the child needs, then the muladhar is not damaged."
-Page 266
"For oral freedom: screaming, laughing, shouting, crying, weeping, is very helpful. That’s why my choice of encounter, gestalt, primal and that type of groups – they are all helpful to relieve the oral fixation. And to relieve you of the anal fixation, PRANAYAM, BASTRIKA – fast chaotic breathing – is very helpful, because it hits directly on the anal center and makes you able to relieve and relax the anal mechanism."
March 21, 2018
If you really want to be secure, you will have to live a life of insecurity. If you really want to be alive, you will have to be ready to die at any moment. This is God’s illogic!
May 14, 2020
Энэ хүний бичсэн номноос англи дээр уншиж байсан. Энэ удаад монголоор орчуулагдсан энэ номыг уншлаа. Их таалагдлаа.
Миний ойлгосноор Буддагийн шавийн үндэслэсэн Буддын шашны нэг урсгал юм шиг байна. Гэхдээ дотор нь бичигдсэн зүйлс үнэхээр хэрэгтэй санагдлаа. 10 бүлэгтэй. Бүлэг бүрийн эхэнд судар хэмээх шүлэг байх бөгөөд түүний утгийг хойно нь тайлбарласан. Эхлээд тэр шүлгийг уншихад зүгээр л хэдэн холбоо үг шиг хирнээ тайлбарыг нь уншихаар бүрхэг тэнгэр цэлмэх шиг утга нь тодорч гарч ирж байгаа мэдрэмж төрлөө. Уншаад үзээрэй л гэж хэлнэ.
Бас сонирхож явдаг барууны сэтгэл судлал, психоанализийг маань үгүйсгэх зүйлс гарсан нь сонирхолтой байлаа. Яаж мэдхэв дээ.
Миний ойлгосноор Буддагийн шавийн үндэслэсэн Буддын шашны нэг урсгал юм шиг байна. Гэхдээ дотор нь бичигдсэн зүйлс үнэхээр хэрэгтэй санагдлаа. 10 бүлэгтэй. Бүлэг бүрийн эхэнд судар хэмээх шүлэг байх бөгөөд түүний утгийг хойно нь тайлбарласан. Эхлээд тэр шүлгийг уншихад зүгээр л хэдэн холбоо үг шиг хирнээ тайлбарыг нь уншихаар бүрхэг тэнгэр цэлмэх шиг утга нь тодорч гарч ирж байгаа мэдрэмж төрлөө. Уншаад үзээрэй л гэж хэлнэ.
Бас сонирхож явдаг барууны сэтгэл судлал, психоанализийг маань үгүйсгэх зүйлс гарсан нь сонирхолтой байлаа. Яаж мэдхэв дээ.
September 8, 2023
"Өмнө нь оюун бодолд суралцсан бол одоо оюун бодол-үгүйд суралц. Өмнө нь чи өнгөрсөнд суралцсан бол одоо энэ агшинд суралц. Өмнө нь гадаад хүрээнд суралцсан бол одоо дотоод цөм рүүгээ нэвтэр." (150-р тал)
June 8, 2025
Бүр үйлдэлдээ л анхаарч одоогоороо амьдар... идэхдээ ч гоё таашаа, алхахдаа ч зөвхөн алх..., суухдаа ч зөвхөн л суу...
November 2, 2020
Маш их таалагдлаа. Хүн бүр уншаад үзээсэй ...
September 1, 2015
Osho has an immense knowledge. With humour he tells people their problems straight on the face. I really enjoyed reading his book. I think it changed me and my outlook at the world. Many underlying problems of humanity have become more visible and clear to me. I highly recommend this book to everyone!
October 12, 2015
Better than never... an epic... read in the right time...
June 6, 2016
Un libro imprescindible
July 20, 2016
wisdom from Saraha , the enlighten soul and follower of Budha .
August 9, 2013
wonderful book !! Great inspiration while being in a relationship
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