Orion crescent

Two kinds of retractions need to happen, for a human to evolve.

One happens by not paying much attention to senses - visual, listening, smell, taste and tactile.
This is known as Samam - and it leads to the experience of Shanti.

Another happens by not pampering the mind.
This is known as Damam - and it leads to Danti.

-  Shri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Kanchi.

Buddha's full moon

In Buddhism there are 2 sects.

One is known as the Hinayana, the small vehicle.
Other is Mahayana, the great boat.

Mahayana is the path of Tantra and Hinayana is the path of Yoga.

- The Great Teaching, 
Tantra :  The Supreme Understanding

Escape to safety

Sometimes Tilopa surpasses even Buddha and Jesus. Maybe because Buddha talked to the masses. And Tilopa is talking to Naropa.

When you talk to a very evolved disciple, you can bring the highest down. Talk to the masses - and you have to make compromises.

Jesus had very ordinary disciples, in that way, very ordinary. And his teachings could not go to that height, where Buddha can go easily.

But nothing to compare with Tilopa. He searched for a single man, an evolved soul - Naropa.

That's why the teaching has taken a flight, to the very farthest corner of the sky.

Cut the Root , 
TANTRA - the supreme understanding - Osho.

Dewi damanam '18

There are 2 paths - path of a warrior and path of a king.
Yoga is the first, Tantra the second.

Almost all religions follow the path of yoga, the path of subjugation.
A soldier, has to follow.

A king simply lives loose and natural.
Tantra does not use conditioned reflexes.
It says you have to flower into a perfectly awakened being - not like a robot-like mechanism.

Suddenly it comes, when you are ready. Even footsteps aren't heard.   It has bloomed.

 - The Pathless Path - Tantra, the supreme understanding - Osho

Regulus moon

Gods sent Apsaras - nymphs of still waters - to earth, so they distract Nara and Narayana from their withdrawal and austerities.

Infuriated Nara harrumphed at them.

In fear, they scurried to bait the soft target - Narayana.
He smiled at them - he was beyond anger and lust.

And tapped his Uru or thigh - from where Urvashi appeared. Her beauty and grace put the apsaras to shame.

They realised that their mission had failed.

- Shri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Kanchi

Lenten withdrawal

The six streams of classical self-exploration are hinged around sense-withdrawal, or Pratyahara.

Without this withdrawal, they all become unhinged and dysfunctional.

- Amrit Warsha,  (Samwaad ) Summer / Autumn 2017 

Sarasiruha - bloom of still waters

The Buddhas point towards consciousness.
If you can sit silently, doing nothing - the spring is not far away.

The spring is bound to come.
It always comes - in silence.

As water flows downwards, your being rises upwards.
Just give it  a chance - give it solitude.

9/10 of your mind is in darkness - Osho  
T O I      Friday    November 4, 2016.