Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 2
The Book of the Secrets: A New Commentary, 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 - 5” (16 discourses each). The books were later
published as ”Vigyan Bhairav Tantra Volumes 1 and 2”,(40 discourses each). The two volumes also
come with a deck of 112 cards to represent the various meditations.
Talks given from 25/03/73 pm to 08/11/73 pm
English Discourse series
CHAPTER 1
Be a witness not a judge
25 March 1973 pm in Bombay, India
AT THE START OF SNEEZING, DURING FRIGHT, IN ANXIETY, ABOVE A CHASM, FLYING
IN BATTLE, IN EXTREME CURIOSITY, AT THE BEGINNING OF HUNGER, AT THE END OF
HUNGER, BE UNINTERRUPTEDLY AWARE.
THE PURITY OF OTHER TEACHINGS IS AN IMPURITY TO US. IN REALITY, KNOW NOTHING
AS PURE OR IMPURE.
Life is a paradox. To reach near you have to travel far, and that which is already achieved you have
to achieve again. Nothing is lost. Man remains natural, man remains pure, man remains innocent;
it is only that he forgets it. The purity is not disturbed, the innocence is not destroyed. Only a deep
forgetfulness is there.
That which is to be achieved you are already. In essence, nothing new is to be achieved. You
have only to discover, uncover, unfold that which is already the case; hence, both the difficulty of
spiritual endeavor and the simplicity. I say ”both”.... It is very simple if you can understand, but it is
very difficult because you have to understand that which you have completely forgotten, that which
is so obvious that you never become aware of it, that which is just like your breathing. It goes on
continuously, uninterruptedly, but because it goes on continuously, uninterruptedly, you need not be
aware of it. Your awareness is not needed; it is not a basic requirement. You can forget it or you can
remember it: it is a choice.
SANSARA and NIRVANA, the world and the liberated state of consciousness, are not two things –
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