NEITHER ISNESS NOR NO-ISNESS, NEITHER EMPTINESS NOR FULLNESS, SO UNFATHOMABLE, BEYOND THE SENSES.

WITHIN THE CROWN OF THE HEAD A CHILD SPEAKS, HOW SHALL HE BE NAMED?

LAUGHING, PLAYING, THE KNACK OF MEDITATION, DAY AND NIGHT SHARING DIVINE KNOWLEDGE.

HE LAUGHS, PLAYS, KEEPS MIND UNTROUBLED SUCH UNWAVERING ONE IS ALWAYS WITH GOD.

DAY AND NIGHT DISSOLVING MIND IN NO-MIND, DROPPING FATHOMABLE TALKING THE UNFATHOMABLE.

DROPPING HOPE REMAINING HOPELESS: BRAHMA THE CREATOR SAYS, I AM YOUR SERVANT. WHAT FLOWS DOWN, HE CHANNELS UP, A YOGI BURNS UP HIS SEX.

HE RELEASES HIS EMBRACE, SHATTERS ILLUSION: VISHNU THE SUSTAINER WASHES HIS FEET.

DIE, O YOGI, DIE! DIE, SWEET IS DYING. DIE THAT DEATH GORAKH DIED AND SAW. DONT SPEAK TOO EAGERLY, DONT WALK WITH A STRUT, PLACE YOUR FEET WITH CARE. GORAKH RAJA SAYS, DONT BE STIFF, LIVE SPONTANEOUSLY.

THE FULL POT IS SILENT, THE HALF FULL SOUNDING SPLASHES WHEN THE SEEKER IS READY, O AVADHUT, THE MASTER SPEAKS FRUITFULLY. NATH SAYS, KEEP YOUR DIGNITY, DONT INSIST ON DEBATE.

THIS WORLD IS A GARDEN OF THORNS, PLACE EACH STEP ALERTLY.

MOVING WITHOUT PATH, BURNING WITHOUT FIRE, BOUND BY A THIRST FOR AIR, WELL KNOWING GORAKH SAYS, FIGURE THIS OUT O LEARNED PUNDITS. [These couplets are not in the sutras given for the discourse, but added lines of Gorakh.]

SWAMI, GOING TO THE FOREST HUNGER ARISES, GOING TO THE CITY MAYA ARISES. STUFFING YOURSELF, SEXUAL DESIRE ARISES, WHY WASTE THIS BODY BORN OF PASSION? DONT ATTACK YOUR FOOD, DONT DIE OF HUNGER, CONTEMPLATE THE SECRET OF BRAHMAN DAY AND NIGHT DONT OVERWORK, DONT LIE AROUND, THUS SAYS GORAKH DEVA OVER EATING STRENGTHENS THE SENSES, DESTROYS CONSCIOUSNESS, FILLS THE MIND WITH SEX. SLEEP OVERTAKES, DEATH CLOSES IN THE HEART ENTANGLED. THE MILK DIETER MONKS MIND ON OTHERS COWS, THE NAKED MONKS ALWAYS NEED FIREWOOD. THE MONK IN SILENCE DESIRES A COMPANION NO DEPTH WITHOUT THE MASTERS SHELTER. HIS FRAGRANCE AND SWEETNESS PERVADE THE WHOLE WORLD.

THE TRUTH IS, ONLY A MASTER WHO HAS SEEN, CAN HELP YOU SEE. LISTEN VIRTUOUS ONE, LISTEN INTELLIGENT ONE, TO THIS CALL OF NUMBERLESS SIDDHAS. IN THE DISCIPLES BOWING, THE MASTER IS FOUND, AND THE WORLDLY NIGHT IS OVER. DIE, OH YOGI, DIE! DIE, SWEET IS DYING. DIE THAT DEATH GORAKH DIED AND SAW. SEE THE UNSEEABLE, SEEING MOVE INTO IT, KEEP THIS UNSEEN ETERNAL IN HEART. RAISE THE GANGES OF THE NETHER WORLD UP TO THE SKY OF THE HEAD, DRINK ITS PURIFIED WATER THERE. HERE ITS PRESENT, HERE ITS HIDDEN, CREATE YOUR THREE WORLDS HERE.

DISCOVER YOUR INNER VOID HERE, THIS WAY COUNTLESS SEEKERS HAVE AWAKENED.

O PUNDIT, YOU HAVE SOUGHT THE REAL THROUGH READING, NOW LOOK FOR THE REAL THROUGH LIVING. YOUR OWN DOING WILL TAKE YOU ACROSS, NO VEDAS, NO HOLY BOOKS, NO TEACHINGS COULD DESCRIBE THE TRUTH, INSTEAD THEY COVER IT UP. WITHIN THE SKY OF THE HEAD THE WORD ILLUMINES, THE TRUE SEEKER REALIZES IT HERE. SAYING IS EASY, LIVING DIFFICULT, SAYING WITHOUT LIVING AN EMPTY NONSENSE. THE CAT ATE THE KNOWLEDGEABLE, CONTEMPLATIVE PARROT, THICK TO ME STILL IN HIS HAND. WHO ECHOES WORDS IS CALLED DISCIPLE, WHO QUOTES THE DEAD IS GRANDSON, WHO LIVES IT IS OUR MASTER, WE ARE COMPANIONS OF THE LIVING. ONE WHO LIVES IT, CALL HIM MY MASTER, WE ARE DISCIPLES OF THE LIVING. UNDER NATURAL LIKING MOVE WITH THE MASTER, IF NOT, THEN MOVE ALONE. LAUGH, PLAY, MAKE MERRY, NEITHER LUST NOR ANGER REMAIN, LAUGH PLAY, SINGING A SONG, KEEP CONSCIOUSNESS WELL CENTERED. SOUND IS THE LOCK, SOUND IS THE KEY, ONLY SOUND AWAKENS SOUND, SOUND INTIMATE WITH SOUND, SOUND DISSOLVES INTO SOUND. LIVE IN THE HEART, DONT TALK OF THE SECRET, SPEAK NECTAR-SOAKED WORDS. WHEN OTHERS BECOME FIRE, O AVADHU, YOU BECOME WATER. GORAKH SAYS LISTEN AVADHU, LIVE IN THE WORLD LIKE THIS: EYES SEE, EARS LISTEN, MOUTH SAYS NOTHING. NATH SAYS, KEEP YOUR SOUL, DONT INSIST ON DEBATE. THIS WORLD IS A GARDEN OF THORNS, PLACE EACH STEP ALERTLY. BALANCED ASANA, BALANCED FOOD, BALANCED SLEEP GORAKH SAYS LISTEN SONS, SUCH A MAN NEITHER DIES NOR GROWS OLD. ONE WHO EATS DIES, ONE WHO DOESNT EAT DIES GORAKH SAYS O SONS, ONLY SANYAMI, THE BALANCED ONE TRANSCENDS. ALWAYS RESIDE IN THE MIDDLE MIND DOESNT MOVE, BREATH BECOMES STILL.

YOGIS STILL CONDEMNING OTHERS, EATING MEAT, DRINKING WINE, TAKING DRUGS? BY THE HUNDREDS THEY GO TO HELL, SHREE GORAKH RAJA SPEAKS PLAIN TRUTH. ALONENESS THE SIDDHA KNOWS, NEEDING TWO IS SADHU, THE TRUE SEEKER, NEEDING FOUR-FIVE THE HOUSEHOLDER, TEN-TWENTY THE WORLDLY MAN. GREATNESS IS WHEN GREATNESS EFFACED, CONSIDER THIS WORD OF TRUTH: ONE WHO BECOMES TINY THE MASTER SEEKS OUT, LIFTS THE LOAD OFF HIS HEAD. [The following and other indented couplets are extra dohas of Gorakh that Osho shared, not part of the sutra.] NATH SAYS, LISTEN O AVADHU, KEEP THE MIND FOREVER STEADY, REMOVE THE EGO, SEX, ANGER. YOU HAVE TRAVELED TO ALL SACRED PILGRIM PLACES. HOPE BRINGS DISTRESS, DOUBT BRINGS SORROW, THESE TWO BIG DISEASES WONT LEAVE WITHOUT A MASTER. BALANCE HAS BECOME THE ESSENCE OF ALL AUSTERITY AND PENANCE HAS REDUCED THE CHILDISH CUPID TO ASH, LOOK FOR SUCH A YOGI IN THE WORLD, ALL OTHERS JUST FILL THEIR STOMACHS.

HOW CAN I SAY O PUNDIT, WHERE GOD IS? IF YOU LOOK FOR OWN SELF, THERE IS NO I, NO THOU. HIDE SEEING IN YOUR EYES, LISTENING IN THE EARS, HIDE BREATHING AT THE NOSE TIP, ONLY THE STATE OF NIRVANA REMAINS.

A STONE HOUSE OF GOD, A GOD OF STONE. HOW WILL LOVE BURST FORTH WORSHIPPING STONE? OFFERING LIFE TO WORSHIP THE LIFELESS? HOW CAN YOU SWIM THE INFINITE THROUGH SUCH SINFUL ACTS? BATHING IN TIRTHA AFTER TIRTHA, HOW CAN THE INNER BE PENETRATED THROUGH OUTER CLEANSING? ADINATH MY GRANDSON, MACHHINDRANATH MY SON, GORAKH AVADHUT BEHOLDS HIS OFFSPRING. AVADHU, CALL GOD MY DISCIPLE, CALL MACHHINDRA MY GRANDSON, LEST GURULESS THE EARTH IS ANNIHILATED, COMPASSIONATELY I REVERSE THE ORDER.

LISTEN O EMPEROR, TO THOUGHTS OF PURE INTELLIGENCE, THIS DREAM WORLD ARISES FROM FIVE ELEMENTS, COMMENCEMENT, VESSEL, RECOGNITION, ATTAINMENT, SHREE GORAKH-YATI SAYS DO THESE AND KNOW YOURE AN EMPEROR.

TO BEGIN, DROP SEX, ANGER, EGO, DREAMS OF THE MIND AND IMPURITIES OF INDULGENCE. RENOUNCE WORLDLY CRAVINGS, DROP GREED, THEY CATCH THE SWAN AND KILL IT. DROP THE DUAL, REMAIN NON-DUAL, RENOUNCE EMBRACING, REMAIN UNBOUND, NATURALNESS IS TECHNIQUE, ASANA HAPPENS, BODY, MIND, BREATH BECOME STEADY. AWAKEN SANYAM, THE BALANCE, CONSCIOUS AHAR, THE INTAKE, RENOUNCE SLUMBER THE DEATH OF LIFE. DROP ALL JUGGLERY OF TANTRA, MANTRA, YANTRA, MEDICINE, AMULET, METALS AND STONES. ALL THIS MEDICINEMANSHIP WILL ONLY LEAD YOU TO THE KINGS DOOR, THE POLITICS. DROP ENCHANTMENTS OF ALL KINDS AND ALL SORCERY. LISTEN YOGESHWARA TO THE START OF THE PATH OF YOGA. RENOUNCE ALL OTHER STATES, MEDITATE WHOLLY ON THE LORD OF THE WORLD. DROPPING ALL KIND OF DRAMA, BURN LUST, ANGER, EGO. EYES FULL OF LUST, DONT WANDER ON PILGRIMAGES FAR AND WIDE; NO NEED TO CARRY THE WEIGHT OF MATTED HAIR TANGLED IN HEAVY LOCKS. NO NEED FOR VIRTUES OF PLANTING TREES AND MAKING GARDENS, DO NOT DIE DIGGING WELLS AND POOLS. BREATH STOPS, BODY DECAYS, BE CENTERED IN SITTING O KING INSISTING ON PILGRIMAGES AND VOWS, DONT WASTE YOUR LIFE CLIMBING MOUNTAINS. DROP ALL THIS WORSHIP AND RITUALS, CHANTING WITH BEADS; ENOUGH PRETENSIONS OF YOGA. ABANDON ALL YOUR BUSINESS AND TRADE OF KNOWLEDGE, YOUR STUDYING, CONTEMPLATING AND BEHAVIORISM. RID YOURSELF OF GATHERING DISCIPLES, RENOUNCE TITLES AS GRAVEYARDS, DEBATE AS POISON.

HENCE I SAY, REALIZING DEATH, O KING, REMAIN ALONE. SEEING A GATHERING DONT BOAST KNOWLEDGE, REMAIN LIKE A MUTE, MAD AND IGNORANT. DROP THE HOPINGS OF KING AND COMMONER, EAT BY BEGGING, REMAIN ABSOLUTELY INDIFFERENT. LET GO OF POTIONS, MAGIC BREWS, ALCHEMY, RENOUNCING RIDDHI, MIRACLE POWERS, RECEIVE SIDDHI, THE POWER OF FULFILLMENT. DROP DRINKING WINE AND TAKING DRUGS, THEY CREATE ALL SORTS OF DREAMS AND IMAGINATIONS. NARI, MYNA, SARANGI, THE SATGURU SAYS DROP ALL THREE. COMMENCEMENT, VESSEL, RECOGNITION, ATTAINMENT, SHREE GORAKH-YATI SAYS DO THESE AND KNOW YOURE AN EMPEROR.