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Behind a
Thousand Names

talks on the Nirvana Upanishad

translation from Hindi,
निर्वाण उपनिषद
Nirvana Upanishad

by Osho

15 talks given live   c. 1972
Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India
Audio mp3 – Discourse 1 complete from
Behind a Thousand Names
Osho talk in Hindi
Click on play button below to hear   1:38:59

    This word 'nirvana' is beautiful. Buddha
    stopped using the words 'God' and 'soul'
    because he said that all these words have
    become contaminated by usage, by passing
    through so many mouths. But even he could
    not drop the word 'nirvana'. Not only that --
    Buddha centered the whole search around
    the reality of nirvana. You may not be aware
    of the meaning of the word 'nirvana': it means
    the extinguishing of a lamp. When somebody
    blows a lamp out, where does the flame of the
    lamp go?

    In this world, whatsoever is in existence
    cannot become non-existent. Now the
    scientists also agree that whatsoever 'is'
    cannot be destroyed, and whatsoever 'is not'
    cannot be created. All that happens is only a
    transformation of form, a change of form but
    nothing is destroyed or created. You blow out
    a lamp and the flame is extinguished, but
    where does it go? It cannot be destroyed, that
    is not possible. Even if you want to , it is not
    possible. Only that which was not really there
    but which only appeared to be there can be
    destroyed; whatsoever is really there cannot
    be destroyed...

                                                  – Osho
                      Behind a Thousand Names, ch. 1
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Chapter Titles

Chapter   1: The Seed’s Prayer

Chapter   2: Paramhansa: The Supreme Swan

Chapter   3: Only Knowing Remains

Chapter   4: The Light of Twelve Suns

Chapter   5: Awareness Is His Protection

Chapter   6: Longing for Beyond the Beyond

Chapter   7: Meditation Is the Way

Chapter   8: Behind a Thousand Names

Chapter   9: Shunya: The Divine Source

Chapter 10: Only For Bliss

Chapter 11: The Right Use of Power

Chapter 12: The Attitude of the Sky

Chapter 13: Turiya: The Fourth

Chapter 14: He Shatters All Illusions

Chapter 15: The Vision of Nirvana
    Behind a Thousand Names

    Chinese pinyin:
    Yi qian ge mingzi de houmian

    Chinese traditional:　
    一千個名字的後面

    Chinese simplified:
    一千个名字的后面
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