What Is Meditation?

By: Osho

Narrated by: Osho

One of the most fascinating talks by Osho on meditation. We gain a deeper understanding and an actual experience about meditation by listening to this talk which brings us into a space of meditation.

"Meditation is the very center of my whole effort. It is the very womb out of which you are going to be re-born. But it is very difficult to verbalize it. To say something about meditation is a contradiction in terms. It is something which you can have, which you can be, but by its very nature you cannot say what it is. Still, efforts have been made to convey it in some way. Even if only a fragmentary, partial understanding arises out of it, that is more than one can expect."

©1985 OSHO International Foundation (P)2009 OSHO International Foundation

This particular Osho talk is like his greatest hits.

All Osho's best stories and illustrations are contained within this Osho talk. The topic of meditation is near and dear to Osho's heart and a great deal of what he says in this speech is found in many of his other speeches because he talks so regularly about meditation. I wonder if this was late in his career because it was so well composed and contained all of his favorite illustrations and stories. The book he wrote Aspects of meditation contains much of this material however that book is read by a modern day narrator. Many people have taken a dislike to Oshos talking so I mention it here. The topic always stays on point with meditation in this Osho talk but he develops the concept that meditation is not concentration nor is it contemplation. Concentration is what scientists do and contemplation is what poets do but meditation is what sages do. Osho has many speeches about meditation but he makes each speech unique. This is Osho at his best. Highly recommend!