Vigyan Bhairav Tantra – Part 4

Vigyan Bhairav Tantra – Part 4
विज्ञान भैरव तंत्र – ४


Conscious doing:

73…
IN SUMMER WHEN YOU SEE THE ENTIRE SKY
ENDLESSLY CLEAR ENTER SUCH CLARITY.
‘ग्रीष्‍म ऋतु में जब तुम समस्‍त आकाश को अंतहीन निर्मलता में देखो, उस निर्मलता में प्रवेश करो।‘’

74…
SHAKTI,
SEE ALL SPACE AS IF ALREADY ABSORBED IN YOUR OWN HEAD
IN THE BRILLIANCE.
‘हे शक्‍ति, समस्‍त तेजोमय अंतरिक्ष मेरे सिर में ही समाहित है, ऐसा भाव करो।’

75…
WAKING, SLEEPING, DREAMING, KNOW YOU AS LIGHT.
‘जागते हुए सोते हुए, स्‍वप्‍न देखते हुए, अपने को प्रकाश समझो।’

Moving to the roots:

Question 1:

LAST NIGHT YOU SAID THAT BY CHANGING THE OUTER,
THE INNER REMAINS UNCHANGED, UNTRANSFORMED.

BUT IS IT NOT TRUE THAT THE RIGHT FOOD,
RIGHT LABOUR, RIGHT SLEEP, RIGHT ACTIONS
AND BEHAVIORS ARE ALSO IMPORTANT FACTORS
FOR INNER TRANSFORMATION?

ISN’T IT A MISTAKE TO IGNORE THE OUTER COMPLETELY?

Question 2:

ISN’T IT TRUE THAT ALL MEDITATION TECHNIQUES ARE REALLY DOINGS
WHICH LEAD THE SEEKER TO HIS BEING?

Question 3:

YOU SAID LAST NIGHT THAT THE MORE THE MIND GROWS,
THE MORE WE KNOW THAT THE NATURE OF THE MIND IS CONFUSION.

BUT ISN’T IT TRUE THAT THIS GROWTH OF THE MIND ALSO LEADS TO CLARITY?

Question 4:

WE VERY OFTEN FEEL THAT WE CREATE OUR OWN SUFFERINGS.
IN SPITE OF THIS, WHY DO WE CONTINUE CREATING THEM?
AND WHEN AND HOW DOES ONE STOP CREATING ONE’S OWN SUFFERING?

Come back to existence:

76…
IN RAIN DURING A BLACK NIGHT, ENTER THAT BLACKNESS AS THE FORM OF FORMS.

‘वर्षा की अंधेरी राम में उस अंधकार में प्रवेश करो,जो रूपों का रूप है।’

77….
WHEN A MOONLESS RAINY NIGHT IS NOT PRESENT CLOSE EYES AND FIND BLACKNESS BEFORE YOU.
OPENING EYES, SEE BLACKNESS.
SO FAULTS DISAPPEAR FOREVER.
‘जब चंद्रमाहीन वर्षा की रात में उपलब्‍ध न हो तो आंखें बंद करो और अपने सामने अंधकार को देखो। फिर आंखे खोकर अंधकार को देखो। इस प्रकार दोष सदा के लिए विलीन हो जाते है।’

78…
WHEREVER YOUR ATTENTION ALIGHTS, AT THIS VERY POINT, EXPERIENCE.
“जहां कहीं भी तुम्‍हारा अवधान उतरे, उसी बिंदु पर अनुभव।”

Enter this moment:

Question 1:

THE OTHER NIGHT YOU SAID THAT PHILOSOPHIES ARE ANTI-MEDITATION.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND YOU AGREE THAT THE EASTERN PHILOSOPHIES SUCH AS TANTRA,
YOGA AND VEDANT, ARE THE WRITINGS OF ENLIGHTENED SAGES.

WHY DO THE ENLIGHTENED SAGES LEAVE BEHIND THEM
A STRONG STRUCTURE OF PHILOSOPHICAL CONTEMPLATION,
IF PHILOSOPHIES ARE ANTI-MEDITATION?

Question 2:

CAN PROBLEMS BE SOLVED THROUGH THINKING?

Question 3:

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAZING AT AN OPEN CLEAR SKY,
GAZING AT AN ENLIGHTENED MASTER’S PHOTO, AND GAZING AT THE DARKNESS?

Question 4:

YOU HAVE SAID THAT SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS WITH THE OBJECTIVE,
AND RELIGION WITH THE SUBJECTIVE.BUT NOW THERE IS A NEW GROWING SCIENCE, PSYCHOLOGY,
OR MORE ACCURATELY, DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY,
WHICH IS BOTH SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE.

SO SCIENCE AND RELIGION MEET IN DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY.

Question 5:

YOU HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT SO MANY METHODS AND TECHNIQUES. THE YEARNING TO SUCCEED IN THEM IS VERY GREAT.HOW CAN WE OVERCOME OUR GREAT IMPATIENCE?

Question 6:

THE OTHER DAY YOU SAID THAT DARKNESS IS MORE FUNDAMENTAL TO EXISTENCE, WHILE MOST RELIGIONS HOLD THE CONTRARY VIEW.WILL YOU KINDLY SHED SOME MORE LIGHT ON THIS QUESTION,
PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF WHAT MODERN SCIENCE HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT?

DOES IT NOT SAY THAT THE LAST DIVISIBLE COMPONENTS OF MATTER
ARE JUST ELECTRIC ENERGY?