Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This long Satsang from 7th August 1992 is divided into two parts and starts with a strong discourse about waking up before our time is over. Papaji recounts his own longing for God and the quest to find a guru who would show him God. This eventually brought him to the feet of his Master, Sri Ramana Maharshi, who told him to find out who the seer is, and by whose grace Papaji realized the Self.
Papaji replies a question about responsibility after enlightenment, “In that state there's nothing to do and there's nothing not to do. It is for the Self to reply, Self to behave. You merge into the Self after freedom. It's the end of all problems, end of all conducts and moralities.”
He then replies a question regarding satori. Papaji explains that satori is the result of previous expectations and that silence and vigilance is the only means to obtain freedom, “Anything which has any name, any experience, is only concept. Do not give a landing ground to any concept. If you do not allow a thought to land, what will happen? It will not rise. All the life you have got to be very careful, even in the end of the last breath also it can attack. So, you have to be very vigilant. In silence don't allow a landing space to any thought. This is vigilance. Keep silence and see nothing trespasses this silence. Again and again and again.”
To watch part 2: youtu.be/RUaShAzxFAI
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This long Satsang from 7th August 1992 is divided into two parts and starts with a strong discourse about waking up before our time is over. Papaji recounts his own longing for God and the quest to find a guru who would show him God. This eventually brought him to the feet of his Master, Sri Ramana Maharshi, who told him to find out who the seer is, and by whose grace Papaji realized the Self.
Papaji replies a question about responsibility after enlightenment, “In that state there's nothing to do and there's nothing not to do. It is for the Self to reply, Self to behave. You merge into the Self after freedom. It's the end of all problems, end of all conducts and moralities.”
He then replies a question regarding satori. Papaji explains that satori is the result of previous expectations and that silence and vigilance is the only means to obtain freedom, “Anything which has any name, any experience, is only concept. Do not give a landing ground to any concept. If you do not allow a thought to land, what will happen? It will not rise. All the life you have got to be very careful, even in the end of the last breath also it can attack. So, you have to be very vigilant. In silence don't allow a landing space to any thought. This is vigilance. Keep silence and see nothing trespasses this silence. Again and again and again.”
To watch part 2: youtu.be/RUaShAzxFAI
This is the official YouTube channel of H.W.L. Poonja, well known as Papaji, run by the Avadhuta Foundation, a non-profit organization supported by donations and grants. To donate (thank you) to help this channel continue and keep all content accessible for everyone, visit avadhuta.com/donate
To learn more about Papaji and his teachings, visit avadhuta.com
To buy physical copies in India of Papaji videos, books and audio CDs, see satsangbhavan.org
