A Course in Witnessing

A Course in Witnessing is a collection of 144 Meditation Programs. Each program has two parts, Listening Meditation (Osho discourse) and Satsang Meditation. These programs are grouped into seven modules. The modules can be done independently, consecutively or randomly. They are arranged chronologically, however, in the order that Osho spoke them. The individual meditation programs within the modules can also be done randomly or in chronological order. There is, however, much benefit in doing them chronologically, especially the first six modules, because the discourses that make up these meditation programs have a natural progression.

All of the programs are available for you to access either by downloading or listening online. We have also created a syllabus for the course, which of course, is only a suggestion.

If you chose to listen to the programs randomly, we have created a Map of Programs, so that you can access each program directly.

And finally, if you would like to read the Osho discourses from A Course in Witnessing like a book, we have also gathered all of the discourses from the listening meditations and compiled them into PDF books based on the seven modules, A Course in Witnessing Module Books.

The Listening Meditations in the modules, Osho Sakshi, Osho Transcendence and Osho Alchemy are from discourses that Osho gave mostly on various Upanishads in mediation camps around India, and finally in Mumbai. Osho Tantra is from discourses that Osho gave in Mumbai on the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra (The Book of Secrets). The discourses in Osho Yoga on The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali were given in Mumbai and then continued in Pune after his move there. Osho Zen includes discourses that Osho gave on Zen both from Pune 1 and Pune 2. The module Osho Dhamma is made up of discourses arranged mostly chronologically that Osho gave in Pune 1, Rajneeshpuram, Oregon, on his world tour, and finally, back in Pune 2.

Throughout all of these discourses is a common thread and that is Osho’s teaching of what he referred to as the very core of meditation, witnessing.

Osho spent his whole life working to awaken as many individuals as possible through the practice of meditation. In addition to teaching the 112 ancient meditation techniques of the Vigyan Bhairava Tantra, Osho also devised new “active” meditation techniques designed specifically to overcome the complexities and busyness of the modern mind. Osho, however, says that the very core of meditation is witnessing.

Currently we are holding weekly Zoom meditation meetings based on A Course in Witnessing. If you would like to be put on our mailing list to receive announcements for the meditation meetings, send an email with name and email address to info@o-meditation.com.

“Real meditation is not a technique. Real meditation is just relaxing, sitting silently, letting it happen, whatsoever it is. Allowing the whole anxiety to come up, to surface. And watching it, watching it. And doing nothing to change it. Witnessing it is real meditation.

In that witnessing your Buddhahood will become more and more powerful. Witnessing is the nourishment for your Buddhahood. And the more powerful your Buddhahood is, the less anxiety there is. The day your Buddhahood is complete, all anxiety is gone.”

-Osho, from The Perfect Master, V.1, Discourse #8

Below you will also see links for three of the most popular Osho active meditations. These meditations were designed to jump start and deepen our meditation practice.