complied & edited by

Swami Anand Neelambar

The word Taoshobuddha comes from three words, ‘tao,’
‘sho,’ and ‘Buddha’. The word Tao was coined by the
Chinese master, Lau Tzu. It means, that which is and
cannot be put into words. It is unknown and unknowable.
It can only be experienced and not expressed in words.
Its magnanimity cannot be condensed into finiteness. The
word Sho implies, that which is vast like the sky and deep
like an ocean and carries within its womb a treasure. It
also means one on whom the existence showers its
blessings. And lastly the word Buddha, implies the
Enlightened One; one who has arrived home. Thus,
Taoshobuddha implies one who is existential, on whom
the existence showers its blessings and one who has arrived
home. The Enlightened One!
TAOSHOBUDDHA
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Swami Anand Neelamber

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 Meditation is just to be!
Not doing anything!
No action! No thought! No emotions!
Just you are! And it is sheer delight!

Neither the ancient techniques of meditation nor the

Modern scientific biofeedback techniques can ever lead to
meditativeness. Meditation is an understanding, an experience of
oneness – both inner and outer. It springs forth from the deepest core
of your being. An evolution! Just as no doctor can give you health, so
too no master can give you meditation. Both meditation and health
belong to the fourth dimension. A dimension beyond the known!

A master can only help you in removing the obstacles

so that meditation happens!

When you are one, suddenly you see this oneness outside.
All barriers vanish. There is no ‘i’, no ‘thou’. There is only god or
truth or samadhi or whatever you may call this. You may even call
this nirvana. Zen calls this sonoma or konomama. This is pure
ishness. Also this is suchness or what buddha calls thathata.

One simply is. One is not doing anything. No thinking. No one is

feeling anything. This ishness is the ultimate experience of bliss!
Beyond this there is nothing! This is eternal search. You have arrived
home. This is meditation!

Though meditation begins in the mind, it is not real meditation.

Begin with the mind. One day you will attain meditation.
When the mind ceases, you are beyond it;
Only then real meditation begins.
Even to go beyond the mind you have to use the mind itself.
However, use the mind negatively.
You will certainly attain meditation.
 DEEP WITHIN YOU IS THE BUDDHA!
These methods do not belong to any religion. Just as the
Theory of relativity is not Jewish because Albert Einstein
conceived it, so radio and television are not Christian.
And no one says why are you using electricity, because it
is Christian and a Christian mind conceived it. Science
does not belong to any religion, race, caste, or creed!
Just because these techniques were developed by a Hindu
mind, does this mean these techniques are Hindu? But
you cannot change the ‘wisdom’ of human stupidity. So
think through it.
 CONTENTS

Preface ix
Introduction xix

SECTION ONE: MEDITATION

What is Meditation? 3
Awakening – The Key to Meditation 43
Meditation and Explosion 54
Mindfulness and Meditation 65

SECTION TWO: HOW TO MEDITATE?

The Process of Discipline and Learning 75
The Flow of Life 86
Initiation to a Master 92
Path to Desirelessness 101
Understanding Soul 111
Life Force and Seven Bodies 120
Obstacles in the Path of Meditation 134
Maya or Illusion – The Impending Force in Meditation 140
Choosing the Place of Meditation 150
Self-reliance and Dependence in Meditation 159

SECTION THREE: MEDITATION TECHNIQUES

Vipashyana Meditation Techniques 169
An Experiment in Silence & Seclusion 183
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Tratak Meditation Techniques 190

Mirror Gazing Techniques 193
Mantra Meditation 198
Conscious Entry into Sleep 205
Wordless Communion with Existence 207
Conscious Death 209
Visualization Techniques 212
Dynamic Meditation 217
Kundalini Meditation 225
Nadabrahma Meditation 227
Devavani Meditation 230
Gourishankar Meditation 232
Sufi Whirling Meditation 234
Gibberish Meditation 236
Mystic Rose Meditation 238
No-mind Meditation 242
Meditation Techniques from Vigyan Bhairav Tantra 244
112 Meditation Techniques 254
Meditation Techniques for Children 256
Meditation for Modern Man 260

SECTION FOUR: WHY IS MEDITATION NECESSARY?

Why is Meditation Necessary? 269
Meditation – A Release and the Cure 281
Meditation – A Principle of Contact 293
Meditation and Kundalini 306
Meditation and Opening of Sahasrar 316
Tao of Meditation 321
Meditation and Sufism 332
Meditation and Healing 339
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PREFACE

B efore I begin to say anything, let me clarify certain things

from the very beginning. I am not interested in any
metaphysical questions. It does not matter who created this
world or if God is or is not? You are! This is most important to
me. You can be transformed. This is meaningful. It neither
matters what was the relationship between Jesus and Mary
Madeline nor why did Rama put Sita to the fire test or why did
Rama abandon Sita? Answers to these questions cannot
transform you or give you the taste of Enlightenment. A Buddha
is never concerned with such questions. He works with you and
on you alone.
These methods do not belong to any religion. Just as the
Theory of Relativity is not Jewish because Albert Einstein
conceived it, so radio and television are not Christian because
a Christian mind conceived this. And no one asks, why are you
using electricity because it is Christian? A Christian mind
conceived it. Science does not belong to any religion, race,
caste, or creed! Just because these techniques were developed
by a Hindu mind, does this mean these techniques are Hindu?
But you cannot change the ‘wisdom’ of human stupidity. So
think through it.
Many years ago in deep silence, a flowering happened.
The beauty and the fragrance of this flower were not going to
last forever. Whatever happens to the flower is momentary;
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bees gather around the flower and begin to experience its beauty,
fragrance, aliveness, presence, and its fragility. This is the
experience in the end, of all those who are thirsty of something
emanating from deep within the flowering of the Being; and the
flower continues to share its presence, its being, its silence,
and its wholeness. Those who are near such flowering, begin to
experience their own inner flowering. This is the Secret of the
Golden Flower of a Zen master, Lu Tzu. Such is the milieu. Out
of this flowering, a commune is born. A Buddhafield! Commune
refers to a deep union between Meditation and Love. An oasis
in the desert of the world! In such an environment of deep
lovingness, one grows in awareness, understanding, and
meditation. This is the trinity of the Hindu mystical existential
sound, AUM.
The word Commune was first coined by Buddha. He
referred to commune as Sangha. It implies a place where initiates
have dropped their individual egos and are no more functioning
as individual islands or personalities. Communication between
heads was replaced by the communion of hearts!
Whenever so many hearts open, many flowers blossom!
Fragrance is released. This fragrance that surrounds a Buddha
is the fragrance or the energy of the Being. We may call this as
Buddhafield. If someone has attained this flowering, a commune
is bound to happen. No one can prevent this. All those who are
thirsty, will start moving towards the flowering of this Buddha.
Just like, when a flower blossoms, the magnetic pull of the
fragrance attracts many bees – only bees! No dog will ever be
attracted to this magnetic pull of a flower. A Buddha and a
commune exist only for those who have the sensitivity, the
perception, the availability, the search, and the openness. Many
will pass but will go on missing the Buddha and the commune.
When many individuals with openness and a deep search within,
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are completely dissolved and merged into one another, what is

created there is a Buddhafield, a Sangha.
Individuals with complex diverse potentials gather around
the Buddha. Everyone works wholeheartedly in his or her own
way without any dictatorship or leadership. Through the Buddha
or the Enlightened one, Godliness starts overflowing and
consciousness creates a commune or Buddhafield.
The present book is the outcome of such a happening.
Many years ago, the work started as talks aired on radio, here
in Trinidad and within the commune. In fact, the entire country
became the Buddhafield. Many listened to these talks. Now it
was felt necessary to bring all these talks in the form of a concise
publication; hence, this book. The need for meditation was felt
worldwide. Thus, the Buddhafield is now being extended to
the entire world.
Just as, for the body to survive breathing is essential, so
too for the soul to evolve, meditation is essential! Meditation is
the breathing of the soul. Then what is the difference between
breathing and meditation? Do the two differ from one another?
There is a subtle relationship between the two. Naturally, as an
individual you breathe unconsciously. When you learn to breathe
consciously, it becomes meditation. Buddha introduced
Anapana Sati Yoga Meditation. It is also called Vipashyana
Meditation. This was introduced to create an inner sun of
awareness. In this meditation, one needs to become aware of
breathing and by doing so the unconsciousness begins to vanish.
By doing this, one develops witnessing. Therefore, breathing is
used as a tool to create witnessing. With witnessing, one comes
to know that the body and the being are separate.
Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, which is almost 5000 years old, is
a treatise on Meditation. It is Shiva who narrates these techniques
of Meditation to His Consort, Devi. There is a specific approach
in Tantra. Shiva uses this to narrate one hundred and twelve
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techniques of meditation. In fact, no technique of meditation

lies outside these one hundred and twelve techniques. Most of
these techniques use breathing as an essential technique to
attain consciousness of meditative state.
The entire overflow is spontaneous. It is the poetry of the
being that has sprung from the inner depths of a Buddha! It is
a spoken message; no way a written one. Blended with
compassion, it flows like a river that is taking you on a voyage
to merge with the Infinite. This will bring the ultimate
transformation of the consciousness in you! A delight within!
Each word and each sentence is a musical composition.
Also it has its own soul, mind, and body. This trinity together
creates an energy field. This is the energy field of a Buddha.
Once you consider each word and each sentence as a living
organism and the very being of Buddhahood and feel life
pulsating through these, you are in tune with the energy field of
a Buddha.
How can one read and absorb the message and energy
contained in these overflows? Every gem of wisdom and
knowledge, each practice and each sentence contained in this
book is an energy field. This acts as a message. Such messages
have tremendous healing and energy of blissfulness. This can
balance the matter inside the cells and the energy that surrounds
the cells. So you have to maintain a particular posture while
decoding the message contained herein.
When you want to decode the message, sit down with your
back straight, bring your tongue close to your palate but not
touching it, contract your anus a little, and lastly bring your
lower abdomen in; maintain this posture while reading the book.
Why am I emphasizing a specific posture? This posture is a
meditative posture. This posture helps us to boost energy,
healing, and thus rejuvenation.
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Every word, every sentence is impregnated with energy.

When you maintain this posture, your cells will be in a state of
inner peace, full of awareness and relaxation. Whatever part of
the book you maybe reading, your cells will be open to receive
both healing and rejuvenation simultaneously. Read slowly.
Comprehend, digest, and absorb the message. As you do so,
your soul will get connected to the very soul of each word.
Remember, the soul carries within it the energy of love, light,
healing, blessing, and service. Therefore, reading in this
meditative way, will not only unfold the inner secrets of this
message but will also transform every aspect of your life.
Meditation brings the Conservation of Energy. Thus,
conservation of energy is an important aspect of Meditation.
This is the law of Physics. It explains that energy can neither be
destroyed nor lost. Definitely it can be transformed. Just as
baser metals are transformed into precious gems, so too
meditation transforms the baser nature into the sublime one.
From the quagmire of senses, meditation takes you to a different
realm of being.
Look at the clouds. Clouds carry within their womb the
water of the oceans. As the waters from the oceans transform
into water vapor, these vapors represent one form of energy.
When these vapors rise, clouds are formed. This is followed by
the energy from the heavens that descend in the form of rain.
This is another form of energy. When clouds are full of water
vapor, rain pours. These are all different forms of energy. Thus,
energy is conserved.
Because of rain and wind a stone is eroded. The stone
gets smaller and smaller in size. When a stone is struck at the
same point for hundreds of years by dripping water, a hole will
form in the stone and eventually, go through the stone. And
then the part of the stone that got eroded away will form a hole.
This is the part which has transformed into another form of
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cosmic energy. So too when a person dies and is cremated, the

energy is absorbed by Mother Earth and thus transforms into
another form of energy. Meditation brings a form of energy
that transforms the soul, mind, and body. I was intending for
the book on Meditation: The Way to Self-realization. But what
can I do. There is a direct connection between meditation and
healing. In fact, meditation is inner healing. Meditation creates
harmony within, through healing your emotions and all which
creates disturbance within. Meditation takes you to the realm
of bliss beyond reason and all that is mental. Therefore it can
be said, it is in reality a journey from medication to meditation.
What is the necessity of meditation? Five thousand years
ago, The Yellow Emperor’s Canon, the ancient authoritative text
on traditional Chinese medicine, stated, “If Chi flows, one is
healthy; if not, one is sick”.
Chi refers to vital energy. All these are part of the cosmos.
Every one and every thing in the cosmos radiates energy or
chi. That is why I call various forms of chi or energy as Cosmic
or Existential energy. Then there are countless universes. And
there are countless energies or chi of these countless universes.
These universes can thus be divided as yang universes. These
constitute the physical worlds. Then there are yin universes.
These constitute the spiritual worlds. The unknown and the
unknowable creates both yang and yin universes. Together,
the two radiate Divine Energy or Chi. Divine is one. Universe is
one. There is only one chi or energy – the Cosmic Energy!
When the strategy of this text was planned, there was a
format to follow. However, as time flowed on, many new
dimensions and talks were included. I did not want to include
any talks on the healing aspects. But then I realized, meditation
is in itself a healing process. Healing of the soul! But the soul is
not separate from the mind and the body. Healing at three
different planes! Because of this, I had to include a section on
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healing as well as vital energy, or life force, or élan vita, or

Orgone, or Prana as in tai chi and chi gong. Traditional Chinese
medicine mentions at least fifty different forms of energy, for
example, heart chi, liver chi, kidney chi, yin chi, wei chi, etc.
Usually we are unaware of these forms of chi. It is said that it
takes five years of hard work to understand this. However, for
the purpose of this text, I will speak of only one form of chi or
energy and that is the Cosmic Energy or Prana or the existential
cosmic sound vibration, Aum.
When this energy radiates through the heart, it is heart
chi, and the energy radiating through the immune system
represents the chi of the immune system. When the energy
radiates through the cells, it is cell energy. The energy radiating
through the body and the blood vessels is wei chi. You can call
the energy radiating through the tree as tree chi. So too, there
are ocean chi, star chi, etc.
In this book, I have attempted to speak all that could be
spoken at this level. Yet still, there are many dimensions, which
are not only beyond human comprehension but they cannot be
revealed. These are more intricate techniques that are given by
a master to his disciple. These cannot be put in any book form.
However, I have attempted to speak of the Sufi path in relation
to meditation. Sufism is the path of love, as it developed in the
deserts of the Middle East. And Zen is the path of Meditation
that developed in Japan. Buddha’s technique of Jati Smaran –
the path of going into past lives, has intentionally been omitted
because of the possible dangers it presents if practised without
an Enlightened master.
It is very easy to be entertained, but that is not the purpose
of the Sufis. Then you will miss the essence. These stories are
reflections of the beyond. They try to state, that which cannot
be said; and they try to express, that which is inexpressible.
They are not about ordinary life. These belong to the center of
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your being. They are beautiful devices. If you simply pay

attention, if you meditate on the story! Then parallel to the
story, something else will start revealing itself in your being.
The story is on one plane, but the revelation happens on another
plane. The two planes are parallel to one another. Unless you
start tasting that parallel revelation, remember you have missed
the essence. It is easy to miss the essence. You do not need any
intelligence to miss the essence. However, to feel the essence
and then flow with it, will certainly require even greater
intelligence. And, in fact, something beyond intelligence! So
pull yourself together and become integrated in the moment.
Do not read. Instead, listen as totally as possible; just become
your ears. Be there. Something of immense value is being
imparted in this overflow.
In the beginning, trust is a feeling; in its final flowering, it
is being.
I cannot say anymore. Still much is left to say. This is my
essence, my being, my presence; feel it and then allow it within
you. Let it work at your inner center.
Trust is the essence along the path that leads to inner
flowering. And you can trust only if you are ready to go into
insecurity. And ready to sail your boat without any map into
the unknown! Trust means immense courage. And only a
courageous person can be religious, because only a courageous
person can say Yes.
So when you trust, your unconsciousness starts revealing
many things to you. It reveals itself only to the trusting mind,
trusting being, and trusting consciousness. Religion is the
fragrance of this trust, impeccable and absolute.
When the planning for this book began, a certain format
was chosen. As time flowed on, many new dimensions were
added and edited. Now that the work is ready for final
consummation, I felt the need for certain chapters to be
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elaborated. All this lies outside the present format. Chapters

like Meditation Techniques, Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Sufi Path
and Parables, Healing and Meditation require a separate
overflow each. This will be undertaken next, after I finish some
other works like Sufi Path and Parables. Each of these topics
will be elaborated in times to come and will therefore, appear
as separate works.
Quite often people ask me, “Who is your master?” I have
always answered this question in silence. Now the time has
come to reveal, for the benefit of the listeners. Master and
disciple is an existential game. From the side of a master it is a
game. He knows the entire existence is Enlightened. In fact,
we are all floating in an existential placenta, the Enlightenment.
Enlightenment is your very nature. It is like the flowers and the
buds. Each bud has the potentiality to blossom into a flower.
Until this happens, the bud considers itself separate from the
flower. This is an existential game. The moment a disciple attains
this flowering, he is aware of the game. Thus, dissolves the
master-disciple relationship. What remains then is a silent
communion between the two. The two are at the same plane
performing the role in the evolution of human consciousness.
Their techniques and methods may differ but the ultimate
outcome is the same. There remains friendliness between the
two.
All the masters of the past and those who are waiting as
yet to manifest, are my friends. The entire existence is my friend
– the masters of the yesteryears and those who are to come
later, the plants, the rivers, the planets, the stars, the moon,
and the sun have all helped in one way or the other in the
process of evolution. I bow down to these. Yet still, certain
names need mention. I abstain for now…
Although, I have left the acknowledgements to be done by
Swami Anand, yet still certain persons I must acknowledge. I
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am thankful to Gita, my wife; Dr Sargam, my daughter; and

Vivek, my son for their contributions in making this available to
you. During my stay in India, I received an abundance of love
and care from my parents, brother Awdhesh, his family and
little children – Gauri and Nandini and so many others,
knowingly or unknowingly. These need special mention. I am
also thankful to the editor Sonia Saini for giving valuable
suggestions for the improvement of the book.

AUM…
I bow down to those who have no enemies.
I bow down to those who have explored inner space.
I bow down to all those who have explored inner world –
And are capable of transferring this to others!
I bow down to all mystics of this universe.
This five-fold salutation and its remembrance destroys all negativities
And it is most auspicious of all that is auspicious.

TAOSHOBUDDHA
email: [email protected]

I have made myself available on my website.

For queries you can log on to:
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INTRODUCTION

I initially came into religious life through my ajaa – Grandfather

from my father’s side (this is how we call our grandfather
here in Trinidad). He was a pujari, a Hindu priest who engaged
in occult Hindu practices.
During my late teen years, I spent time studying the works
of Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo.
In my ‘search for the miraculous’ I was drawn to
Taoshobuddha, who initiated me into the realm of Mystic
Masters. It was this encounter, which led to the beginning of
the real sojourn into meditation.
This work is an effort to compile the overflows of
Taoshobuddha into a blueprint for Meditation; though, there
cannot be a blueprint for that which cannot be taught!
This humble offering is just a gesture to encourage the
seeker to take the plunge into the unknown and the unknowable!
The risk is great and you will lose everything! But you will
only lose that which you do not possess and that which is really
yours will be uncovered.
The journey into meditation is a sojourn into self-discovery.
I hope this compilation of overflows from Taoshobuddha
seduce you to go beyond yourself into the ocean of infinity and
explore the fathomless depths of your inner Being!
These overflows contain the gist of Meditation and How to
let go into a meditative state of awareness. The Why of Meditation
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is very important, as it is not much understood by common

humanity.
This compilation seeks to make available the essence of a
life of meditation and its importance in today’s chaotic world.
Reading the book is just a small percent of what the authors
intend it to be. The main focus is to engage into any of the
techniques discussed and attain awareness.
Remember, this is just a menu. You cannot satisfy your
hunger by reading the menu. You have to eat the food and let
it work within – thus, your thirst into Meditation begins.
How long, how long shall you lay in slumber?
Awake! Awake! Oh immortal being!
The dawn of new awakening peeps o’er the horizon
And the darkness takes to flight!
Many names need mentioning who have helped
tremendously in the publication of this overflow. In this regard
the staff at Radio Shakti, Program Director - Roshan Sookram;
Gregory Prescott - Simply E and Farook Baksh - DJ Mamoo.
Also various sponsors here in Trinidad & Tobago. I must mention
in particular Oma’s Pooja Bhandar in Penal, and Shaffie Mohammed
Florists at Piarco International Airport right here in Trinidad,
West Indies, the country of Cricket.
I also pay my regards and thanks to the publishers who
undertook to make this overflow available to all of you and to
Mr. Manjeet Saluja, who helped me out in its final editing.
I wish to also thank Swami Dharambodh, a sculpturist in
Trinidad, for creating the beautiful sculpture of the Laughing
Buddha, which now adorns the Ishtara Center of Dr C.Harry
Ramnarine, an expert in alternate medicine, who is blending
medicine and meditation as the complete science of healing.

with love and awareness!

Swami Anand Neelambar