Once you have tasted meditation, it is impossible for you to be in any misery. Bliss becomes inevitable. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The mind is the world and the no-mind is freedom from the world. The mind is misery and no-mind is the end… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Life in itself is an empty canvas; it becomes whatsoever you paint on it. You can paint misery, you can paint bliss.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Misery nourishes your ego - that's why you see so many miserable people in the world. The basic, central point is the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Attachment is the root cause of all misery. Possessiveness is nourishment for the ego. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Time is a need of the miserable mind. Time is a creation of misery. If you are happy there is no time… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Die! Die to the ego, die to your past, and you will be resurrected. That resurrection will make you go beyond death,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Change only one thing, change from misery to bliss. from sadness to celebration. And it can be done very easily because misery… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Yes, when you see for the first time, a great laughter arises in you - the laughter about the whole ridiculousness of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Old age is your own creation: it can be a misery, it can be a celebration; it can be simply a despair,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Happiness is one pole, sadness is another. Blissfulness is one pole, misery is another. Life consists of both, and life is richer… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Religion exists not because of God or for God; it is because of marriage. Marriage creates so much misery that one has… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Remember: ego can create misery, ego can create anguish, ego can create hate, ego can create jealousy. Ego can never become a… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Just think: you cannot find a single misery for which you are not responsible. It may be jealousy, it may be anger,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Jealousy means ego, jealousy means unconsciousness. Jealousy means that you have not known even a moment of joy and bliss; you are… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
If people become ecstatic the whole society will have to change, because this society is based on misery. If people are blissful… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
If attachment is the conditioning factor, then non-attachment will become the unconditioning factor. If expectation leads you in misery, then non-expectation will… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
To remain attached to the temporal, to the changing is to remain within the world of misery because the temporal will be… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Marriage is going to disappear, should disappear. And now the point is coming in the history of humanity where it becomes possible… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I have been misunderstood perhaps more than anyone else ever, but it has not affected me, for the simple reason that there… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Happiness is threatening and misery is safe - safe for the ego. Ego can exist only in misery and through misery. Ego… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Ecstasy is our very nature; not to be ecstatic is simply unnecessary. To be ecstatic is natural, spontaneous. It needs no effort… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Do things with your whole heart, with as much intensity as you are capable of. Anything done halfheartedly never brings joy to… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
True celebration should come from your life, in your life. And true celebration cannot be according to the calendar, that on the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Misery comes the moment you become clinging, attached. The moment you put conditions on life. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
You can change your attachment from this to that, but you will be in misery. Attachment creates misery. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
If this is understood then things become very clear. Misery makes you special. Happiness is a universal phenomenon, there is nothing special… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Once you have known the generosity of existence you will never feel miserable. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Attachment is the root cause of all misery - and our mind is such that it starts clinging to each and everything.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Misery is nothing but the shadow of attachment. And hence all stagnancy. The attached person becomes a stagnant pool - sooner or… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
What is marriage now, or what has it ever been? - just a painful suffering, a long suffering, with false smiling faces.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Attachment brings misery, unattachment brings blissfulness. So use things, but don't be used by them. Live life but don't be lived by… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
It is my observation that all human hearts are the same and that their ultimate desire is also the same. This soul… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Attachment is misery, but from the very beginning the child is taught for attachment. The mother will say to the child, "Love… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Buddha says this is how one should be - no desire, because all desires are futile. They are about the future; life… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Participation is bliss because the whole universe is celebrating. Every moment it is celebrating. It is a great celebration, a constant celebration.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
To be able to celebrate life is religion. In that very celebration you come close to God. If one is able to… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Future arises out of your misery, not out of your celebration. A really celebrating person has no future; he lives this moment,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Hell is hot, fire. But I tell you, you are providing your own coal. This is how things are: If you move… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
If your love leads to misery, it was from the ego. If your love leads to a beautiful benediction, a blessedness, it… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting,… — Rajneesh Copy Share
It all depends on you. You can go on sleeping forever, you can wake up right this moment. — Rajneesh Copy Share
The greatest mystery in life is not life itself, but death. Death is the culmination of life, the ultimate blossoming of life. In death… — Rajneesh Copy Share
This mind is a prison. It cannot find any freedom anywhere. It must die before freedom comes to you. But we have taken the… — Rajneesh Copy Share
Never belong to a crowd; Never belong to a nation; Never belong to a religion; Never belong to a race. Belong to the whole… — Rajneesh Copy Share
Money should not be in the hands of individuals; otherwise it will create this problem of being burdened with guilt. And money can make… — Rajneesh Copy Share
Marriage is going to disappear, should disappear. And now the point is coming in the history of humanity where it becomes possible that marriage… — Rajneesh Copy Share
A mature mind is one who understands the impossibility of knowing the ultimate, and with this understanding there is a new dimension: the dimension… — Rajneesh Copy Share
The word religion comes from an origin which means "coming together." But priesthood has been doing just the opposite, it has created splits in… — Rajneesh Copy Share
There are people who want to become rich; they become rich. If you persist you can fulfill any kind of stupidity — Rajneesh Copy Share
Just take one thing out and the whole palace, the whole edifice of the human mind collapses. Take effort out of it and desiring… — Rajneesh Copy Share
To me, man means awareness of death. I am not saying become afraid of death; that is not awareness. Just be aware of the… — Rajneesh Copy Share
So your life becomes a vital celebration, your relationship becomes a festive thing. Whatsoever you do, every moment is a festival. You eat, and… — Rajneesh Copy Share
