Buddhism Quotes by Rajneesh

Do not cling to anything, to any idea; because clinging is the bondage, even to the idea of enlightenment.

— Rajneesh

Godliness is the fragrance of the man who has attained enlightenment.

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Enlightenment is when all hope disappears. Enlightenment is disappearance of hope.

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Only the rich can achieve enlightenment because the poor are too busy looking for fridge freezers.

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Be - don't try to become. Being is enlightenment, becoming is ignorance.

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God is your very being. So the first thing is, don't think about enlightenment as a goal.

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Enlightenment is finding that there is nothing to find. Enlightenment is to come to know that there is nowhere to go.

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Enlightenment is nothing but your consciousness being concentrated on a single point - now and here.

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This watchfulness, this witnessing is the ultimate secret of creating a religious life, of creating a life of transcendence, a life of…

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The family gives you ambition, and ambition is one of the hindrances for enlightenment. It gives you desires, it gives you a…

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Live in this world, because this world gives a ripening, maturity, integrity. The challenges of this world give you a centering, an…

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Enlightenment happens only in that moment when there is no complaint in you,when you are not going anywhere, not desiring, not condemning,…

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Enlightenment is choicelessness. But don't misunderstand me. Before that, you will have to move very cautiously, choosing the right against the wrong,…

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Nothing has to be changed, because all is beautiful - that is enlightenment. All is as it should be, everything is perfect.…

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That's the moment of enlightenment. That is the moment that you become for the first time an unconditioned, sane, really free human…

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Enlightenment is the understanding that this is all, that this is perfect, that this is it. Enlightenment is not an achievement, it…

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Buddhas have a strength which is not of this world. Their strength is totally of love... Like a rose flower or a…

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Remember the word bodhichitta, because Atisha says the whole effort of religion, the whole science of religion, is nothing but an endeavor…

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You can call it tathata, suchness. 'Suchness' is a Buddhist way of expressing that there is something in you which always remains…

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A woman should keep her separateness, should save all her feminine qualities and purify them. In this way she is going, according…

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Remember, until you become a buddha you have wasted your life. Buddhahood is your flowering, your fragrance. A tree is fulfilled when…

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Mindfulness is Buddha's word for meditation. By mindfulness he means: you should always remain alert, watchful. You should always remain present. Not…

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By thinking you cannot decide. It is not a question of deciding as a logical conclusion, it is a question of choiceless…

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Your enlightenment is perfect only when silence has come to be a celebration. Hence my insistence that after you meditate you must…

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Man ordinarily is a robot. He lives apparently awake, but not really. He walks, he talks, he acts, but it is all…

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The teaching of the buddhas is: Find time and a place to remain unoccupied. That's what meditation is all about. Find at…

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People are living in unconsciousness, doing all kinds of things in unconsciousness. Everybody is an unconscious robot. We are just pretending that…

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Total relaxation is the ultimate. That's the moment when one becomes a buddha. That is the moment of realization, enlightenment, christ-consciousness. You…

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The most fundamental message of Gautama the Buddha is not God, is not soul... it is freedom: freedom absolute, total, unconditional. He…

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Look deep into your throbbing life and you will find the quality of the divine. You will not find a God but…

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Relaxation is the point. And if you can relax with an enlightened person his enlightenment will start penetrating you, because when you…

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Zen is the only religion in the world that teaches sudden enlightenment. It says that enlightenment takes no time, it can happen…

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Any mundane activity can become meditative. Digging a hole in the garden, planting new roses in the garden - you can do…

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Even great travelers of the inner world have got stuck in beautiful experiences, and have become identified with those experiences, thinking, "I…

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Witnessing can be called the seed and enlightenment can be called the flowers. But begin from witnessing, and then it starts growing.…

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This is what enlightenment is all about - a deep understanding that there is no problem. Then, with no problem to solve,…

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Creativity has nothing to do with creating something, creativity is simply the presence of God. Those who are fortunate enough to come…

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Enlightenment is finding that there is nothing to find. Enlightenment is to come to know that there is nowhere to go. Enlightenment…

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Enlightenment is always through surrender, but surrender is achieved through intelligence. Only idiots cannot surrender. To surrender you need great intelligence. To…

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Only Zorbas become Buddhas - and Buddha was never a monk, A monk is one who has never been a Zorba and…

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