The world is not religious because religion is imposed upon us. The parents are in a hurry to impose; the church, the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Zen says that if you drop knowledge - and within knowledge everything is included; your name, your identity, everything, because this has… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
A small child has no ambitions, he has no desires. He is so absorbed in the moment - a bird on the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
When you are happy you are ordinary, because to be happy is just to be natural. To be miserable is to become… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
One should think in terms of whether one is loving or not. The question of the object of love does not arise.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Identification with the body, with the mind, with our possessions, with our families, with our friends - any kind of identification takes… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The parents have to learn that the child should not be insulted, humiliated, condemned. If you want to help him, love him… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The child is naturally meditative. He is a sort of samadhi; he's coming out of the womb of existence. His life river… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The child is born with a Self but not with an ego. The child develops the ego. As he becomes more and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
If you are really feeling happy, you are feeling happy even if the whole world contradicts you. If the whole world agrees… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The playfulness that I talk about comes very slowly. You cannot just jump out of your seriousness which you have accumulated for… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Every child is simple, just a clean slate. Then the parents start writing on his slate - what he has to become.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
To be motherly is a totally different phenomenon. It is something absolutely human; it transcends animality. It has nothing to do with… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
These firecrackers outside and these lights outside cannot make you rejoice. They are only for children; for you, they are just a… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
A meditator cannot smoke, for the simple reason that he never feels nervous, in anxiety, in tension. Smoking helps - on a… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Egolessness is contentment. Egoless, you don't expect anything, and just a small child smiles at you, but it is so beautiful. What… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The disobedient child is continuously condemned. The obedient child is, on the other hand, continuously praised. But have you heard of any… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
If you really want to drop the guilt you will have to drop your parental voices within, the priestly voices within. You… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Every child is born sane, and then, slowly slowly, we civilize him - we call it the process of civilization. We prepare… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Man is afraid, the world is a strange world, and man wants to be secure, safe. In childhood the father protects, the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Any judgment is past oriented, and existence is always herenow, life is always herenow. All judgments are coming from your past experiences,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Zen's greatest contribution is to give you an alternative to the serious man. The serious man has made the world, the serious… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Each child is made neurotic by the parents, by the society; and we know that we are doing it, and we know… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
When Patanjali says "non-attachment", he is not anti-love. Really, he is for love. Non-attachment means be natural, loving, flowing, but don't get… — 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 Image
It all depends on you. You can go on sleeping forever, you can wake up right this moment. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Love and laughter go together; and laughter is one of the greatest medicines. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
There are people who want to become rich; they become rich. If you persist you can fulfill any kind of stupidity — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
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 Image
