--- title: "5 Granted Quotes By Rajneesh" description: "5 Granted quotes by Rajneesh. Plus more from Rajneesh and more Granted sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/rajneesh-54_core_your-innermost-core-has-always-been-pure_116565.jpg" --- > [Your innermost core has always been pure. Purity is intrinsic to you, it cannot be taken away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/your-innermost-core-has-always-been-pure-purity-is-intrinsic-to-you/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/rajneesh-54_core_your-innermost-core-has-always-been-pure_116565.jpg) > [If you get attached, then it becomes an obsession. If the person is not there, you are unhappy. If you miss the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/if-you-get-attached-then-it-becomes-an-obsession-if-the-person-is-not/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/rajneesh-54_attachment_if-you-get-attached-then-it-becomes-an-o_686108.jpg) > [You have not looked at the poor woman for years, for the simple reason that marriage makes things so certain. Marriage makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/you-have-not-looked-at-the-poor-woman-for-years-for-the-simple-reason/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4b/rajneesh-54_able_you-have-not-looked-at-the-poor-woman-fo_765133.jpg) > [Because all the societies, all the nations, all the cultures, have taken it for granted that the individuals exist for them, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/because-all-the-societies-all-the-nations-all-the-cultures-have-taken/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/854/rajneesh-54_accepting_because-all-the-societies-all-the-nation_2207564.jpg) > [The first thing is love: love deeply. If you have been with a person for a few years, in deep love, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-first-thing-is-love-love-deeply-if-you-have-been-with-a-person/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/rajneesh-54_arrangements_the-first-thing-is-love-love-deeply-if-y_3184063.jpg) ## Other authors on Granted ## More by Rajneesh > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/because-of-the-womb-being-a-central-phenomenon-in-the-feminine-body/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [It all depends on you. You can go on sleeping forever, you can wake up right this moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/it-all-depends-on-you-you-can-go-on-sleeping-forever-you-can-wake-up/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [The greatest mystery in life is not life itself, but death. Death is the culmination of life, the ultimate blossoming of life. In death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-greatest-mystery-in-life-is-not-life-itself-but-death-death-is/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [This mind is a prison. It cannot find any freedom anywhere. It must die before freedom comes to you. But we have taken the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/this-mind-is-a-prison-it-cannot-find-any-freedom-anywhere-it-must-die/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [Never belong to a crowd; Never belong to a nation; Never belong to a religion; Never belong to a race. Belong to the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/never-belong-to-a-crowd-never-belong-to-a-nation-never-belong-to-a/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [Money should not be in the hands of individuals; otherwise it will create this problem of being burdened with guilt. And money can make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/money-should-not-be-in-the-hands-of-individuals-otherwise-it-will/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [Marriage is going to disappear, should disappear. And now the point is coming in the history of humanity where it becomes possible that marriage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/marriage-is-going-to-disappear-should-disappear-and-now-the-point-is/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [A mature mind is one who understands the impossibility of knowing the ultimate, and with this understanding there is a new dimension: the dimension…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/a-mature-mind-is-one-who-understands-the-impossibility-of-knowing-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [The word religion comes from an origin which means "coming together." But priesthood has been doing just the opposite, it has created splits in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-word-religion-comes-from-an-origin-which-means-coming-together/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [Love and laughter go together; and laughter is one of the greatest medicines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/love-and-laughter-go-together-and-laughter-is-one-of-the-greatest/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [There are people who want to become rich; they become rich. If you persist you can fulfill any kind of stupidity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/there-are-people-who-want-to-become-rich-they-become-rich-if-you/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [Just take one thing out and the whole palace, the whole edifice of the human mind collapses. Take effort out of it and desiring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/just-take-one-thing-out-and-the-whole-palace-the-whole-edifice-of-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [To me, man means awareness of death. I am not saying become afraid of death; that is not awareness. Just be aware of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/to-me-man-means-awareness-of-death-i-am-not-saying-become-afraid-of/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [So your life becomes a vital celebration, your relationship becomes a festive thing. Whatsoever you do, every moment is a festival. You eat, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/so-your-life-becomes-a-vital-celebration-your-relationship-becomes-a/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > ["Serenity" is the flavor of meditation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/serenity-is-the-flavor-of-meditation/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/granted/rajneesh/#itemlist", "name": "5 Granted Quotes By Rajneesh", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Your innermost core has always been pure. Purity is intrinsic to you, it cannot be taken away.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/your-innermost-core-has-always-been-pure-purity-is-intrinsic-to-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/rajneesh-54_core_your-innermost-core-has-always-been-pure_116565.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/rajneesh-54_core_your-innermost-core-has-always-been-pure_116565.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/rajneesh-54_core_your-innermost-core-has-always-been-pure_116565.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Your innermost core has always been pure. Purity is intrinsic to you, it cannot be taken away.” — Rajneesh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you get attached, then it becomes an obsession. If the person is not there, you are unhappy. If you miss the person, you are in misery. And attachment is such a disease that if the person is not there you are in misery, and if the person is there you are indifferent. Then it is okay; it is taken for granted. If the person is there it is okay - no more than that. If the person is not there, then you are in misery. This is attachment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/if-you-get-attached-then-it-becomes-an-obsession-if-the-person-is-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/rajneesh-54_attachment_if-you-get-attached-then-it-becomes-an-o_686108.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/rajneesh-54_attachment_if-you-get-attached-then-it-becomes-an-o_686108.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/rajneesh-54_attachment_if-you-get-attached-then-it-becomes-an-o_686108.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you get attached, then it becomes an obsession. If the person is not there, you are unhappy. If you miss…” — Rajneesh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You have not looked at the poor woman for years, for the simple reason that marriage makes things so certain. Marriage makes things so dead and dull. Marriage takes all surprise and wonder away. Marriage makes you take your wife for granted, your husband for granted. What is the need to look at your wife? She will be there tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and forever. You look at people when you know you may not be able to look at them again. Marriage kills; it makes something tremendously beautiful very ugly.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/you-have-not-looked-at-the-poor-woman-for-years-for-the-simple-reason/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4b/rajneesh-54_able_you-have-not-looked-at-the-poor-woman-fo_765133.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4b/rajneesh-54_able_you-have-not-looked-at-the-poor-woman-fo_765133.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4b/rajneesh-54_able_you-have-not-looked-at-the-poor-woman-fo_765133.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You have not looked at the poor woman for years, for the simple reason that marriage makes things so…” — Rajneesh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Because all the societies, all the nations, all the cultures, have taken it for granted that the individuals exist for them, not vice-versa. To me, just the opposite is the case: the society exists for the individual, the culture exists for the individual, the nation exists for the individual. Everything can be sacrificed, but the individual cannot be sacrificed for anything. Individuality is the very flowering of existence - nothing is higher than it. But no culture, no society, no civilization is ready to accept a simple truth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/because-all-the-societies-all-the-nations-all-the-cultures-have-taken/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/854/rajneesh-54_accepting_because-all-the-societies-all-the-nation_2207564.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/854/rajneesh-54_accepting_because-all-the-societies-all-the-nation_2207564.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/854/rajneesh-54_accepting_because-all-the-societies-all-the-nation_2207564.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Because all the societies, all the nations, all the cultures, have taken it for granted that the individuals…” — Rajneesh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The first thing is love: love deeply. If you have been with a person for a few years, in deep love, and you have experienced all the joys and all the miseries, and still you decide to be with the person, then marriage is okay. Because marriage is only a legal arrangement, it cannot make anything more beautiful than it is. It can only make it ugly, it cannot beautify it. Once it is settled legally, once you start taking each other for granted, things will start going down rather than rising high.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-first-thing-is-love-love-deeply-if-you-have-been-with-a-person/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/rajneesh-54_arrangements_the-first-thing-is-love-love-deeply-if-y_3184063.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/rajneesh-54_arrangements_the-first-thing-is-love-love-deeply-if-y_3184063.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/rajneesh-54_arrangements_the-first-thing-is-love-love-deeply-if-y_3184063.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The first thing is love: love deeply. If you have been with a person for a few years, in deep love, and you…” — Rajneesh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/granted/rajneesh/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/granted/rajneesh/", "name": "Granted Quotes by Rajneesh", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/granted/rajneesh/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/rajneesh-54_core_your-innermost-core-has-always-been-pure_116565.jpg" }, "description": "5 Granted quotes by Rajneesh. Plus more from Rajneesh and more Granted sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/granted/rajneesh/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/granted/rajneesh/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Granted", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/granted/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Rajneesh", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/granted/rajneesh/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```