I call a man a sannyasin who breaks out of these institutions and lives spontaneously. To be a sannyasin is the most… — 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
When I say this, I don't mean that if you can love more people you will not go into marriage. As far… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Meditation is enjoying oneself, just sitting silently doing nothing: happy, joyous without any reason, because all reasons come from outside. You meet… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Why do we cling to life and why are we afraid of death? You may not have thought about it. The reason… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Why wait for reasons to laugh? Life as it is should be reason enough to laugh. It is so absurd, it is… — 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
I am going to be contradictory to myself many times for the simple reason that I am trying to bring all the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
You have not looked at the poor woman for years, for the simple reason that marriage makes things so certain. Marriage makes… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
This relaxation is the space in which happiness grows, and again I repeat: for no reason at all. It is not that… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Look at the flowers-for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
In a few Zen monasteries, every monk has to start his morning with laughter, and has to end his night with laughter… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
A really spiritual person will live life as an art, will create a deep harmony between the body and the consciousness. And… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The ego can exist only if you take yourself and everything seriously. Nothing kills the ego like playfulness, like laughter. When you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Man has been condemning women. Perhaps there is a reason; perhaps he was aware of some superiority in woman - the superiority… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
There are qualities which grow as meditation deepens. For example, you start feeling loving for no reason at all. Not the love… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
It is impossible! It has never happened - it cannot happen in the very nature of things. Marriage is something against nature.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
My whole effort here is to keep you as non-serious as possible, for the simple reason that meditation, all kinds of meditation,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
In the West, marriage is collapsing because it is based on love. And a marriage that is based on love is bound… — 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
This is a very fundamental reason why man cannot become meditative - or why very few men have dared to become meditative.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Everybody is afraid of death for the simple reason that we have not tasted of life yet. The man who knows what… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I don't know! Nobody has ever known. Why would Jesus have remained unmarried if he had known the secret? He knew the… — 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