--- title: "24 Rich Quotes By Rajneesh" description: "24 Rich quotes by Rajneesh. Plus more from Rajneesh and more Rich sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf7/rajneesh-54_guru_i-am-the-rich-man-s-guru-1907689_1907689.jpg" --- > [I am the rich man's guru.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/i-am-the-rich-man-s-guru/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf7/rajneesh-54_guru_i-am-the-rich-man-s-guru-1907689_1907689.jpg) > [You have to be whole: rich in the body, rich in science; rich in meditation, rich in consciousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/you-have-to-be-whole-rich-in-the-body-rich-in-science-rich-in/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13e/rajneesh-54_body_you-have-to-be-whole-rich-in-the-body-ri_2249604.jpg) > [Only the rich can achieve enlightenment because the poor are too busy looking for fridge freezers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/only-the-rich-can-achieve-enlightenment-because-the-poor-are-too-busy/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/rajneesh-54_achieve_only-the-rich-can-achieve-enlightenment_3233488.jpg) > [ \[T\]hat is the true function of meditation: to create a space in you where you can be rich, infinitely rich, utterly peaceful,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/t-hat-is-the-true-function-of-meditation-to-create-a-space-in-you/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca6/rajneesh-54_ecstatic_t-hat-is-the-true-function-of-meditation_1130625.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/rajneesh-54_become-rich_there-are-people-who-want-to-become-rich_22862.jpg) > [All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/all-of-the-religions-are-looking-after-the-poor-at-least-leave-me/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/rajneesh-54_after_all-of-the-religions-are-looking-after-t_867499.jpg) > [People can live tremendously rich, blissful, ecstatic lives. But the first thing is, we have to accept our responsibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/people-can-live-tremendously-rich-blissful-ecstatic-lives-but-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f05/rajneesh-54_accepting_people-can-live-tremendously-rich-blissf_581615.jpg) > [In life you may be poor or rich, but death is the great equalizer. The greatest communism is in death. Howsoever you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/in-life-you-may-be-poor-or-rich-but-death-is-the-great-equalizer-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/372/rajneesh-54_capitalism_in-life-you-may-be-poor-or-rich-but-deat_2841108.jpg) > [Where does the ego get its energy? The ego feeds off your desire to be something else. You are poor and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/where-does-the-ego-get-its-energy-the-ego-feeds-off-your-desire-to-be/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8e/rajneesh-54_absorbing_where-does-the-ego-get-its-energy-the-eg_149420.jpg) > [One of the greatest problems that money creates is that you never know whether you are loved or your money is loved,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/one-of-the-greatest-problems-that-money-creates-is-that-you-never/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/rajneesh-54_desirable_one-of-the-greatest-problems-that-money_1246746.jpg) > [An enlightened person is the richest person possible, but his richness comes from surrender, not from fight. He does not... he has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/an-enlightened-person-is-the-richest-person-possible-but-his-richness/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b7/rajneesh-54_conflict_an-enlightened-person-is-the-richest-per_3207104.jpg) > [Money should not be in the hands of individuals; otherwise it will create this problem of being burdened with guilt. And money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/money-should-not-be-in-the-hands-of-individuals-otherwise-it-will/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bb/rajneesh-54_communes_money-should-not-be-in-the-hands-of-indi_8594.jpg) > [A Buddha is not a man of concentration, he is a man of awareness. He has not been trying to narrow down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/a-buddha-is-not-a-man-of-concentration-he-is-a-man-of-awareness-he/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/492/rajneesh-54_available_a-buddha-is-not-a-man-of-concentration-h_3189661.jpg) > [Future arises out of your misery, not out of your celebration. A really celebrating person has no future; he lives this moment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/future-arises-out-of-your-misery-not-out-of-your-celebration-a-really/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/rajneesh-54_arise_future-arises-out-of-your-misery-not-out_1281821.jpg) > [A small child has no ambitions, he has no desires. He is so absorbed in the moment - a bird on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/a-small-child-has-no-ambitions-he-has-no-desires-he-is-so-absorbed-in/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/rajneesh-54_ambition_a-small-child-has-no-ambitions-he-has-no_896186.jpg) > [Our whole attitude about life is money-oriented. And money is one of the most uncreative things one can become interested in. Our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/our-whole-attitude-about-life-is-money-oriented-and-money-is-one-of/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/rajneesh-54_approach_our-whole-attitude-about-life-is-money-o_1292360.jpg) > [God is the creativity, so if you really want to enter into the world of God you will have to learn the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/god-is-the-creativity-so-if-you-really-want-to-enter-into-the-world/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/rajneesh-54_can-do_god-is-the-creativity-so-if-you-really-w_2766443.jpg) > [Sannyas means dropping the fight with the river, going with the river, allowing the river to take you, learning the art of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/sannyas-means-dropping-the-fight-with-the-river-going-with-the-river/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/rajneesh-54_allowing_sannyas-means-dropping-the-fight-with-th_2436149.jpg) > [It is better to use this available energy for your observation, inner observation. Just watch everything - and it is good because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/it-is-better-to-use-this-available-energy-for-your-observation-inner/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/979/rajneesh-54_art_it-is-better-to-use-this-available-energ_3169276.jpg) > [And you can put your total energy for the inner eye. The outside eyes are wasting eighty percent of energy - it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/and-you-can-put-your-total-energy-for-the-inner-eye-the-outside-eyes/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56b/rajneesh-54_blind_and-you-can-put-your-total-energy-for-th_2591236.jpg) > [There are many kinds of richness, and the man who is rich because of money is the lowest as far as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/there-are-many-kinds-of-richness-and-the-man-who-is-rich-because-of/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a8/rajneesh-54_artist_there-are-many-kinds-of-richness-and-the_2082732.jpg) > [A real spirituality must be rooted in earthliness. Any spirituality that denies the earth, rejects the earth, becomes abstract, becomes airy-fairy. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/a-real-spirituality-must-be-rooted-in-earthliness-any-spirituality/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/rajneesh-54_able_a-real-spirituality-must-be-rooted-in-ea_1645641.jpg) > [Don't be too much concerned about money, because that is the greatest distraction against happiness. And the irony of ironies is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/don-t-be-too-much-concerned-about-money-because-that-is-the-greatest/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/rajneesh-54_concerned_don-t-be-too-much-concerned-about-money_2129801.jpg) > [I am not against money - remember. Don't misinterpret me: I am not against money. I am not against anything. Money is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/i-am-not-against-money-remember-don-t-misinterpret-me-i-am-not/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e9/rajneesh-54_happiness_i-am-not-against-money-remember-don-t-mi_1708889.jpg) ## Other authors on Rich ## 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/rich/rajneesh/#itemlist", "name": "24 Rich Quotes By Rajneesh", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am the rich man's guru.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/i-am-the-rich-man-s-guru/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf7/rajneesh-54_guru_i-am-the-rich-man-s-guru-1907689_1907689.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf7/rajneesh-54_guru_i-am-the-rich-man-s-guru-1907689_1907689.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf7/rajneesh-54_guru_i-am-the-rich-man-s-guru-1907689_1907689.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am the rich man's guru.” — Rajneesh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You have to be whole: rich in the body, rich in science; rich in meditation, rich in consciousness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/you-have-to-be-whole-rich-in-the-body-rich-in-science-rich-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13e/rajneesh-54_body_you-have-to-be-whole-rich-in-the-body-ri_2249604.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13e/rajneesh-54_body_you-have-to-be-whole-rich-in-the-body-ri_2249604.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13e/rajneesh-54_body_you-have-to-be-whole-rich-in-the-body-ri_2249604.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You have to be whole: rich in the body, rich in science; rich in meditation, rich in consciousness.” — Rajneesh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Only the rich can achieve enlightenment because the poor are too busy looking for fridge freezers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/only-the-rich-can-achieve-enlightenment-because-the-poor-are-too-busy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/rajneesh-54_achieve_only-the-rich-can-achieve-enlightenment_3233488.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/rajneesh-54_achieve_only-the-rich-can-achieve-enlightenment_3233488.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/rajneesh-54_achieve_only-the-rich-can-achieve-enlightenment_3233488.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Only the rich can achieve enlightenment because the poor are too busy looking for fridge freezers.” — Rajneesh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[T]hat is the true function of meditation: to create a space in you where you can be rich, infinitely rich, utterly peaceful, absolutely ecstatic.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/t-hat-is-the-true-function-of-meditation-to-create-a-space-in-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca6/rajneesh-54_ecstatic_t-hat-is-the-true-function-of-meditation_1130625.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca6/rajneesh-54_ecstatic_t-hat-is-the-true-function-of-meditation_1130625.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca6/rajneesh-54_ecstatic_t-hat-is-the-true-function-of-meditation_1130625.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[T]hat is the true function of meditation: to create a space in you where you can be rich, infinitely rich…” — Rajneesh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are people who want to become rich; they become rich. 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Production is very mediocre; any stupid person can do it, one simply needs to learn the knack of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/god-is-the-creativity-so-if-you-really-want-to-enter-into-the-world/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/rajneesh-54_can-do_god-is-the-creativity-so-if-you-really-w_2766443.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/rajneesh-54_can-do_god-is-the-creativity-so-if-you-really-w_2766443.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/rajneesh-54_can-do_god-is-the-creativity-so-if-you-really-w_2766443.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God is the creativity, so if you really want to enter into the world of God you will have to learn the ways…” — Rajneesh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sannyas means dropping the fight with the river, going with the river, allowing the river to take you, learning the art of let-go. Those two small, simple words 'let', 'go', define the very spirit of sannyas. Then one can say 'Let thy kingdom come, thy will be done.' Then one withdraws one's will, and the moment you withdraw your will your life becomes immensely rich. 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Just watch everything - and it is good because you have nothing much to do. You have not to go here and there and visit people and become a member of the Rotary Club. You are saved from so much nonsense that I felt really jealous of you! Enjoy it! And feel sorry for everybody else! They are poorer and you can become immensely rich. And the art of that richness is witnessing. 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Any spirituality that denies the earth, rejects the earth, becomes abstract, becomes airy-fairy. It has no more blood in it; it is no more alive. Yes, Jews are very earth-bound. And what is wrong in having money? One should not be possessive; one should be able to use it. And Jews know how to use it! One should not be miserly. Money has to be created and money has to be used. Money is a beautiful invention, a great blessing, if rightly used. It makes many things possible. 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