Understanding Quotes by Rajneesh

Religion is nothing but a science to attain wisdom, understanding, to know what life is, and to live it in utter celebration.

— Rajneesh

Only when there are many people who are pools of peace, silence, understanding, will war disappear.

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My approach is neither of attachment nor of detachment, but of simple understanding.

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A mature mind is one who understands the impossibility of knowing the ultimate, and with this understanding there is a new dimension:…

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Comparison is a very foolish attitude, because each person is unique and incomparable. Once this understanding settles in you, jealousy disappears.

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By 'Love' people mean a certain kind of monopoly understanding a simple fact: that the moment you possess a living being you…

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The man of control lives in choice, and the man of understanding lives in choicelessness.

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The dance of the flower in the wind, in the sun, in the rain, cannot be understood by the head; the heart…

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Virtue is virtue only when it is spontaneous; virtue is virtue only when it is natural, unpractised - when it comes out…

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It is not a question of sitting silently, it is not a question of chanting a mantra. It is a question of…

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Man must learn to live without ideologies religious, political or otherwise. When the mind is not tethered to any ideology, it is…

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Sexuality is possible without any understanding, without any meditation. Love is possible only with understanding. Compassion is possible only with understanding and…

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The world is not religious because religion is imposed upon us. The parents are in a hurry to impose; the church, the…

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In pure awareness the mind cannot drag you down into the mud, into the gutter. In anger, in hatred, in jealousy, the…

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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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Surrender is not something that you can do. If you do it, it is not surrender, because the doer is there. Surrender…

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Vegetarianism has nothing to do with religion: it is something basically scientific. It has nothing to do with morality, but it has…

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But in the West it is very easy to dissolve the ego. So whenever a Western seeker reaches an understanding that ego…

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Spirituality is not a question of morality, it is a question of vision. Spirituality is not the practising of virtues - because…

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A man of understanding, a man who understands himself and others, always feels compassion. Even if somebody is an enemy you have…

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Understanding transforms, it does not sublimate. If you understand, anger disappears and the same energy becomes compassion. Not that you sublimate: anger…

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The mediocre mind has no capacity for understanding. It is stuck somewhere near thirteen years in its mental age, or even below…

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Why has marriage failed? In the first place, we raised it to unnatural standards. We tried to make it something permanent, something…

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Try to understand why it is happening, from where it is coming, where the roots are, how it happens, how it functions,…

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The deeper you surrender to existence, life, nature, the more loving, more understanding, more insightful you become.

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No God is needed, no heaven and hell are needed. All that is needed is a simple understanding that mind is the…

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I am free. If I want to be sad, it is my freedom. If I want to be happy, it is my…

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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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Meditation is an insight that all goals are false. Meditation is an understanding that desires don't lead anywhere. Seeing that... And this…

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To my understanding, sex is your only energy, it is life energy. What you do with it depends on you. It can…

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To live out of understanding is compassion. Never try to practice it, simply relax deep into meditation. Be in a state of…

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Creativity has two possibilities. One is that it arises out of your silence, love, understanding, your clarity of vision, your intimate friendliness…

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You are asking, 'Is the concept of soul mates more useful than marriage?' Concepts don't matter. What matters is your understanding. You…

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The man of meditation becomes the man of understanding because his energy accumulates. He is not wasting it. He is not interested…

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Only the childlike consciousness is capable of understanding all that is beautiful in life, all that is great in existence. And the…

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When you are not the doer how can the attachment happen? You do a small thing and you become attached. You say,…

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Unless a person decides that 'Whatever the cost, I want just to be myself. Condemned, unaccepted, losing respectability - everything is okay…

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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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You are all adding to each other's unhappiness; you are all helping each other to be more unhappy. Every single man has…

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What happens with your sex energy depends on how you use it. What it can become does not depend on it alone,…

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