All Rajneesh Quotes
- While one is asleep one cannot do anything that is good. Virtue is impossible in unconsciousness, only sin is possible. Unconsciousness is the source of… Asleep
- Any action coming out of unconsciousness is sin. The action may look virtuous, but it cannot be. You may create a beautiful facade, a character,… Action
- The word 'sin' is beautiful; it comes from a root which means 'forgetfulness'. You may not be able to see the connection between forgetfulness and… Able
- Wakefulness is the only saintliness there is, and sleepiness, unconsciousness, is the only sin there is; all other sins are born out of it. Cut… All
- If you are unconscious, unaware, you are living only in the body, the mortal. And a person who lives for the body, in the body,… Body
- I cannot say to you what is right or wrong. I can say only one thing to you: be conscious - that is right. Don't… Appear
- Sannyas is celebration of life, and sin is natural: natural in the sense that you are unconscious - what else can you do? In unconsciousness,… Beginning
- Right awareness is awareness of one's own being in its totality: all that is good and all that is bad. But as you become aware,… All
- According to great masters, there is no sin and there is no virtue. There is only one thing: that is awareness. If you are aware,… According
- Man ordinarily is a robot. He lives apparently awake, but not really. He walks, he talks, he acts, but it is all as if in… According
- As your consciousness becomes more settled, all your life patterns change. What religions have called sin will disappear from your life, and what they have… Action
- To me, each individual is far more valuable than society as a whole. Each
- This whole society, up to now, has been very violent with the individual. It does not believe in the individual; it is against the individual.… Been
- 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,… Accept
- The society wants you to have beautiful personalities; the society wants you to have personalities which are comfortable for the society, convenient for the society.… Always Comfortable
- During the first seven years, every society tries to condition the mind - and conditioning means nothing but hypnosis: forcing authority, law, tradition, religion, scripture,… Authority
- All the great masters in the world have been saying only one thing down the centuries, "Have your own mind and have your own individuality.… All
- The individual has totally different interests from the society, because the society has no soul. The society is soulless. And if you become too much… Always Remain
- Remember, character is not of much value. What is valuable is consciousness - not conscience but consciousness. Conscience is created by the society. The more… Able
- Society is just a structure with no soul. The soul is of the individual. One individual outweighs all societies. And, one individual's revolution outweighs all… All
- The more you become a part of society, the less and less you are an individual, the less and less you are spontaneous - because… Accept
- Meditation means: put the mind aside and watch. The first step - LOVE YOURSELF - will help you tremendously. By loving yourself you will have… Aside
- The fool knows nothing of God; he never comes across anything divine. He remains part of the stupid collectivity. Remember, the society, the collective has… Across
- Meditation means a state of unconditioned mind. Meditation is the process of undoing the harm that every society goes on doing to every individual -… Any
- I call a man a sannyasin who breaks out of these institutions and lives spontaneously. To be a sannyasin is the most courageous act possible.… Act