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Prayer Quotes by Rajneesh
- First prepare the ground, then prayer happens on its own accord. Prayer is something that you cannot do. Meditation is something that you can do…
- I would like you to accept only one prayer, and that is laughter, because when you are totally laughing you are in the present. You…
- I want my people to understand that because only man is capable to laugh, that means laughter is the highest point of consciousness, the highest…
- Sometimes you may feel very sad, because sadness also belongs to God. Sadness is also divine. There is no necessity to always be happy. Then…
- The Christian, the Mohammedan, the Jew - their emphasis is on the second: to die as soon as possible, to surrender to God. Prayer is…
- For a prayer oriented religion the concept of a personal God is needed - to relate to. For meditation-oriented religions God is a useless hypothesis;…
- The more you are possession oriented, the less happy you will be. The less happy you are, the farther away from the Divine, from prayer,…
- Be creative. Don`t be worried about what you are doing - one has to do many things - but do everything creatively, with devotion. Then…
- Existence is god called through love, provoked through love. The moment you become capable of prayer, existence becomes god. The moment you become capable of…
- If you are a man of prayer, existence appears as God, as personal. If you are a man of meditation, existence is impersonal, just a…
- Be creative in that sense and your creativity will become an offering to God. God has given you so many gifts, Garima; something HAS to…
- The really creative person is not interested in dominating anybody. He is so utterly rejoicing in life - he wants to create, he wants to…
- Remember from this very moment: always choose that which is good for you and good for others. Choose creativity. Become a blessing to existence, because…
- Unless a man learns how to create, he never becomes a part of existence, which is constantly creative. By being creative one becomes divine; creativity…
- The whole play of existence is so beautiful that laughter can be the only response to it. Only laughter can be the real prayer, gratitude.
- The life of a sannyasin should be a life of no expectations. And then every moment is such a bliss, such a benediction, because whatsoever…
- If you go on loving a person deeply, by and by sex disappears. Intimacy becomes so fulfilling, then there is no need for sex; love…
- Be aware, and wine becomes water. Be aware - sex becomes love. Be aware - love becomes prayer. Be aware - prayer becomes meditation. Simply…
- The person who is free of sexuality, whose sexuality has become a transformed phenomenon, is also free of money, is also free of ambition, is…
- Pythagoras was the first to introduce vegetarianism to the West. It is of profound depth for man to learn how to live in friendship with…
- To be present is to be prayerful.
- Meditation is the most significant because it opens the door for all other significant things: love, prayer, God, light, music, poetry.
- If you ask Zen people they will say; tea is not something that you pour with unawareness and drink like any other drink. It is…
- Buddah says once you understand that you are lost and you have to find your own way and there is no help coming, you become…
- One has to be very alert to go beyond lust. And one has to be constantly aware of jealousy, of possessiveness, of domination, because those…
More Prayer Quotes
- Never pray for justice, because you might get some. — Margaret Atwood
- In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. — Saint Augustine
- The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of… — Saint Augustine
- There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. — Teresa of Avila
- For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. — Teresa of Avila
- A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds. — Teresa of Avila
- I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer. — Teresa of Avila
- Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the… — Teresa of Avila
- Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not… — Teresa of Avila
- A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil… — Teresa of Avila
- Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone… — Teresa of Avila