Quotes from Rajneesh

Instead of pleasing, learn the art of happiness.

This watchfulness, this witnessing is the ultimate secret of creating a religious life, of creating a life of transcendence, a life of spirituality, of enlightenment, of buddhahood.

respect life,revere life.there is nothing more holy than life,nothing more divine than life.

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, because all of those things are part of aggression. She will not take the initiative; she simply waits - and she can wait infinitely.

Just being alive is such a gift, but nobody ever told you to be thankful to existence.

Only those persons who have lived, really lived, are ready, welcoming, receptive, thankful to death. Then death is not the enemy. Then death becomes the fulfillment.

You exist in time, but you belong to eternity.

To be in time is to be asleep: to be awake is to be in eternity.

I would like marriage to disappear completely from the world, and with marriage, divorce will disappear.

People are not things, you cannot have ownership.

Freedom is our most precious treasure. Don't lose it for anything. . . .

Don't be bothered by perfection. Replace the word 'Perfection' by 'Totality. Totality will give you a different dimension.

Your life sparks fires from within your innermost temple. No one can reach there but you, it is your inner sanctum. You are your own master there, only you can reach and ignite the fire.

Life is a constant challenge to know oneself.

My meditation is not something separate from life, it is something that has to be spread all over life.

Meditation is the breath of your soul. Just as breathing is the life of the body, meditation is the life of the soul.

Forget about getting, simply give; and I guarantee you, you will get much.

The sannyasin knows what it means to be an emperor, because he simply gives; he enjoys giving, he loves sharing. And the miracle of life is: the more you give the more you have.

You are a great problem-creator. Just understand this and suddenly problems disappear.

Perfect people don't exist. And perfect people, if they existed, would be very boring. It is imperfection that keeps life interesting.

If you have no conditions you can enjoy life infinitely. If you have conditions, because of them you become incapable.

Death is the most misunderstood phenomenon. People have thought of death as the end of life. That is the first, basic misunderstanding.

Watch,witness,observe your thoughts-without any judgement,without any condemnation or evaluation.

Celebration is my attitude, unconditional to what life brings.