Rajneesh
Rajneesh
OSHOwas a mystic, guru, and spiritual teacher, born in India. The international Rajneesh movement has continued after his death...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth11 December 1931
CountryIndia
aside chamber great instrument logic meditation mind moves
A person can use his mind when working on matter; then logic is a great instrument. And the same person can put aside the mind when he moves into his meditation chamber and moves into the no-mind. Because mind is not you -- it is just an instrument just like my hand, just like my legs.
according change changed life
You will not need to change your life according to it, it will be changed of its own accord.
desire discover great leave map passion
I'm not going to give you a map. I can give you only a great passion to discover. Yes, a map is not needed; great passion, great desire to discover is needed. Then I leave you alone. Then you go on your own.
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Laughter brings you to reality as it is. The world is a play of God, a cosmic joke. And unless you understand it as a cosmic joke you will never be able to understand the ultimate mystery.
pleasure tends
Pleasure is more distracting.... Pleasure tends to make you unconscious.
beyond nobody
Up to now, nobody has said, that there is anything beyond enlightenment. That's why I say, I am a milestone.
art available avoid both remain
Don't avoid extremes, and don't choose any one extreme. Remain available to both the polarities - that is the art, the secret of balancing.
man
A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
hindu
My house was a guest house of many Jaina saints, Hindu monks, Sufi mystics, because my grandfather was interested in all of these people.
fullness-of-life escaping meditation
Meditation is nothing but coming to terms with your inner emptiness: recognizing it, not escaping; living through it, not escaping; being through it, not escaping. Then suddenly the emptiness becomes the fullness of life.
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If love can not keep you together, nothing else can keep you together. And if
meditation want ifs
If you want to possess things—money; if you want to possess yourself—meditation. And if you possess yourself, money loses all meaning.
meditation want ifs
If you want to possess things—money; if you want to possess yourself—meditation. And if you possess yourself, money loses all meaning.
personality individuality able
Unless you drop your personality you will not be able to find your individuality. Individuality is given by existence; personality is imposed by the society.