Occupation: Guru Birth: December 11, 1931 Death: January 19, 1990
Heaven and hell are not geographical; they are not something outside you, they are something that belongs to your interiority. If you are awake, then….
Humanity will never be religious unless all organized religions disappear and religion becomes an individual commitment towards existence..
When you become centered, suddenly there is great freedom because you know you are not the mind and you are not the body..
Parents create guilt. That is the greatest sin against humanity. To create guilt in a child is criminal because once the guilt is created, the child ….
Meditation is a death - death of all that you are now. Of course there will be a resurrection, but that will be a totally new, fresh original being w….
Bravery does not mean being fearless. It means to be full of fear but still not being dominated by it..
How can one become enlightened? One can, because one is enlightened - one just has to recognize the fact..
If you want to possess things—money; if you want to possess yourself—meditation. And if you possess yourself, money loses all meaning..
That is the simple secret of happiness. Whatever you are doing, don’t let past move your mind; don’t let future disturb you. Because the past is no m….
When you have emptied all content - thoughts, desires, memories, projections, hopes - when all is gone, for the first time you find yourself, because….
Religion is not knowledge. Religion is love. The word 'religion' comes from a root which means binding together - falling into love, becoming one..
If you can come to this nowness without sex, sex, by and by will become useless, it will disappear. It will not be a desire then. If you want to move….
Life as such has to be taken as a cosmic joke - and then suddenly you relax because there is nothing to be tense about. And in that very relaxation s….
I am the rich man's guru..
If you have difficulties making a decision, choose the lesser of the two evils..
Meditation has to become your heartbeat; even when you are asleep the meditation continues like an undercurrent.
When you bring the light into your dark house, that is when you see the cobwebs and spiders.
I have never heard about any perfect marriage. They say perfect marriages are made in heaven. Nobody comes back from there so maybe it is true, but w….
Happiness is one pole, sadness is another. Blissfulness is one pole, misery is another. Life consists of both, and life is richer because of both. A ….
People who are not enjoying their lives in the present have lust for life in the future. Lust for life is always in the future. It is a postponement.….
Love is the lotus, lust is the mud the lotus arises out of..