We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to use others as a means.
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Remember, until you become a buddha you have wasted your life. Buddhahood is your flowering, your fragrance. A tree is fulfilled when it blooms, and a man is fulfilled when he releases the fragrance of buddhahood, when he becomes luminous; then he comes to know who he is. In knowing that, all is known. In knowing that, God is known. In knowing that, truth is achieved - you become the truth, and truth liberates. Truth is freedom.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of achieving self-realization and inner truth to find fulfillment in life.
Rajneesh conveys that true fulfillment is found in the pursuit of enlightenment or Buddhahood, which represents the highest state of being and understanding. By blooming into our true selves and embodying the essence of truth, we attain freedom and fulfillment, ultimately discovering our real identity and connection with the divine.
Themes
BuddhaFulfillmentTruthFreedomWisdomSelf-Realization
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a motivational speech about personal growth and inner peace.
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