My whole teaching consists of two words, meditation and love.
All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man’s guru.
There is no god, so how can I consider myself a god? God is the greatest lie invented by man.
If you have difficulties making a decision, choose the lesser of the two evils.
I am going to be contradictory to myself many times for the simple reason that I am trying to bring all the religions to a higher synthesis. Different approaches have to be joined together. I am creating an orchestra.
My people. I have given them a sense of individuality, integrity. I have not made them slaves of any god or any religion. Nor of any holy book or any priest. I have certainly not replaced their god. They are all a part of what I call my traveling circus.
What I am teaching is religiousness, a quality. Religion is a dead dogma, fixed principles, frozen fossils. What I am teaching to you is a living, flowing religiousness – an experience like love.
Rajneeshism is creating a Noahs Ark of consciousness, remaining centered exactly in the middle of the cyclone. You can only escape within, and thats what I teach. I do not teach worship of God or any other ritual but only a scientific way of coming to your innermost core.
Life is a constant challenge to know oneself.
Enlightenment is when all hope disappears. Enlightenment is disappearance of hope.
God is your very being. So the first thing is, don’t think about enlightenment as a goal.
The day effort ceased, I also ceased. Because you cannot exist without effort, and you cannot exist without desire, and you cannot exist without striving.
Advice is like food, and teaching is a menu.
Individuality is that which you bring into the world.
Love is the lotus, lust is the mud the lotus arises out of.
Look at the flowers-for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are.
A man who loves himself takes the first step towards real love.
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 which you are not even aware is hidden in you.
When sadness comes, accept it. Listen to its song. It has something to give to you. It has a gift which no happiness can give to you, only sadness can give it.
Move as a total being, and accept things. Just for twenty-four hours, try it – total acceptance, whatsoever happens. Someone insults you, accept it; don’t react, and see what happens. Suddenly you will feel an energy flowing in you that you have not felt before.