One has to live on earth as if one is living in paradise; then one is capable of entering paradise. Those who are already in paradise will be able to enter paradise, nobody else. Those who have already tasted joy become worthy. This earth, this life is an opportunity to become so alert, so sensitive, […]
There are no great things in life: life consists of small things. But if you know how to rejoice in them, you transform them into great things. In the hands of a buddha, even ordinary water becomes wine. That’s exactly the meaning of the miracle that is said to have been done by Jesus: that […]
There have been two kinds of religion in the world: the religions of meditation and the religions of prayer. And they have existed like enemies; they have divided the whole of humanity. For example, Buddhism is a religion of meditation, Christianity is a religion of prayer, and up to now there has been no bridge […]
Prayer has nothing to do with religion; it is basically the approach of the artist. Prayer is an aesthetic phenomenon, not a religious phenomenon. But if you start feeling grateful and thankful toward existence, slowly, slowly you are surprised that a presence starts surrounding you which you had never felt before. It is only a […]
Love and prayer are two experiences of the same energy. Love is earthly, prayer is more unearthly, but the experience is the same. Love has a limitation to it; it is person to person. Prayer is unlimited, it is from a person to impersonal existence. And it is from the person to impersonal existence only […]
Meditation is not against thought; it is for transcendence, it is going beyond thoughts. It is becoming so utterly naked that you can be seen by existence as you really are: with no mask, with no garments, just like a small child. And these are the great moments of life, when love starts showering from […]
Zen masters call the state of meditation the season of autumn, when all the leaves fall and the trees are standing bare, naked. When consciousness drops all thoughts, it is like a tree without leaves, without foliage, exposed to the wind, to the moon, to the sun, to the rain – uncovered, unhidden. In that […]
A dance is pure when the dancer dissolves into it, when the dancer is no longer there, when you cannot find the dancer and only the dance remains. That’s what meditation is sannyas is, ecstasy is, and ultimately that’s what existence is. Slowly, slowly, learn how to dissolve. Dissolve in any act, then that act […]
A Wise man is naturally kingly. He may be a beggar, but he is still a king. His kingdom is of the within. He has inexhaustible treasures. He has overcome his unconsciousness; that’s what wisdom is. Wisdom is not knowledge, it is conquering the unconsciousness, it is full of light. Not even islands of darkness […]
You have to be a ruler of the inner world. We have a king-dom inside the true kingdom. We all want to become kings, but we go on searching in the wrong direction, we go on searching outside. One can become a worldly king, but still, deep down, know that one has missed. One is […]