Beyond the mind

"Remember, meditation is not something that is done by the mind, it is the absence of the mind. When the mind stops, meditation happens. It is not something out of the mind. It is something beyond the mind." - Osho

Celebration

"Celebration is the highest growth of consciousness, expression, manifestation, flowering of the Golden Flower.
I teach you celebration.
Celebration is my key.
And I treach you:
Celebrate your sex, it is a God-given gift.
Celebrate you body, it is God's grace.
Celebrate each moment that has been given to yo, each breath, each heartbeat.
It is such a benediction.
Live God right now! I don’t give you God as a goal; I make God available to you right now, this very moment.
Celebrate, and you are in God."
- Osho
Exerpted from 'Osho World', December 2009

Association

Enough religion

"We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another" - Jonathan Swift

Quarrelling animal

Man is a quarrelling and fighting animal and so long as he is so how can there be peace? - Aurobindo

Karma

Save water

Child is fire

“A child is not a vase to filled but a fire to be lit.” Happy Children's Day!

Tell me why

In my dream children sing a song of love for every boy and girl
The sky is blue and fields are green and laughter is the language of the world
Then I wake and all I see is a world full of people in need

Tell me why (why) does it have to be like this?
Tell me why (why) is there something I have missed?
Tell me why (why) cos I don't understand.
When so many need somebody we don't give a helping hand.
Tell me why?

Everyday I ask myself what will I have to do to be a man?
Do I have to stand and fight to prove to everybody who I am?
Is that what my life is for to waste in a world full of war?

Tell me why (why) does it have to be like this?
Tell me why (why) is there something I have missed? Tell me why (why) cos I don't understand.
When so many need somebody we don't give a helping hand.
Tell me why?

(children) tell me why? (declan) tell me why?
(children) tell me why? (declan) tell me why?
(together) just tell me why, why, why?

Tell me why (why) does it have to be like this?
Tell me why (why) is there something I have missed?
Tell me why (why) cos I don't understand.
When so many need somebody we don't give a helping hand.

Tell me why (why,why,does the tiger run)
Tell me why (why why do we shoot the gun)
Tell me why (why,why do we never learn)
Can someone tell us why we let the forest burn?

(why,why do we say we care)
Tell me why (why,why do we stand and stare)
Tell me why (why,why do the dolphins cry)
Can some one tell us why we let the ocean die ?

(why,why if we're all the same)
tell me why (why,why do we pass the blame)
tell me why (why,why does it never end)
can some one tell us why we cannot just be friends?

Independent investigation

"The first principle of Bahá'u'lláh is independent investigation of truth, that is, all the nations of the world have to investigate after truth independently and turn their eyes from the moribund blind imitations of the past ages entirely. Truth is one when it is independently investigated, it doesn't accept division. Therefore, the independent investigation of truth will lead to the oneness of the world of humanity." - Abdu'l-Bahá

Men and women

"The world of humanity has two wings - one is women and the other is men. Not until both wings are equally developed can the bird fly." - Bahá'u'lláh

Education can only reveal

"Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasure, and enable mankind to benefit therefrom." - Bahá'u'lláh

Earth is but one country

"It is not for him to pride himself, who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizen." - Bahá'u'lláh

A way of life

Bahá'u'lláh taught that each human being is "mine rich in gem" unknown even to the owner, let alone to others, and inexhaustible in its wealth. The purpose of life is to develop these capacities both for one's own life and for the service of humanity.

Bahá'í Principles

• The oneness of mankind
• Independent investigation of truth
• The common foundation of all religions
• The essential harmony of science and religion
• Equality of men and women
• Elimination of prejudice of all kinds
• Universal compulsory education
• Universal peace

Women have equal right

"Women have equal right with men upon Earth; in religion and society; they are a very important element. As long as women are prevented from attaining their highest possibilities, so long will men be unable to achieve the greatness, which might be theirs." - Abdu'l-Bahá

Precedent

There are eight monkeys in a room. In the middle of the room is a ladder, leading to a bunch of bananas hanging from a hook on the ceiling. Each time a monkey tries to climb the ladder, all the monkeys are sprayed with ice water, which makes them miserable.

Soon enough, whenever a monkey attempts to climb the ladder, all of the other monkeys, not wanting to be sprayed, set upon him and beat him up. Soon, none of the eight monkeys ever attempts to climb the ladder.

One of the original monkeys is then removed, and a new monkey is put in the room. Seeing the bananas and the ladder, he wonders why none of the other monkeys are doing the obvious. But undaunted, he immediately begins to climb the ladder. All the other monkeys fall upon him and beat him silly. He has no idea why. However, he no longer attempts to climb the ladder.

A second original monkey is removed and replaced. The newcomer again attempts to climb the ladder, but all the other monkeys hammer the crap out of him. This includes the previous new monkey, who, grateful that he's not on the receiving end this time, participates in the beating because all the other monkeys are doing it. However, he has no idea why he's attacking the new monkey.

One by one, all the original monkeys are replaced. Eight new monkeys are now in the room. None of them have ever been sprayed by ice water. None of them attempt to climb the ladder. All of them will enthusiastically beat up any new monkey who tries, without having any idea why.

Many of like monkey follow the precedent blindly without understanding or may be due to the fear and unnecessarily live a miserable life.

Opinion

"We are not troubled by things, but by the opinion which we have of things." - Epictetus

Captivated by conditions

"We are so captivated by conditions outside that we have forgotten that kingdom of heaven and Hapiness is within us only." - Christina & Bert Carson

Nobility

"There is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The real nobility is in being superior to our former self." - Whitney Young, Civil rights Leader (1921-1971)

Dreamers are Achievers

Its easy to Dream, but hard to convert those dreams in reality. But it may be Hard though its not unattainable. They say "Dreamers are Achievers because they dream and work towards achieving what they dream"

Don't be disheartened with the Failures in life, as every failure gives you the opportunity to learn "How not to do the things" So its a journey to learn and make it possible to achieve. Failures are not roadblocks they are the milestones achieved in the process.

So go on to dream and convert your Dreams to Success. If you won't give it a try, you would be telling yourself sometime in future - Why didn't I give it a Shot? or Wish I had done that!!!!

Words from the Soul of
Mayank Trivedi

Decisions

They say Decisions made with calculations are the Best Decisions, I tend to Disagree for the Murphy's Law says - When you think you have taken care of all the issues, you have left the biggest one unattended. I believe in Decisions taken Intuitively and belive they are the Most Optimized Decisions. Just consider - While Driving its your Intuitive sense that helps make Decisions and not calculative sense.

Words from the Soul of
Mayank Trivedi

Mark your presence in this World

All of us are born someday, all of us are headed to die someday and the time between someday and someday goes faster than we can imagine. The way I say I would love to be finished of faster than I can breath, but in the moment between love to do something that would help the mankind, the human race in a manner that I would make a mark making the moment I lived a period in the History.

Words From the Soul of
Mayank Trivedi

"Living like a Lion is no big deal, live like an ant that lives a pretty short span of its life, but transport the burden that's more than its own weight...."

To Win is not Important

Winning is not as important and losing and finding someone Happy. Your gain is not in winning, it is in seeing someone happy and someone feeling better even for the moment it be

Words From the Soul of
Mayank Trivedi

Love is never lost

Love is something that changes its form and is never lost. In childhood you love your Parents and toys the most, as you grow up the form of love changes and you are attracted to opposite sex, mind it you love for your parents hasn't been lost just that priorities and the form changes....when you find someone with whom you wanna spend life, your Love again transforms, but the Love is never lost. If you think your beloved broke your heart and left you in lurch and that's Loss of Love, then you need to rethink, as the Love transforms again and you start loving your Pet or your Plants or some other creative stuff like Literature, Paintings, Music....

So Love is Never Lost, it just Transforms....

Words From the Soul of
Mayank Trivedi

Preparedness v/s Being Present

Being Prepared for a situation or Being Present in a Situation leads to different results in the same set of events as they flow through the situation. Preparedness for that matter restricts the functionality and Versatility of Human mind to the Extent that mind works Uni-directionally. Look at the other perspective Being Present in a Situation helps you grab and build on a lead its instantaneous and helps you tackle the Situation in much better a fashion. That's why They Say - Presence of Mind is better than Preparedness of Mind.

Words from the Soul of
Mayank Trivedi

Out of Box Thinking

Out of the Box thinking comes from a Baby Mind out of your innocence, not from learned self. That's where we need to ensure that a Baby in us Exists at All Times. Never Let your Innocence and Intuition be ruled over by the Calculation of Experience to be able to "Think Out of the Box"

Words from the Soul of
Mayank Trivedi

Be a rebellion

"Be a rebellion; break through the society; disobey the rules of society. There is nothing called society in reality. Be a rebellion; challenge all the traditions & religions, all the preachers & teachers, all the saints & the society and make your own foundation." - Vaibhav

Way of loving

"People love you all the time, its just that they can't love you the way you understand love. They love the way they know to love." - Unknown

Surrounded by all we need

Immersed in water, you stretch out your hands for a drink.
We are surrounded by all that we need and we could ever wish for, but, that, we are not conscious of. We are seeking continuously and desperately for something or someone out of dissatisfaction with our so-called ordinary lives. But if we cannot appreciate the wonder of simply being alive, we will never be truly content in this transitory world.

Change

You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Vivekanand

Without preferences

"The WAY is not difficult for someone without preferences."

What makes the journey difficult is the intrinsic tendency of our duelist minds to classify things, events, people as good and bad, desired and undesired, pleasant and unpleasant, and so on. Classification leads to comparison, comparison leads to dissatisfaction and hence results in unhappiness...
When we completely accept "what IS" as a reflection of a perfect mechanism, we perceive the unity beyond all the dualities and hence preferences lose their meanings and their importance in our lives.

Knowing yourself

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment. - Lao Tzu

Harmony

If being in harmony with one person (mother, friend, wife....) gives us so much joy, so much happiness, what will be the outcome if we are in harmony with all the human beings. And if we can be in harmony with all the human beings, why can't we be in harmony with the animals, the bird and the trees. Love is the ladder - It starts with one person and ends with totality. - Osho

Stop Killing

Some of you kill animals in sacrifices
Some of you eat them with spices

One fine morn, you draw ropes and gun
You say, you want to kill them for fun

You rear animals and peel them for leather
You catch innocent birds for their feather

While you, the shooters, practice for aiming
You target the life that is flying

Just for some pleasure you make them victim
I think you don’t care about eco-system

But I’m not ready for any compromises
Please clean up your heart, no excuses

Don’t shrink their habitat, have mercy
Me say, let them live and move freely

Stop and discourage buying of animals
And support innocent in their fight for survival

Tell you again, me say, listen my friend
It’s endangered species that we must defend

Well, I’m here with the right motive
To protect wild life, as my objective

I know you give respect to what I say
“Don’t kill animals and birds”, I pray

So next time when you go out for safari
Remember the teaching of Bhandari.
- Vaibhav

Without anxious thought

"Without anxious thought, doing comes from being."

If the mind is full of irrelevant thoughts and anxieties, our natural decision-making process is slowed down and we become painfully aware of each step in the deliberation.
If we can still the mind through practices such as meditation, it frees up our mental powers to respond quickly and efficiently, so that we spontaneously know what we do.

Just be Present

Sand is slipping from the hand
Life is heading towards end
And we lie, we fear, we pretend
This way, we die every second

We only react but never understand
All the good, all the bad, we attend
All we need to do is just be present
And see the things the way they end
- Vaibhav

Learn from trees

We should learn from tree. It absorbs minerals and water from the ground and air from the atmosphere for its survival and in turn becomes food for other members of the existence and contributes in their survival. Beyond this, it spreads fragrance, showers beauty… its contribution is invaluable.

But man only consumes; he only abuses resources. Man doesn’t intent to return anything back to the existence; not even love, gratitude. - Vaibhav

Don’t follow

"Be your own master; don’t follow anybody. No one can teach you the truth; no one can show you the truth. Neither you can learn from anybody; nor can you see though somebody else, other than you, yourself." - Vaibhav

Your children are not yours

"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you." - Kahlil Gibran

The wave and the sea are One

Our seemingly separate life is like an individual wave that rises and falls on the great sea of existence. Like a wave, we are propelled forward by the powerful currents of life.
If we only experience the surface of things, we will live like a wave, pushed around by invisible currents and regularly crashed down onto the rocky shore line. But if we choose the depths where motion slows down and the silence sets in, we will sense the connectedness and the Oneness of all beings.
Waves come and go, but the ocean remains...

Man Maketh the World?

I saw in the news a feature
About a small living creature;
Killed it was, without any cause,
Without a thought about its loss.

Then I saw a documentary
And heard the full commentary
About man and his cruelty,
Destroying things, not knowing their utility.

It came to me in a sudden flash,
That all man does is to clash;
When he can be a cannibal,
Why can’t he kill a poor animal!

One day in order to quench his thirst,
Would he be draining away the ocean?
Upto the level of the crust,
Would he be snatching away life portion?

Nothing would be left then,
This world, a dessert barren,
This is not for what we strive,
Not this for what we crave.

This day, let us take a vow
Into Mother Nature shall we sow
The roots of an atmosphere serene
Revitalizing the environment green.

Words spoken from your mouth cannot be taken back;
If you can’t, don’t give; but take not life of others.

Thinking disappears

All meditation techniques are basically moving to the same point of inner silence. The method may be passive, it doesn't matter, the goal is the same. It may be a Sufi method, it may be a Zen method - the goal is the same. The goal is: how to make you so silent that all thinking disappears and you are just a mirror, reflecting that which is.
Excerpted from 'Philosophia Perennis' by Osho

All I need

All I can hide but not loneliness
All I need is to enjoy aloneness

All I am but not compassionate
All I need to do is meditate

All I can leave but not my ego
All I need is lot more love

All I can take but not right action
All I need is some direction . . .
- Vaibhav

Face to face with truth

Buddha came across a ceremony going on; a great crowd has gathered. He asked, “What is happening?” and hey told him that the man who was worshipping has asked for something and it has been fulfilled. Now he was sacrificing a bull; he was killing a bull – it was a religious ceremony.

Buddha said, “But what has the bull to do with it? If that man feels that god has given something to him, has been favorable to him, he should sacrifice himself.” Buddha entered the crowd and asked the man, “What are you doing?” Why are you being violent to this poor bull? He has not done anything!”

The man was a Brahmin, a scholar, a knower of scriptures. He quoted the scriptures saying, “You don’t know. The Vedas say that if in a religious ceremony an animal is crucified, killed, murdered, butchered, the animal soul goes to heaven directly. I am not being violent to him, he will go to heaven.”

The Buddha said, “Why don’t you kill your father or your mother or yourself? Why are you missing the opportunity to go to heaven? This bull may not want to go to heaven. If this is certain, then kill your father or kill your mother – or kill yourself! The best thing is to kill yourself!”

The Brahmin listened to Buddha. His presence made it so clear to him: he dropped the weapon right there, he renounced that religious ceremony and he asked Buddha, “Now you tell me how to be religious, because I have been doing these things my whole life. You have shocked me, but you have made me awake too.”
Excerpted from ‘The Wisdom of the Sands’ by Osho

Spiritual affinity

"It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations” - Kahlil Gibran

Innocence

"Innocence means becoming a no-mind, a no-ego: dropping all the ideas of goals, achievements, ambitions, and living just as it happens in the moment." - Osho

Reverence for life

I was a guest in Maharaja Jamnagar's palace. He showed me hundreds of lions, deer - their heads. The whole palace was full, and he was showing them: "These are the animals I have killed myself."

I asked him, "You look a nice person. What was the reason? What have these animals done to you?"

He said, "It is not the question of reason or a question of them doing anything against me. It is just a game."

I said, "Just look from other side: If a lion killed you, would that be a game? Your wife, your children, your brothers - will any one of them have the guts to say that it was a beautiful game? It will be a disaster. If you kill, then it is a game; if they kill, it is a calamity. These double standards show your dishonesty, insincerity."
He said, "I have never thought about it."

But the whole of humanity is non-vegetarian; they are all eating other life forms. There is no reverence for life as such. Unless we create an atmosphere of reverence for life, man can't realze the goal of getting his fundamental right of life.
Excerpted from 'Sermons to Stones' by Osho

World belongs to you

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. - Lao Tzu

Tribute to M.J.

We start our life with the best
In the end we kiss the death
We start our life in a home
At the end we are all alone

Is this a tragedy or an irony
Or a journey to eternity
Is this death a kiss of rose
With these questions, I arose

It's all up to us to decide
To think again and redefine
The way we live, the way we see
The larger picture in totality

All we need to do is be in love
Like the duck and the dove
Be an observer all the time
Live in present and all will be fine
- Vaibhav

How should we live?

"Do not ask me. Go and ask the trees, flowers, mountains, birds and fishes." - Jesus Chrsit

Flow naturally

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like." - Lao Tzu

True to your own nature

"The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves! If you do not exist, how can God or anybody else exist?" - Vivekanad

Why it is dark?

We stand in our own shadow
and wonder why it is dark!
When we think there is a problem in life, we should realize that the problem actually lies within us. We may not be able to transform the situation, but we can transform ourselves and how we perceive our lives.When we look at things from the view point of our separate ego-self, we cast a shadow which obscures the light of our essential self and everything seems dark. If we turn and face the light, we rise above our limited self-interest and can see the whole picture.

Happiness is an experience

"Happiness can't be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude." - Denis Waitley

Change your thinking

When we change our Thinking
We change our Beliefs.

When we change our Beliefs,
We change our Expectations.

When we change our Expectations,
We change our Attitudes.

When we change our Attitudes,
We change our Behavior.

When we change our Behavior,
We change our Performance.

When we change our Performance,
We change our life.

This is simple way to happiness.

The king's highway

A king once decided to construct a highway for the convenience of the people. After it was completed and before it was opened to the public, the king decided to have a contest. He invited everyone for the participation and he declared that the best traveller would be suitably rewarded.

On the day of the contest, many people took part in the contest. Some of them had fine chariots; some had fine clothing and fancy food to make the trip luxurious journey. Some wore their sturdiest shoes and ran along the highway on their feet to show their skill. All day they travelled the highway, and when they arrived at the end, most of them complained to the king about the large piles of rocks and debris that had been left almost blocking the road at one point which got in their way and hindered their travel.

At the end of the day, a lone traveller crossed the finish line wearily and walked to the king. He was tired and dirty, but he addressed the king with great respect and handled him the small box. He said, "I stopped along the way to clear a pile of rocks and debris that was blocking the road. This box was under it. Please have it returned to its rightful owner".

The king replied, "You are the rightful owner of this box and it contains gold." "Oh no", said the traveller, "It does not belong to me".

"Oh yes", said the king, "you have earned this gold, for you won my contest. He who travels the road best is he who makes the road better for those who will follow".

The best ability

The best ability one can possess is the ability to learn to laugh at himself. - Unknown

Equality

"One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to man, but that you treat yourself equally the way you treat a man” - Marlo Thomas

Understanding

"It is not a sixth or a tenth of a man's devotion which is acceptable to God, but only such portions thereof as he offereth with understanding and true devotional spirit. Verily, a man hath performed prayers, fasts, charity, pilgrimage and all other good works; but he will not be rewarded except by the proportion of his understanding." - Prophet Muhammad

Within yourselves

"Religion is not something that the world has to know about. This is something that you have to do within yourselves" - Osho

We are...

Living this life but loveless
Having a mind but restless
Heading so fast but directionless
Knowing all that yet action less
- Vaibhav

Innocence of death

When the childlike innocence of Death was felt,
The scenario became all appealing.
But gradually,
The ‘Preacher’ also became infidel.
Excerpted from 'The Endless End' by Jatan Raj Jain

Follow your heart

Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drowned your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. - Buddha

Everyday

Everyday that I get up, I start to realise
When I look at my face and I look in my eyes
Everyday that I get up, I feel more unwise
And I look deep down the sea, I look across the sky

Well, everyday that I get up, I go on analise
The things that I do and the way I tell lies
Now, everyday that I get up, I take it no surprise
Every time I step out of my door, why I find no paradise
- Vaibhav

The wise don't strive to arrive

Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki says, "What is more important, to make a million dollars, or enjoy your effort, little by little, even though it is impossible to make that million? To be successful or to find some meaning in your efforts to succeed?"
We should give up goal orientation and simply be. Life is not about getting somewhere in a hurry, but enjoying the journey to the full.

Gains and loses

"What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul." - Jesus Christ

Destroy the past

I am the beginning of a totally new religious consciousness. Please don't connect me with the past. It is not even worth remembering. It will be a great blessing to humanity if we burn all the past histories, destroy the whole past, and give man a fresh beginning, unburdened. Make him again Adam and Eve so that he can start from scratch - a new man, a new civilization, a new culture.
Excerpted from 'From the False to the Truth' by Osho

Your life is your life

Your life is your life, it is nobody else's. So don't allow yourself to be dominated by others, don't allow yourself to be dictated by others; that is betrayal of life. - Osho

Silence, Witnessing and Existence

Modern man has forgotten how to relate with existence. He has forgotten how to whisper with the clouds and the tree and the mountains. He has completely forgotten the language of silence. It is the language of silence that becomes a bridge between you and the universe that surrounds you. The universe knows no other language. On the earth there are three thousand languages; existence knows no language expect the language of silence.

Because we have forgotten silence, forgotten the silence the art of meditation, we have become alienated. We have become small, dirty, muddy pools and we don’t know how to go and be one with ocean. We go on becoming dirtier every day, shallower every day, because the water goes on evaporating. We are just muddy, our life has no clarity. Our eyes can't see and our heart can't feel. This state is the state of indifference; it is a negative state. The mystics have called it the dark night of soul. It is not witnessing, it is just the opposite of witnessing.
Excerpted from 'Be Still and Know' by Osho

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आज है हम सोच रहे, जीवन के पथ खोज रहे
क्या है सत्या, क्या असत्या, खेल-खेल में भूल गये
जो था करना वो ना किया, बाकी सब में उलझ गये
आज खड़े है असमंजस में, जीवन के पथ खोज रहे
- Vaibhav

The inner light

The sun does not shine there, nor do the moon and the stars, nor do lightning shine? All the lights of the world cannot be compared even to a ray of the inner light of the Self. Merge yourself in this light of lights and enjoy the supreme.
- Unknown

Respond intelligently

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment. - Lao Tzu

Become nobodies

Only those who are ready to become nobodies are able to love. - Osho

My own experience

They proved to me by convincing reasons that God does not exist; Afterwards I saw God, for he came and embraced me. And now what am I to believe - the reasoning of others or my own experience? Truth is what the soul has seen and experienced; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion. - Aurobindo

Life is life

Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage. - Aurobindo

Teachings of Mahavir Swami's

• Always speak the truth
• Control over oneself is very important
• There is no point accumulating loads of wealth that you can't even spend
• Be honest to all
• Follow the path of non violence
• Be compassionate towards living beings

Love we put in

It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters. - Mother Teresa

Grow from inside out

"You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul." - Vivekanad

Don't wobble

When walking - walk.

When sitting - sit.

But don't wobble!

When asked how he disciplined himself in Zen, a master replied, "When hungry, I eat. When tired, I sleep."
The questioner responded in a surprise, "But that is what everyone does!"
"Not at all," replied the master, "Most people are constantly distracted from what they are doing."
We should try to live and appreciate every moment in complete awareness. Zen is not 'trying' to follow a certain way, it is just being what you are and doing what you do according to your true nature.

Each soul is potentially perfect

"A living body is not merely an integration of limbs and flesh but it is the abode of the soul which potentially has perfect perception (Anant-darshana), perfect knowledge (Anant-jnana), perfect power (Anant-virya), and perfect bliss (Anant-sukha)." - Mahavir

An empire of Love

“Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires; but what foundation did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him.” - Napoleon Bonaparte

False boundaries of past

Dive deeper into own being

Only one tenth of our mind is conscious; nine tenth is in deep darkness - and that nine tenth is nine times more powerful. You have to change your unconscious slowly into consciousness. That's what meditation is all about; it is making your light grow bigger, slowly diving deeper into your own being. - Osho

Family makes child mediocre

Each child comes with a tremendous intelligence but the family makes him mediocre, because to live with an intelligent child is troublesome. He doubts, he is skeptical, he inquires, he is disobedient, he is rebellious - and the family wants somebody who is obedient, ready to follow, imitate.
Excerpted from 'Philosophia Ultima' by Osho

True nature

Realize your true nature. That is all there is to do. Know yourself as you are—infinite spirit. That is practical religion. Everything else is impractical, for everything else will perish.

The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves! If you do not exist, how can God or anybody else exist? - Vivekanand

Consciousness, the staircase

Consciousness is the staircase: step by step you become more and more conscious. Whatsoever you do, you do it with full consciousness - even walking, eating, going to bed, talking, listening - small things of life. And when you are in love, you are in love with full consciousness. It is not against yourself; it is not that you are possessed; it is not that you are being pulled by somebody like a magnet. No, you are moving on your own. - Osho

The path

You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself. - Buddha

Nothing is lost

Siddhartha continues to listen to the river. He hears the voices of his youth, of all the people he had cared about and lost. He hears the voice flow to the sea, sees the river water become vapor, rise up to the sky and fall again as rain and dew. He sees that no thing and no one is lost.
Excerpted from 'If you meet Buddha on the road, kill him!' by Sheldon Kopp

Pollution and global warming

Pollution and global warming are just result of lack of love for the rest of creation. - Unknown

I had the blues

I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet. - Ancient Persian Saying

Water heats gradually

"Water heats gradually and boils suddenly"

We cannot force the natural course of events; everything happens in its 'right' time. The process is gradual, and hence may appear slow to us as we are often too impatient with expectations, but the change takes place within an instant.
Similarly, awakening can not be forced, but may be encouraged; just like a seed which sprouts naturally when the right conditions prevail.

Do what you will

"Do what you will; but not because you must."

Often our habits shape our decisions and choices in life. What we fail to realize is that our habits link us to the past and prevent us from making the most of life's offerings within the present moment.
But life is fresh in each moment and changes take place within the present moment. So, in order to experience the mystery and the magic of "now", we must break the habitual patterns of 'must's and 'must not's and live life as it comes.

Morality and meditation

The process of morality and meditation are opposite, diametrically opposite. In morality you go on putting more layers upon yourself, in meditation you start discarding layers. In meditation you discard, in morality you accumulate. In meditaion, you are just doing the same thing as when you peel an onion; it is a peeling. Layer by layer you go on throwing away untill nothing is left. - Osho

Anger

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. - Buddha

Love yourself

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection. - Buddha

Face the truth

"Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." - Vivekanand

Religion

Religion is not in books, nor in theories, nor in dogmas, nor in talking, not even in reasoning. It is being and becoming. - Vivekanand

Philosophy of Love

When it comes to love, you need not fall but rather surrender, surrender to the idea that you must love yourself before you can love another. You must absolutely trust yourself before you can absolutely trust another and most importantly you must accept your flaws before you can accept the flaws of another. - Buddha

Time ceases in awareness

Time is perhaps the greatest tension and trouble of our life. Time is conflict, anxiety and anguish of man. To live in time means to live stretched between it's two poles - the past and the future. Time always exists in exact proportion to our unconsciousness, to our psychological sleep. And when we are fully awake, aware, time ceases to be. The 'fire of awareness' burns time altogether. - Osho

Fearlessness

If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the Upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word “fearlessness.” - Swami Vivekanad

The Nature of Things

Two monks were washing their bowls in the river when they noticed a scorpion that was drowning. One monk immediately scooped it up and set it upon the bank. In the process he was stung. He went back to washing his bowl and again the scorpion fell in. The monk saved the scorpion and was again stung.
The other monk asked him, "Friend, why do you continue to save the scorpion when you know it's nature is to sting?"
"Because," the monk replied, "to save it is my nature."

An inevitable occurrence

Enthroning queen Death is,
A deep conspiracy of assembly of life,
An inevitable occurrence,
When, where and how,
Depends on make-up of life.

Excerpted from 'The Endless End' by Jatan Raj Jain

Don't believe rather know

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.” - Buddha

The best leader

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: "we did it ourselves". - Lao Tzu

Have no fear

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. - Buddha

Watch your thought

The thought manifests as the word; the word manifests as the deed; the deed develops into habit; and habit hardens into character. So, watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings. - Buddha

Death is not...

Death is not the departure of life,
Rather a necessary refueling of the vehicle of life it is.

Death is not divorce of life,
Hearty relationship of life it is.

Death is not the absence of life,
Is life’s nature, a co-existence?

Excerpted from 'The Endless End' by Jatan Raj Jain

The greatest ...

Health is the greatest possession
Contentment is the greatest treasure
Confidence is the greatest friend
Non-being is the greatest joy.
- Lao Tzu

Is That So?

A beautiful girl in the village was pregnant. Her angry parents demanded to know who was the father. At first resistant to confess, the anxious and embarrassed girl finally pointed to Hakuin, the Zen master whom everyone previously revered for living such a pure life. When the outraged parents confronted Hakuin with their daughter's accusation, he simply replied "Is that so?"
When the child was born, the parents brought it to the Hakuin, who now was viewed as a pariah by the whole village. They demanded that he take care of the child since it was his responsibility. "Is that so?" Hakuin said calmly as he accepted the child.
For many months he took very good care of the child until the daughter could no longer withstand the lie she had told. She confessed that the real father was a young man in the village whom she had tried to protect. The parents immediately went to Hakuin to see if he would return the baby. With profuse apologies they explained what had happened. "Is that so?" Hakuin said as he handed them the child.

Messiah Death

"Life is deep devotee of Messiah Death,
Is benefitted by its very visualization."

Excerpted from 'The Endless End' by Jatan Raj Jain

Deprived for your embrace

"O my host, Death,
Why can’t you fix the date of marriage?
Everyday I get deprived for your embrace."

Excerpted from 'The Endless End' by Jatan Raj Jain

Meditation and love

Meditation and love together are supportive energies for each other. If you love, you will be able to meditate more deeply; if you meditate, you will be able to love more totally. They go on helping each other. Slowly a pyramid is created in your consciousness. By the bricks of love and meditation one can reach the highest peak of existence. - Osho