On a bumpy village road filled with pebbles and potholes, a noisy bus dashed through blowing dust behind it and shaking all passengers seated and some standing. An old man was sitting with a bunch of fresh flowers in his hand. The fragrance of those lovely flowers was spreading around making the uncomfortable journey bearable. […]
WHY CAN’T I HEAR YOU? AM I DEAF? You are not deaf. And you also hear me, but you are not listening. And you don’t know the distinction between hearing and listening. Anybody who has ears can hear, but it is not necessary that he will be able to listen. For listening, something more is
“From where do you come, and to where are you going? Let us be very particular about it.” That is the work of a Master: to remind the disciple from where he comes and to where he is going. Otherwise, people go on moving with the crowd… wherever others are going. People remain imitators; people
This simple word “YES” contains all the religions of the world. It contains trust, it contains love, it contains surrender. It contains all the prayers that have ever been done, are being done, and will ever be done. If you can say yes with the totality of your heart, you have said all that can
IN THE GUTTER OF THE MARKETPLACE lay a dead dog, to the disgust of the passer-by. “How loathsome!” said one, and turned his head. “Pah, how he stinks!” said another and held his nose as he passed. “Look at his protruding ribs — how ugly! nauseating!” said a third. “He has not enough skin on
Don’t make a problem out of it. The mind is constantly searching for something to pounce upon — even happiness. It makes a problem out of happiness also. If you are feeling happy, you ask, ‘Why?’ That question is dangerous. If you are suffering it is good to ask ‘why?’ because the suffering has to
This is a small beautiful story… Buddha is going from one village to another, and on the way – it is a hot day, summer – he feels thirsty. He is old, so he asks Ananda, “Ananda, I am sorry but you will have to go back. Two or three miles back we have left
Have you ever heard anything like that, “Don’t be consistent”? When you hear it for the first time or read it for the first time, you will think there has been some mistake, maybe a proof mistake or something. Because your so-called saints have been telling you just the opposite. “Don’t be inconsistent,” they say.
It happens to many people: the moment they become interested in some sort of religion, meditation, prayer, immediately the mind tells them, “What are you doing sitting here silently? The world needs you; there are so many poor people. There is much conflict, violence, aggression. What are you doing praying in the temple? Go and
HOW MUSIC CAN BE NEXT TO SILENCE? Real music is born out of a silent mind. Real music is meditation manifested. Your music is madness manifested. Music is certainly next to silence. There is a certain thing to be understood: Music does not consist, in the first place, of words, language. It consists of pure
