I love this world because it is imperfect. It is imperfect, and that's why it is growing; if it was perfect it would have been dead.

All methods of meditation are nothing but methods to help you to remember the art of let-go. I say remember, because you knew it already. And you know it still, but that knowledge is being repressed by the society.

Love is a wine; you have to taste it, you have to drink it, you have to become drunk with it, only then do you know what it is.

For dignity of character, consciousness is needed, not conscience and that's the function of meditation. Meditation does not give you any character directly. It does not say what to do and what not to do. It never gives you any commandments. It simply gives you a technique for becoming more aware, for being more alert, watchful, witnessing.

Zen people love Buddha so tremendously that they can even play jokes upon him. It is out of great love; they are not afraid.

A man who thinks that death is against life can never be non-violent. It is impossible. A man who thinks that death is the enemy can never be at ease, at home. That is impossible. How can you be at ease when the enemy is waiting for you any moment? It will jump on you and destroy you. How can you be non-tense when death is waiting just around the corner and the shadow of death is always falling on you? It can happen any moment. How can you rest when death is there? How can you relax? The enemy won't allow you to relax.

Anger will come and go and the watcher abides. Sadness comes and passes by and the witness remains