A sannyasin has to relax to that total state of let-go when everything happens and nothing is done.

The third world war is not going to happen! I predict it! It is not going to happen, because of you, because of my people around the earth! They are the only hope. Only millions of buddhas are capable of creating the atmosphere for peace, for love, for compassion, for celebration.

Coming to the master is coming in search of your innocence, in search of your lost childhood, in search of your originality... in search of your individuality, in search of freedom.

In a few Zen monasteries, every monk has to start his morning with laughter, and has to end his night with laughter - the first thing and the last thing! You try it. . . For no reason! Because there is no reason. Simply, you are again there, still alive - it is a miracle!

Love is the ultimate, the end. You love for love's own sake. It is not a means to anything else, it is its own end.

Meditation, perhaps, is the only alchemy that can transform a beggar into an emperor.

If you have no conditions you can enjoy life infinitely. If you have conditions, because of them you become incapable.