Understanding the religious life with practicing one’s religion.

Religion is only for those who are ready to enter into the impossible. Religion is for the gamblers, not for the shopkeepers. Religion is neither a business deal nor a compromise. Religion is a wager. The gambler puts his wealth at stake; the religious person puts himself at stake because that is the ultimate wealth.

One who is not ready to stake his very life will never be able to know the hidden mysteries of life. Those secrets are not available cheaply. Knowledge is available cheaply; it is available from books, from scriptures, in education, with the teachers. Knowledge is available almost for free; you do not have to pay anything for it. In religion you have to pay heavily. It is not right even to say ‘heavily’ because only when someone stakes everything do the doors to that life open. The doors to that life open only for those put this life at stake. To put this life at stake is the only key to the doors of that life.

Osho addresses the pursuit of religion very seriously. He speaks about absolute sincerity and compares this to the chase which a gambler does to win. He refers to complete dedication to this quest and one puts whatever one has on the table to be on this path of self-realization.

Extracted from ‘Finger pointing to the Moon’ by Osho.

Aim Hrim Klim