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of spirituality, and if we can be a little more loving and compassionate and make them understand -- and they will be able to see that you are less angry, you are less tired, you are less frustrated, you are more loving, more compassionate -- they will surely come with you.
The old religions have been teaching `renounce the family.' This was one of the reasons -- because there is going to be difficulty sooner or later -- but I don't think that even giving it a try, you renounce the family.
I say to you it is a good training school -- the family -- and if you cannot change your children and your wife who love you, then whom are you going to change in this world? You will find more and more strangers everywhere.
Start wherever you are. And if you are finding something of tremendous value, share it with everybody.
None of my sannyasins has renounced the family. And every sannyasin has found a tremendous support by the family. They have become closer, they have become friends, they have become fellow travelers.
The Last Testament, Vol 6
Chapter #2
Chapter title: None
1 February 1986 am in Kathmandu, Nepal
Archive code: 8602010
ShortTitle: LAST602
Audio: Yes
Video: Yes
Length: 107 mins
[NOTE: This is a typed tape transcript and has not been edited or published, as of August 1992. It is for reference use only.]
Q: BHAGWAN, WHAT PURPOSE DOES YOUR PHILOSOPHY OR RELIGION GIVE FOR LIFE -- FOR THE EXISTENCE OF ANYTHING AT ALL?
A: First it is not right to make religion and philosophy synonymous. They are two totally different things.
Philosophy is thinking about life, its purpose, its goal, but it is only thinking.
Religion is living it, not thinking.
The difference is as great as: you are thinking about food, delicious food, and that you are eating it. Thinking cannot quench your hunger -- it is only eating that is going to help.
Philosophy is a futile exercise of the mind -- it leads nowhere.
Secondly, the moment you divide philosophy and religion the question takes a different shape. Now it becomes: what is the
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