Atisha is not an escapist. He does not teach escapism, he does not teach you to escape from situations which are not to your liking. He says: you have to learn to function in Bodhicitta, in Buddha-consciousness, in all kinds of situations - in the marketplace, in the monastery; with people or alone in a cave; with friends or with enemies; with family, familiar people, and with strangers; with men and with animals. In all kinds of situations, you have to learn to function in compassion, in meditation - because all these experiences of different situations will make your Bodhicitta more and more ripe.

Don't escape from any situation - if you escape, then something will remain missing in you. Then your Bodhicitta will not be that ripe, will not be that rich. Live life in its multi-dimensionality.

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Religion is a science in the sense that it is the purest knowing. ...It is the greatest adventure there is. It is a call and a challenge to all those who have any courage, any guts, any intelligence.

From The Book of Wisdom, by Osho
Used by kind permission of Osho Foundation International