Is being attracted to Krishna the same as being free of life’s other attractions?
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"To be attracted to Krishna is not to escape life's attractions, but to discover the Divine within them and transform desire into a sacred experience."
According to Osho, being drawn to Krishna is not escaping life’s attractions; it is discovering Krishna within them and consecrating them to the Divine. Unlike Mahavira’s renunciation (non-taste), Krishna teaches supreme relish—go so deep that taste becomes Brahman. With right seeing, the world reveals itself as the Divine; thus attraction is transformed, not abandoned.
No—Krishna invites you to look so deeply into what attracts you that it turns into a doorway to God, rather than something to run from.
Why this matters practically
- Turn daily pleasures and duties into meditation by offering them to the Divine.
- Practice mindful, wholehearted enjoyment that refines desire into devotion.
- Avoid escapism; meet life’s challenges (like Arjuna) with clarity and sacred purpose.
- Practice mindful, wholehearted enjoyment that refines desire into devotion.
- Avoid escapism; meet life’s challenges (like Arjuna) with clarity and sacred purpose.
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