How does religion become rational?
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"When religion is systematized into creeds and dogmas, it transforms the wild, personal awakening of a Buddha or Jesus into a mere imitation, suppressing the immeasurable essence of true spirituality."
According to Osho, religion becomes "rational" only when living, spontaneous realization is frozen by followers into creeds, dogmas and ideals. A Buddha or Jesus is an unpatterned, nonrational flowering; disciples then systematize it so reason can grasp and imitate it. This transforms a wild, personal awakening into rules and suppressions—reason’s attempt to manage the immeasurable—producing a creed that replaces authentic presence with patterned imitation.
Religion turns rational when people change a free, living example into fixed rules for everyone to copy.
Why this matters practically
- Helps distinguish living spirituality from rigid ideology.
- Avoids self-suppression and imitation; encourages authentic growth.
- Invites experiencing truth directly instead of clinging to rules.
- Avoids self-suppression and imitation; encourages authentic growth.
- Invites experiencing truth directly instead of clinging to rules.
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