Is sannyas a form of bondage, and are methods and practices also considered bondage?
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definition
"Sannyas and methods are not bondage; they are tools to dissolve the true bondage of ego and attachment, and once freedom blossoms, they naturally fall away."
According to Osho, sannyas and methods aren’t bondage; they’re provisional devices to dissolve bondage—like using one thorn to remove another—and are dropped once freedom flowers. If you’re still restless and questioning, you need them; if serene, you don’t. Real bondage is egoic clinging and attachments; only when those fall away does even sannyas naturally disappear.
They’re tools to help you get free; use them until you’re free, then let them go.
Why this matters practically
- Prevents spiritual bypassing: don’t avoid needed practice by mislabeling it bondage.
- Practice fully, but release methods once their purpose is fulfilled.
- Aim at dropping real attachments—ego, power, possessions—rather than arguing about sannyas.
- Practice fully, but release methods once their purpose is fulfilled.
- Aim at dropping real attachments—ego, power, possessions—rather than arguing about sannyas.
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