Is renunciation of home and family considered useless?
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"True renunciation is not about abandoning home or family, but about shedding the attachments of craving and unconsciousness that bind us. When understanding arises, what is unnecessary will naturally fall away, revealing the freedom that lies within."
According to Osho, merely renouncing home and family is useless if ignorance and desire remain; attachment is an inner movement that simply shifts from house to ashram, family to sect. True renunciation is of attachment itself—of craving and unconsciousness. When understanding dawns, what is unnecessary naturally drops away; freedom comes from inner clarity, not external abandonment.
Don’t run from home to kill attachment; heal the craving inside, and clinging fades by itself.
Why this matters practically
- Focus on dissolving craving and ignorance wherever you are.
- Prevents swapping one dependency (family, possessions) for another (ashram, ideology).
- Cultivates freedom and peace without upheaval.
- Prevents swapping one dependency (family, possessions) for another (ashram, ideology).
- Cultivates freedom and peace without upheaval.
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