Why have past Buddhas expressed themselves against money and sex as sources of worldly pleasures?
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"To renounce worldly pleasures is to deny the beauty of existence; true awakening comes not from avoidance, but from the conscious experience and transcendence of all that life offers."
According to Osho, past Buddhas condemned money and sex because, born into royal luxury, they fully indulged and discovered profound inner emptiness and boredom. They then universalized their personal frustration into a rule: renounce worldly pleasures to awaken. Osho calls this a human fallacy; rather than inherent evil, outer pleasures are to be fully experienced consciously, then naturally transcended.
They had lots of money and sex, felt empty, and told everyone to give them up—but Osho says these aren’t bad; know them fully and then grow beyond.
Why this matters practically
- Avoid guilt or fear around money and sex; engage consciously.
- Don’t copy renunciation; understand through your own experience, then let go naturally.
- Stop generalizing others’ paths; discover your direct truth.
- Don’t copy renunciation; understand through your own experience, then let go naturally.
- Stop generalizing others’ paths; discover your direct truth.
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