Why are religious people against certain teachings?
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"The truly religious embrace transformation, while the so-called religious cling to their borrowed piety, fearing the mirror that reveals their ego."
According to Osho, opposition comes from the so‑called religious, not the truly religious: a living master functions like a mirror that exposes their borrowed piety, masks, and ego. His presence makes their pretenses look like “holy cowdung,” so they feel hurt and threatened, prefer dead saints, and try to silence or destroy the mirror rather than face transformation and the essential.
People who only pretend to be holy hate teachings that act like a mirror and show their pretending, so they attack the mirror instead of changing.
Why this matters practically
- Notice anger or defensiveness toward honest feedback as a clue your ego is clinging to a mask.
- Seek living mirrors—teachers, friends, silence—that reveal what’s real, even if it stings.
- Let discomfort strip the non‑essential so you can live more authentically.
- Seek living mirrors—teachers, friends, silence—that reveal what’s real, even if it stings.
- Let discomfort strip the non‑essential so you can live more authentically.
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