Can a mathematician also become a sannyasin?
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"To be a sannyasin, one must leap beyond the calculative mind into the realms of love, poetry, and dance, for meditation belongs to lovers, not accountants."
According to Osho, yes—a mathematician can become a sannyasin if he moves beyond the calculative mind. Sannyas demands a leap from logic into love, poetry, music, dance, and paradox. Drop measuring results and outcomes; meditation belongs to lovers, not accountants. The real difficulty is addiction to logic—and, for Indians, attachment to old ideas of sannyas—so cultivate adventure and openness beyond arithmetic.
Yes—but you must stop counting and start loving: let go of analysis, feel and play, and meditate without measuring.
Why this matters practically
- Reduces overthinking so you can live and meditate wholeheartedly.
- Opens the heart through non-calculative practices (music, dance, silence).
- Loosens rigid cultural ideas of spirituality, inviting fresh, adventurous inquiry.
- Opens the heart through non-calculative practices (music, dance, silence).
- Loosens rigid cultural ideas of spirituality, inviting fresh, adventurous inquiry.
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