Did Ramakrishna exploit Vivekananda?
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"A true master does not exploit; he utilizes a disciple as a vehicle for the greater good, transcending the ego to serve the whole."
According to Osho, Ramakrishna did not exploit Vivekananda; he utilized him as a vehicle to benefit many, not to feed his own ego. Exploitation is self-serving; utilization serves the whole. A master may give a glimpse and foresee a disciple’s timing, yet the fulfillment happens through impersonal inner laws—hence the “key” returned before death without Ramakrishna’s personal intervention.
He didn’t use Vivekananda for himself; he helped him and others, like showing the mountaintop for a moment and letting him finish the climb.
Why this matters practically
- Check your motive: ego-serving acts exploit; world-serving acts uplift.
- Trust guidance from the wise, but keep walking; realization grows by its own law.
- Before condemning, see whether an action benefits many beyond the doer.
- Trust guidance from the wise, but keep walking; realization grows by its own law.
- Before condemning, see whether an action benefits many beyond the doer.
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