Do enlightened persons have children?
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outcome
"Enlightenment brings wholeness, dissolving the urge to procreate, for in completeness, there is no need to seek continuity through offspring."
According to Osho, enlightened persons generally do not have children after enlightenment. Procreation, he says, springs from neurosis, incompleteness, and the fear of death seeking continuity through offspring. When one is whole, there’s no urge to seek partners or extend oneself into the future. Historical cases (Buddha, Mahavira, Gurdjieff) had children only before awakening, and their offspring remained ordinary.
Enlightened people feel complete inside, so they don’t try to have kids to feel important or live on through them.
Why this matters practically
- Reflect on whether your desire for children (or legacy) comes from fear or inner lack.
- Cultivate inner wholeness to ease neediness in relationships and life plans.
- Facing mortality directly reduces the compulsion to seek continuity through others.
- Cultivate inner wholeness to ease neediness in relationships and life plans.
- Facing mortality directly reduces the compulsion to seek continuity through others.
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