What is virtue?
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definition
"True virtue is not a moral imposition but the natural expression of awareness, free from the chains of fear and greed."
According to Osho, so-called “virtue” is not authentic goodness but a moral training imposed on the unconscious, enforced by fear of hell and greed for heaven. Religions fix rigid labels of sin and virtue, manipulating people and drying up joy and aliveness. True spirituality drops this conditioning; we are not concerned with virtue, but with awareness from which natural goodness flows.
Virtue is like making sleepy people behave by scaring them with hell and tempting them with heaven; real goodness comes from waking up and being aware.
Why this matters practically
- Stop acting from fear or reward; act from awareness and joy.
- Question inherited labels of sin/virtue that suffocate aliveness.
- Cultivate presence and authenticity so goodness arises naturally.
- Question inherited labels of sin/virtue that suffocate aliveness.
- Cultivate presence and authenticity so goodness arises naturally.
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