Why did the Jain stream, filled with anekanta and syadvada, become loveless?
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"When love is seen merely as a doctrine to be followed rather than the ultimate fruit of realization, the heart becomes dry and loveless."
According to Osho, the Jain stream became loveless because, after ages of excess in the name of love and God, Mahavira corrected course toward meditation and austerity, placing love as the fruit, not the practice. Later generations clung to doctrine and zealously cut attachment, inadvertently discarding love; without walking to realization, love never manifested, so the tradition dried.
To avoid fake ‘love’ and God-talk, people leaned so hard into strict meditation that they threw out real love and, stuck in rules, never reached where true love naturally appears.
Why this matters practically
- Balance devotion and meditation so warmth isn’t lost and attachment doesn’t hide as ‘love’.
- Practice sincerely instead of clinging to doctrines; realization gives rise to authentic love.
- Regularly rebalance your path to avoid drying up in austerity or drowning in sentiment.
- Practice sincerely instead of clinging to doctrines; realization gives rise to authentic love.
- Regularly rebalance your path to avoid drying up in austerity or drowning in sentiment.
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