Did Buddha's disciples experience self-awareness and find humor in their flaws?
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outcome
"Awakening is the leap from sleep to self-awareness, where the timeless flaws of human nature dissolve in the light of understanding."
According to Osho, Buddha’s disciples were no different from people today: they carried the same greed, anger, and possessiveness—hence Buddha’s disciplines. Humans exist in two modes: asleep (unaware) or awake (self-aware); awakening is a jump that ends these tendencies. The text doesn’t stress humor about flaws; it emphasizes the timeless sameness of human nature and the transforming leap into awareness.
They struggled like us, and only by waking up inside—not by joking about it—do those struggles end.
Why this matters practically
- Stop idealizing the past; your struggles are timeless
- Prioritize awakening (awareness) over external fixes
- Apply simple disciplines to reduce greed, anger, and possessiveness
- Prioritize awakening (awareness) over external fixes
- Apply simple disciplines to reduce greed, anger, and possessiveness
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