Core Insight:
According to Osho, tantra arose within Buddhism as a corrective to a misunderstanding of Buddha’s teaching. Buddha said ‘go beyond sex,’ not ‘go against it.’ Disciples turned this into ascetic repression, creating obsession. Masters like Saraha restored the right reading: befriend, understand, and consciously pass through sexual energy, transforming it into meditation, so transcendence comes by going through, not by fighting.