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Can a businessman meditate and become a sannyasin?

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"Keep your work as work, but dare to leap from the head to the heart; it is innocence, not cleverness, that blossoms into true sannyas."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, being a businessman does not prevent meditation or sannyas, because livelihood is external while meditation concerns your inner being. The only obstacle is letting business invade your being—becoming calculative and clever. Keep work as work, drop it when you close the shop, and dare the non‑calculative jump from head to heart to being. Innocence, not cleverness, flowers into sannyas.
Yes—do your job, but don’t let your heart become businesslike; leave work at work and sit quietly beyond calculations.
Why this matters practically
- Balance career and inner peace without quitting your job.
- Set boundaries: after work, drop planning; be present with family and in meditation.
- Trade overthinking for openness, enabling deeper, calmer awareness.
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