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Can someone from a lower caste become a disciple?

Caste is irrelevant to discipleship; it is trust and inner faith that awaken the true disciple within.

— Osho
According to Osho, caste is irrelevant to discipleship; what decides is trust and inner faith. He condemns Dronacharya’s political rejection of the Shudra Ekalavya, praising Ekalavya as the model disciple who arrived without a living guru through unwavering devotion. With deep self-trust, even a statue becomes alive; without it, even accepted disciples go nowhere.

Yes—anyone can be a disciple; your sincere trust and practice matter, not your caste or who approves you.

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