According to Osho, Lao Tzu and Patanjali need no reconciliation: at the goal of awakening all differences dissolve, for truth is one and paths are many. Their teachings vary only because disciples and cultures differ—Patanjali addressing India’s logical mind, Lao Tzu China’s meditative spirit—while the realized state, and the teacher behind all teachings, are the same.
They reached the same top of the mountain; their maps look different only to guide different climbers.