According to Osho, whether enlightened ones charged fees is irrelevant—each has a unique way. He chooses to charge as a conscious device: to filter the unserious, loosen attachment to money, and avoid the ego-trip of almsgiving. Precedent doesn’t bind the awakened; even Gurdjieff priced his work steeply to test longing. Commitment, not freebies, opens the door to truth.
There’s no single rule—Osho charges to check who truly cares and to help you let go of money-grabbing.