According to Osho, neither at conception nor through imposed, gradual conditioning; Gautama’s consciousness was received spontaneously, as a joyful, unforced meeting—like two rivers merging—when his own being was open and independent. It did not change who he is; it simply deepened his silence and made his words truer, a companionship rather than a takeover.
It didn’t happen at birth or by slow training; it just clicked one day when he was free and open, like two friendly streams joining.