Is there a difference between touching a prime minister's feet with a motive and touching a saint's feet with a motive?
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"True bowing is not about motives or goals; it is the joy of surrender itself, free from the contamination of desire."
According to Osho, there is ultimately no difference: any bowing done with a motive is not reverence but disguised greed. Whether before a prime minister, a saint, or even God, asking contaminates prayer. True bowing—prayer, meditation—is ahaituki: without cause, goal, or calculation, done for the joy of surrender itself. Drop purpose for moments; only then can the sacred be encountered directly.
If you bow because you want something, you’re really bowing to your own wanting; real respect has no reason and simply feels joyful by itself.
Why this matters practically
- Shifts prayer and respect from transactions to genuine presence and joy.
- Reduces greed and calculation, bringing calm and clarity to relationships.
- Practice: daily spend a few minutes doing something (bow, sit, watch) with absolutely no purpose.
- Reduces greed and calculation, bringing calm and clarity to relationships.
- Practice: daily spend a few minutes doing something (bow, sit, watch) with absolutely no purpose.
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