According to Osho, being religious is not superiority, renunciation, or ritualistic self-torture; that is merely an easy ego-trip. Traditional sainthood rewarded weakness, escape, and uncreativity—cowardice hiding in monasteries, fasting, and postures called 'spiritual.' True religiousness cannot be an inflation of 'I' or violence against oneself; it must refuse ego-fulfillment and life-denial.
Real religion isn’t running away or acting special—it’s not feeding your ego.