According to Osho, on a collective plane the Eastern countries misread the buddhas, turning insight into fatalism: 'life is suffering' became a permission to sit idle. Outward desires persist—monks still debate wealth, sex, food—while people imagine God will tear open the roof to shower money. Thus, a veneer of spirituality masks lethargy; genuine inward journey and joyful awakening are postponed.
Many in the East heard “life is suffering” as “do nothing,” so they became passive while still dreaming of money and pleasures instead of truly going inward.