What is Osho's perspective on Krishna's teachings and actions?
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"Krishna's teachings are a tapestry of consciousness, revealing the beauty of contradictions, yet the true danger lies not in the violence itself, but in the ideologies that justify it."
According to Osho, Krishna’s utterances arise from different levels of consciousness, later woven into the Gita as a dramatic compilation, not a single battlefield sermon. Therefore they contain contradictions. Osho evaluates each saying by experiential truth—accepting some, rejecting others—and explicitly opposes Krishna’s philosophical sanction of violence, which he deems more dangerous than violent acts without ideology. He rejects the dogma that Krishna was enlightened from birth.
Krishna spoke from different stages of growth, so some teachings are wise and some harmful; Osho keeps what truly helps and firmly rejects using spirituality to excuse violence.
Why this matters practically
- Use personal insight to test teachings instead of blind reverence.
- Accept that great teachers evolve; don’t force a single, infallible story onto their words.
- Refuse any spiritual rationale that justifies harm or violence.
- Accept that great teachers evolve; don’t force a single, infallible story onto their words.
- Refuse any spiritual rationale that justifies harm or violence.
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