According to Osho, “absurd” names life’s most significant dimensions that lie beyond logic and utility—love, joy, beauty, meditation, the search for truth. He calls himself absurd because his teaching defies conditioned beliefs (like love’s permanence) and affirms life’s continual change. What looks irrational to society’s vested interests is often authenticity, a direct, transformative experiencing that cannot be defended by reasons yet reveals deeper truth.
Absurd means the most important things—like love and meditation—don’t follow neat reasons; they just happen, and living them may look strange but is true to life.