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What is the dharma of a poet?

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"The dharma of a poet is to sing of love, allowing words to arise from authentic experience rather than borrowed feelings, awakening hearts to the timeless fragrance of life."

According to Osho, a poet’s dharma is to sing of love—the timeless, essential fragrance of life—and not to be entangled in politics, ego, or commerce. Only through meditation does ego drop and authentic poetry flower; then words arise from one’s own lived love, not borrowed feelings. The poet serves eternal values, awakening hearts rather than forming factions, competing, or manufacturing popular, trashy verse.
A poet’s real job is to love deeply and share that love honestly, which happens when the ego quiets through meditation—not by chasing fame or fighting others.
Why this matters practically
- Meditate to let genuine feeling, not ego, shape your words.
- Focus on love and timeless truth over popularity and profit.
- Avoid creative politics; write to awaken hearts, not to win factions.
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