Core Insight:
According to Osho, a monastery embodies the Western path of will: strenuous, ascetic, serious and solitary—people 'together yet lonely,' striving to attain God through effort and renunciation. An ashram embodies the Eastern spirit of surrender: rest, relaxation, playfulness and community (gurukul)—a family living naturally with the Master, celebrating life, waiting rather than seeking, discovering the divine within the world rather than opposing it.