According to Osho, Saraha and Tilopa go unrecognized at home because a centuries-old burden of punditry smothers living truth: armies of scholars with vested interests drown out the fresh, heart-born voice that undermines their logic, scriptures, and livelihoods. In such a stale, blind culture, sects unite to suppress the new; thus these siddhas are honored abroad but resisted where they were born.
Too many book-smart gatekeepers protect their turf, so they silence fresh, living wisdom—making saints valued abroad but ignored at home.
From the Discourses
Passages where Osho speaks to this question — each links to the complete discourse.
Question: THE ROYAL SONG OF SARAHA I BOW DOWN TO NOBLE MANJUSRI I BOW DOWN TO HIM WHO HAS CONQUERED THE FINITE AS CALM WATER LASHED BY WIND TURNS INTO WAVES AND ROLLERS, SO THE KING THINKS OF SARAHA IN MANY WAYS, ALTHOUGH ONE MAN. TO A FOOL WHO SQUINTS ONE LAMP IS AS TWO, WHERE SEEN AND SEER ARE NOT TWO, AH! THE MIND WORKS ON THE THINGNESS OF THEM BOTH. THOUGH THE HOUSE-LAMPS HAVE BEEN LIT, THE BLIND LIVE ON IN THE DARK. THOUGH SPONTANEITY IS ALL-ENCOMPASSING AND CLOSE, TO THE DELUDED IT REMAINS ALWAYS FAR AWAY. THOUGH THERE MAY BE MANY RIVERS, THEY ARE ONE IN THE SEA, THOUGH THERE MAY BE MANY LIES, ONE TRUTH WILL CONQUER ALL. WHEN ONE SUN APPEARS, THE DARK, HOWEVER DEEP, WILL VANISH. Saraha's original name was'Rahul', the name given by his father.
In his song of mahamudra, tilopa says: mahamudra is beyond all words and symbols, but for you, naropa, earnest and loyal, must this be said: the void needs no reliance, mahamudra rests on nought. Without making an effort, but remaining loose and natural, one can break the yoke -- thus gaining liberation.
Tilopa doesn't say, "Be moral," he says, "Be natural." And these are completely, diametrically opposite dimensions. A moral man is never natural, cannot be. If he feels angry he cannot be angry because the morality doesn't allow it. If he feels loving he cannot be loving because the morality is there. It is always according to the morality that he acts; it is never according to his nature. And I tell you: if you start moving according to moral patterns and not according to your nature, you will never reach the state of Mahamudra, because it is a natural state, the highest peak of being natural. I tell you: if you feel angry, be angry -- but perfect awareness has to be retained. Anger should not overpower your consciousness, that's all. Let anger be there, let it happen, but be fully alert to what is happening. Remain loose, natural, aware,…
Once in the realm that's full of joy the seeing mind becomes enriched
AND THEREBY FOR THIS AND THAT MOST USEFUL; EVEN WHEN IT RUNS AFTER OBJECTS IT IS NOT ALIENATED FROM ITSELF. THE BUDS OF JOY AND PLEASURE AND THE LEAVES OF GLORY GROW. IF NOTHING FLOWS OUT ANYWHERE THE BLISS UNSPEAKABLE WILL FRUIT. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND WHERE AND WHAT IN ITSELF IT WILL BECOME IS NOTHING: YET THEREBY IT HAS BEEN USEFUL FOR THIS AND THAT. WHETHER PASSIONATE OR NOT THE PATTERN IS NOTHINGNESS. IF I AM LIKE A PIG THAT COVETS WORLDLY MIRE YOU MUST TELL ME WHAT FAULT LIES IN A STAINLESS MIND. BY WHAT DOES NOT AFFECT ONE HOW CAN ONE NOW BE FETTERED? Your eyes see not, you ears hear not, and your hands touch not -- because you have lost that sensitivity, that flow which can make your eyes seeing eyes, which can make your ears hearing ears. That's why Jesus has to say…
Osho, why the so-called authoritative scholars, theologians and philosophers on religion are against you?
The newlywed wife was a professor of philosophy, and it always almost happens with the professors of philosophy, that she suffered from insomnia. She kept waking up her husband whenever she heard noises downstairs. Finally he said, "Go to sleep, dear, please. Burglars don't make noises!" So she started to wake him up every time she heard nothing. That is logical! That is philosophical! Before beginning a postmortem the doctor wanted to check the chest. The cadaver was wheeled into the X-ray depart-ment and placed properly in the apparatus by the pretty technician, then she put the photographic plate into the control panel. As she stuck her head out from behind it she said automatically, "Please take a deep breath and hold it!" A technician is a technician! They function automatically. Experts function very unconsciously. They know not what they are doing, they know not what they are saying. They…
25. The disassociation of the seer and the seen which is brought about by the dispersion of ignorance is the remedy that brings liberation.
26. THE UNWAVERING PRACTICE OF DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN WHAT IS THE REAL AND WHAT IS THE UNREAL BRINGS ABOUT THE DISPERSION OF IGNORANCE. 27. THE HIGHEST STAGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT IS REACHED IN SEVEN STEPS. The whole effort of yoga is like that. Many methods have to be used to remain alert: and because of this many things have gone wrong. For example, fasting: fasting is a method to remain alert -- it has nothing to do with the body -- because whenever you are fasting you cannot fall asleep easily. To fall asleep, the body needs food. When you have overeaten you fall asleep immediately. If you have overeaten, immediately you feel that now you cannot move. you cannot do anything. The consciousness is losing itself. The whole energy of the body moves into the stomach, it leaves the head where it remains conscious, because the food has to be digested,…