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What is the relationship between the body and the concept of Buddha?

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"Honor your body as the temple of the Buddha, for it is through this very form that you will discover the vast, silent emptiness within."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, the body and Buddha are not opposites but sequential insights: first, honor 'this very body, the Buddha' to anchor awareness here and now; then look within to see you are not the body but the spacious, silent emptiness it contains. The body is the doorway-temple; Buddha is the inner nothingness realized through entering it.
Treat your body like a doorway and look inside to find the quiet space that is the Buddha.
Why this matters practically
- Stops the search outside and grounds practice in present sensations.
- Encourages caring for the body as a temple without mistaking it for your identity.
- Guides meditation: feel the body, then rest in the empty awareness within.
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