According to Osho, he stands where Lao Tzu stands—utter agreement with the timeless, jump-now vision—while he uses Patanjali only as a compassionate, conditional means to prepare listeners. Patanjali represents method, gradual steps, postponement; Lao Tzu is the goal, immediacy, the heart’s leap. He speaks on both: Patanjali to ready you, Lao Tzu to strike when ripeness comes—and keep preparation from becoming an addiction.
He fully lives Lao Tzu’s jump-now truth, but teaches Patanjali’s step-by-step path to help us until we’re ready to leap.