Core Insight:
According to Osho, ahimsa in Jainism is not a moral rule but the natural fragrance of Jin dharma—the self-conquest and awakening of the Tirthankaras. Its true significance is inner non-violence born of awareness, spontaneously expressing compassion. When scholars froze it into Jain dharma—beliefs, prohibitions, and fear—it lost its living essence and became mere doctrine.