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What is the significance of being an avatar?

True spirituality is not a title or a label; it thrives in the freedom of the individual, in love and personal responsibility, far removed from the chains of obedience and domination.

— Osho
According to Osho, an “avatar” is a priestly-political label that sanctifies obedience, violence, and domination rather than signaling true spirituality. He rejects such company, insisting authentic religion is rebellious, individual, and ordinary. Avatara legends (e.g., Parasurama) reveal conditioning—blind obedience and power masked as holiness. Real spirituality needs no titles; it flowers in freedom, love, and personal responsibility.

Being called an avatar is just a power label; real spirituality is being a free, questioning human, not a titled hero.

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