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What is the significance of religious titles?

Religious titles are not marks of superiority but tools to guide you toward self-mastery, inviting you to laugh at your own ego and embrace the sacred within the ordinary.

— Osho
According to Osho, religious titles are not badges of superiority but skillful devices: 'swami' points you toward self-mastery, not others' obedience. He uses such titles and robes to puncture ego by making you laugh at yourself, and to dissolve the split between sacred and profane—so spirituality flowers within ordinary life, without specialness or 'holier-than-thou' attitudes.

Titles are just reminders to master yourself and live your spirituality in everyday life without feeling special.