What is the value of Sati for women today and in the future?
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"True love is fearless and non-possessive; it should never demand that a woman sacrifice herself, for the future honors freedom, not funeral pyres."
According to Osho, sati has no future as a social custom; it is a male-egoistic crime. Its only legitimate value is as an inner quality - a woman's freely arising ecstasy and total love - never compelled, praised, or propagandized. True love is fearless and non-possessive; any demand that women die for men is violence. If required, men should do the same, revealing the hypocrisy. The future honors freedom, not funeral pyres.
Burning for love is wrong; only love that arises freely inside matters, and no one should pressure or glorify women to die for men.
Why this matters practically
- Resist cultural pressure; honor autonomy and consent in relationships.
- Practice love without possession, fear, or jealousy.
- Demand equality: never ask of women what men would not do themselves.
- Practice love without possession, fear, or jealousy.
- Demand equality: never ask of women what men would not do themselves.
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