Core Insight:
According to Osho, catharsis does not occur in Vipassana at all; Vipassana is pure witnessing—silent, choiceless awareness. In Buddha’s time no catharsis was needed. For modern, repressed minds, Osho prescribes cathartic, active meditations beforehand to discharge accumulated tensions. Only after this cleansing should one begin Vipassana; otherwise one risks mere surface calm while inner turmoil stays suppressed.