According to Osho, disciples become vegetarian not by command or creed but as a natural by-product of meditation. As awareness deepens, sensitivity, aesthetic understanding, and love for all life arise, making killing for food feel unnecessary and crude. Traditions centered on meditation (Jainism, Buddhism) turned vegetarian; prayer-based religions did not. He insists on meditation; compassionate choices then follow without repression.
When you meditate, your heart gets softer, so you naturally don’t want to hurt animals—and no one needs to make a rule about it.