Why are so many enlightened beings born in an unspritual country like India?

If india is such an unspiritual country, why are so many enlightened beings born here?

Try to understand me: when I say a man is spiritual I mean he is as easily flowing on the outside as he flows inside. He is whole. Neither has the East been spiritual nor has the West been spiritual. The West has been materialist and the East has been spiritualist -- but not spiritual. The West believes in the philosophy of the outside, the East believes in the philosophy of the inside. The spiritual person is one who has come to that ultimate synthesis between the outer and the inner, between matter and consciousness, between body and soul. In the real spiritual person East and West meet and disappear. The really spiritual person is neither of the East nor of the West; he is global. Where he exists is not the point. His approach is global because his approach is total. He's whole, that's why I call him holy.…

Question: Third question: Osho, isn’t India a land of the enlightened? In old age Mulla Nasruddin’s eyesight weakened. When an elephant began to look like a mouse to him, he went to an eye specialist. The doctor examined him and put a pair of quite thick lenses on him. Mulla came out delighted. On the way home he passed through the market and thought, “I have received new light today; let me buy the children some toys to celebrate.” He walked into a grape seller’s shop and asked, “Brother, what do you charge for these balloons?” Sometimes when people “fix” their eyes, they over-fix them. Either an elephant looks like a mouse, or a mouse looks like an elephant. Hence the Buddha said: right vision—balanced sight. What does a person want? One thing: somehow to give the ego new ornaments, fresh adornment. So—“My country is great!” Why?

Question: OSHO, WHY DO INDIANS THINK THEY ARE MORE SPIRITUAL THAN OTHERS? In a cannibal village in the heart of Africa, the wife of the chief head-hunter went to the local butcher's shop in search of a choice rib for her husband's dinner. Inspecting the goods, she asked the butcher, "What is that one?" The butcher replied, "That is an American -- seventy cents a pound." "Well, then what about that one?" asked the woman. The butcher replied, "That is an Italian -- ninety-five cents a pound. He is a little spicy." "And," asked the woman, "what about that one there in the corner?" "He is an Indian,'' replied the butcher. "two dollars a pound." The woman gasped, "Two dollars a pound? What makes him so expensive?" "Well, lady," the butcher replied, "have you ever tried cleaning an Indian?" But that has become spirituality. Do you know?

Question: First question: Osho, on this land of India I directly see the radiance of Krishna, Buddha, Mahavira, Kabir, Nanak, and such great souls shining through you. Will India remain foremost in spirituality, or will foreign seekers take the lead? For foreign scientists, engineers, doctors, thinkers, seers are rushing to Poona as if the whole world’s treasure is this ashram. The truth, nonviolence, compassion, love, the feeling of surrender that these foreigners have learned and absorbed in your presence—through meditation and discourses—clearly shows in the ashram’s activities. Will the land of India then be deprived of your wealth? Will hypocrites like Satya Sai Baba, by producing watches and dropping ash, not reduce India itself to ash? Or will such great beings continue to incarnate on Indian soil in the future? Please be gracious and explain. Why do you think within such petty limits?

When sri aurobindo said that india is the spiritual center of the world, the thinkers all over the west felt offended. They mocked and laughed at it. Please comment.

India has been approaching the inner continuously. If you take India as a symbol of inner search, good -- but then you should remember that it is an inner search and a symbol of inner search. Then somebody who is born in the West and is seeking God is an Indian; and somebody who is born in India and is seeking money is an American. Then there is no trouble -- then Jesus is Indian, Zarathustra is Indian, Lao Tzu is Indian, Chuang Tzu is Indian, Bokuju, Rinzai -- all are Indians. Then 'India' has a totally different meaning. I also say that India is significant, but just as a psychological symbol. Longest India has been searching. And MORE Buddhas have happened here. The very climate of spirituality, the milieu, helps. Jesus is rare, Zarathustra is rare. In India, Buddha, Mahavir, Krishna, Ram -- it seems almost a normal state…