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Why are temples and mosques opposed in teachings while building a temple?

Temples are the corpses of taverns; true worship arises spontaneously from joy, dissolving the priest and ego.

— Osho
According to Osho, temples and mosques oppose because what is happening here isn’t an institution but a living ‘tavern’ of ecstasy where God is drunk, not worshipped. Living wine threatens dead forms. Temples are the corpses of taverns; institutions trade in doctrine, priests, and pride, while true worship arises spontaneously from joy, dissolving the priest and ego. Hence orthodoxy resists the living flame.

They object because this is living joy, not fixed religion—when God is felt directly, priests and rules lose power.

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