Why are these sutras prescribed in samayik and have they been prescribed since Mahavira’s time?
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"Better to leave understanding unstructured than enforce prescriptions, for anything living dies in a system."
According to Osho, the samayik sutras were not given by Mahavira but later imposed by followers who, out of love and a managerial urge to help ordinary people, systematized the inexpressible. Such arrangements make practice graspable yet sever it from living truth; anything living dies in a system. Better to leave understanding unstructured than enforce prescriptions.
These rules were made later by followers to organize things for ordinary people, not by Mahavira, and such organizing kills the living spirit.
Why this matters practically
- Look beyond rigid rituals; connect with the living essence directly.
- Treat methods as aids, not cages; allow spontaneity in meditation.
- Simplify systems in daily life to keep space for fresh insight.
- Treat methods as aids, not cages; allow spontaneity in meditation.
- Simplify systems in daily life to keep space for fresh insight.
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