According to Osho, devotion (bhakti) appears more traditional and orthodox because it is the feminine, receptive mood: it drops methods and the ego’s “doing,” waits in prayer, and aligns with nature’s timeless, cyclical rhythm. By contrast, knowledge, meditation, and yoga are masculine searches—active, devising techniques, outward-bound. Bhakti’s simplicity and surrender feel conservative, yet they open a womb-like space for grace.
It seems old-fashioned because it’s about quietly waiting with an open heart, like nature’s steady seasons, instead of rushing around using methods to “find” God.