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Why is Moraji Desai referred to as a Polack?

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"Truth blossoms not in the pursuit of ambition, but in the stillness of turning inward."

According to Osho, Morarji Desai is a 'perfect Polack' because he exemplifies word-bound, ambition-driven ignorance: a politician who speaks of 'ambition for truth' and 'knowing God' as if truth were an external goal. Lacking meditative experience, he mistakes concepts for realization. For Osho, truth flowers only when ambition ceases and one turns inward to subjectivity.
He calls Desai a ‘Polack’ because Desai treats truth like a career goal instead of dropping ambition and experiencing it within.
Why this matters practically
- Drop ambition in spiritual life; practice meditation and inner silence.
- Look within rather than chasing external goals or titles.
- Value lived experience over words, beliefs, and status.
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