Why was the religion of Buddha uprooted from India?
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"The masses can forgive anything except genius; they fear the light of a luminous consciousness that threatens their collective mediocrity."
According to Osho, Buddhism was uprooted from India for a simple reason: the masses can forgive anything except genius. Buddha’s penetrating clarity threatened collective mediocrity and established interests; such genius provokes fear, envy, and backlash. When a luminous consciousness appears, the crowd rejects it rather than transform, so the tradition is driven out despite its profundity.
People often push away truly wise voices because they feel too uncomfortable, so Buddha’s path got pushed out.
Why this matters practically
- Notice and question your own resistance to uncomfortable truths.
- Support wisdom even when it’s unpopular or challenges norms.
- Choose transformation over conformity when faced with penetrating insight.
- Support wisdom even when it’s unpopular or challenges norms.
- Choose transformation over conformity when faced with penetrating insight.
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