Meditation Is the Greatest Charity

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"The concept of charity in the eyes of one who is awakened is bound to be totally different from the so-called Catholic idea of charity.
"The Catholic idea is relief for the poor. The idea..."
"The concept of charity in the eyes of one who is awakened is bound to be totally different from the so-called Catholic idea of charity.
"The Catholic idea is relief for the poor. The idea..."

Osho continues:
"And man has lived for centuries under this exploitation. This exploitation can be completely destroyed.

"Whatever the society produces belongs to all. And the most surprising thing is that the poor are the people who produce, and the rich are the people who do not produce. Those who produce are hungry and starving and dying. Just to give them relief is a very cunning idea: it protects the exploitation; it protects the capitalists. It protects those who are the criminals, and it also protects the poor so that they go on producing and go on fulfilling sick ambitions of pathological people.

"A man who accumulates money, seeing clearly that it is going to destroy millions of people, cannot be called healthy. To call him religious is a mockery – he is not even human. And particularly now, when science has developed to a point that the whole earth can be comfortably rich, there is no need of any relief for the poor.

"What is needed is a revolution of the poor, a deep understanding among the poor that 'It is not because of your past lives' evil deeds that you are poor; it is not your fate that makes you poor. It is a few people who are pathologically sick, who have lost all compassion, all sensitiveness, whose hearts have become inhuman – it is because of these people you are poor.' And just a great understanding among the poor can bring a revolution in the world.

"I don't advocate any violent revolution. There is no need, because the poor are in the majority, and the rich are very few. Just by democratic means, the power can be in the hands of the poor, and we can create a society which is classless, where everybody's needs can be fulfilled.

"Greed is not need. And there is no way to fulfill greed, it goes on growing. Just for a few people's sickness, the whole society suffers. But the priests are servants of those who are rich. Naturally, in a country like India, where for thousands of years poverty has existed, there has not been even a philosophical idea of revolution, to say nothing about an actual revolution happening."
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Publisher Osho International
Duration of Talk 89 mins
File Size 21.06 MB
Type Conversa Individual