Osho's Approach to Yoga and Tantra Methods on the Path to Ultimate Liberation

Abstract

Throughout history, humanity has mostly viewed the life it has lived as a stepping stone to an eternal life. For this reason, human beings have constantly tried to investigate and make sense of the nature, why and why of existence. Man's search for meaning has revealed many intellectual movements. This quest, which originates from the natural structure of man, expresses itself even more strongly in different ways, even though it seems to be suppressed in today's society of pleasure and speed, where the tangible is constantly valued. Nowadays, people living in depression are searching for ways that will ultimately lead them to salvation, and at this point they are turning to new religious movements. In this context, the Osho movement attracted our attention. Osho's glorification of the human body and expansion of areas of freedom, contrary to masochistic approaches to achieving ultimate salvation, are attractive to individuals. Osho sees yoga and tantra as different methods and claims that tantra is the more effective scientific technique in reaching ultimate salvation. Therefore, in this article, Osho's approach to the teaching of Tantra as a way to attain ultimate liberation will be discussed.