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BELOVED OSHO,
I AM A SINNER. CAN I ALSO BECOME YOUR SANNYASIN?
Govind, yes, absolutely yes! In fact, only a sinner can become a sannyasin. Those who
think themselves saints, holier-than-thou, they are the closed people, they are the dead
people. They have become incapable of living, incapable of celebrating.
Sannyas is celebration of life, and sin is natural: natural in the sense that you are
unconscious — what else can you do? In unconsciousness, sin is bound to happen. Sin
simply means that you don’t know what you are doing, you are unaware, so whatsoever
you do goes wrong. But to recognize that “I am a sinner” is the beginning of a great
pilgrimage. To recognize that “I am a sinner” is the beginning of real virtue. To see that
“I am ignorant” is the first glimpse of wisdom.
The real problem arises with people who are full of knowledge. All that knowledge is
borrowed; hence, rubbish. The people who think they are virtuous because they have
created a certain character around themselves are the people lost to God. Your so-called
saints are the farthest away, because God is life, and your saints have renounced life. In
renouncing life they have renounced God too.
God is the hidden core of THIS life. This life is just the outermost part, the
circumference;