The Real Thing Is To Receive The Truth

"Why has there never been a single woman enlightened master?

A woman cannot be a master - it is not possible. When a woman arrives she becomes a mistress, not a master. The fulfilment of a woman is love. Mastery is not the goal of the feminine mind; they don't become masters, they become mistresses. To be a master is basically a male effort. Awareness is the way of man, love is the way of woman.

On the path of awareness it is possible to teach; one can become a master. On the path of love, how can one teach love? You can flower, you can bloom in love, but how can you teach it? Yes, if somebody wants to learn from you he will learn it but you will not be a master.

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She sings the song of the glory of her lord, she dances. If somebody can catch something from her, it is overflowing; but she cannot be a teacher. She is surrendered, her surrender is absolute. Yes, if you are in her company, you will learn what surrender is... But you will have to learn, she will not teach.

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A man can become a good master. A woman can become a good disciple because to become a disciple means to become a receiver, to be receptive, to become a womb. To become a master means to become a giver.

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Biologically, a woman is ready to receive the sperm of the man she loves. The man cannot become a mother, he can only become a father.

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When a woman comes to a master she is already ready to surrender.

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All the great disciples in the world were women.

Buddha had thousand of disciples, but the proportion has always been the same: three women, one man. So was the proportion with Mahavir.

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And so was the case with Jesus.

The really devoted people around him were not the men but the women. When he was crucified all the man escaped, there was not a single man. All those so called apostles had all disappeared, but the women were there. Three women were there: they had no fear, they were ready to sacrifice themselves. When Jesus was taken down from the cross, it was not by men - those disciples had gone far away, and one or two were there but they were hiding in the crowd, women took down the body. And it is very significant that when Jesus appeared after three days, resurrected, he appeared to Mary Magdalen, not to a man.

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She immediately recognized him.

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When she went to tell the male disciples that Jesus was resurrected, they laughed. They said woman you are hallucinating. And they laughed and they said this is how women always are: imaginative, dreaming, romantic. Now look at this foolish woman. Jesus is dead. We have seen him die on the cross with our own eues. But she cried and she said listen to me. I have seen him. But they would not listen.

A woman can be a perfect disciple and this is how it should be. Woman is receptive, an opening, a womb. They have never been masters

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But there have never been disciples like women

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The female mind is more blessed. Because the real thing is to receive the truth, the real thing is not to give it that is secondary. And a woman is always more total than a man. Whenever she receives the truth she becomes luminous: her whole body, her whole being shows it, she carries an aura.

Have you not seen a woman who is pregnant, how beautiful she becomes? Her face glows, she is carrying a new life within her. And this is nothing compared to a woman who really becomes a disciple. She is carrying God himself within her. Her glory is infinite.

So don't be worried why women don't become masters. There is no need. If you can become disciples, that is natural and you will always remain true to nature."

Osho - Tao: The Pathless Path Vol I