Osho on Charity

Osho on Charity

“All the religions have been serving the poor for thousands of years and poverty still keeps on growing. Is this authentic service? If so, in thousands of years poverty should have disappeared. In fact, religion is feeding poverty. Real service is telling the poor: “You are being exploited and you have to revolt against vested interests.” Poverty will continue unless the poor understand that their poverty is caused by a few people who are exploiting them, sucking their blood … It is not caused by your past lives and your sins, it is caused by a social system which relies on exploitation. Religions have to be made aware: They have been serving the poor for centuries, but what is the result? A tree is known by its fruit: if the fruit is rotten, the tree is not worth much. Serving the poor appears to be so good. It seems to be a great virtue. But service seems to be a beautiful word which is hiding an exploitative social structure.” – OSHO