Osho vs J. Krishnamurti: This Week, Instagram

A group of yoga teachers and spiritual gurus decided this problem was too big for them. They went to the enlightened ones. Osho and Krishnamurti. Surely, they thought, these two would settle it.

Their question was blunt: “We want to be spiritual. We want to teach yoga. So why this bloody necessity of becoming someone big on Instagram? Tool or devil? Quit or post more?”

Krishnamurti frowned. “Why do you want to become someone at all? Followers, likes, disciples — same hunger, different labels.”

Osho laughed. “Oh Jiddu, relax. You’ve been allergic to people your whole life.” He turned to the group. “Earlier gurus wanted followers too. They just didn’t have Insta followers.”

Krishnamurti shot back, “Spirituality is not entertainment.”

Osho nodded. “True, Jiddu. But neither is it a punishment.”

Krishnamurti said truth cannot be reduced to reels. Osho replied, “Neither can ego — yet Instagram is full of it.”

Krishnamurti added, “The moment you post your silence, it is no longer silence.”

Osho smiled. “Yes — but people advertised silence long before Instagram. They just used mala beads instead of hashtags.”

Then Osho leaned in. “Tell me, Jiddu — if enlightenment happened today, would it arrive quietly… or ask, ‘Is this vertical or horizontal?’”

Krishnamurti did not laugh. Which somehow made it funnier.

The yoga teachers stood up. “Alright,” one said. “You two continue this debate.” They picked up their phones. “We’ll try to figure this out ourselves.”