Sages have messages, but no teachings, advice but no teachings.
Sages open the door to the unknown, but don't supply you with any theories, philosophies, ideologies. The enigmatic, smiling Osho knew that his absolutely open approach to life was too sexually permissive for the tradition-bound Indian public and yet he went right ahead, delighting in ruffling feathers as he went along. The more people reacted to his permissiveness, the more he seemed to dig in his heels. He loved being the catalyst for change. He wanted people to stop accepting handed down strictures and start questioning them.