According to Osho, Neminath is the twenty-second Jaina tirthankara, a cousin of Krishna from an era before Hindu and Jaina traditions split. His significance is not esoteric linkage to Krishna but his place in Jainism’s unmatched lineage of austere renunciation and one-pointed discipline—an ancient tradition, from Rishabhadeva to Mahavira, that elevated sacrifice as a central path to spiritual freedom.
Neminath matters because he’s a key Jain teacher who stood for strict self-control and giving things up to grow inside—not because he was Krishna’s cousin.