Core Insight:
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.