What is the significance of tradition in spiritual practice?

According to Osho, tradition is where living revelation goes to die: original masters were courageous rebels, but once their freshness hardens into inherited forms, practice becomes imitation and the seeker a 'dead man.' Spirituality must be lived, not remembered—like poetry happening now, not verses preserved. Respect insights, not their shells; keep questioning, stay inwardly alive, and allow each moment to birth its own authenticity.