According to Osho, spiritual teachers oppose pandits out of compassion: pedantry is the deepest pit, built of borrowed knowledge that blocks awakening. A pandit parrots scriptures; a Buddha knows from direct experience. He is not against persons but the habit of secondhand knowing. Teachers warn so seekers stop echoing others’ words and become the scripture through their own lived awareness.
They warn against being book-smart only, because copying others’ ideas stops you from finding your own inner light.