Core Insight:
According to Osho, 'tradition' begins only after the living truth has departed; it is a dead groove. So acharyas and monks of earlier Tirthankaras may persist, but they carry memory, not realization—their very presence proclaims the knower is gone. When a new Tirthankara arises, a fresh vision appears; authentic seekers gather there, while others cling to lifeless ruts, leaving no living continuity.