Nope, as usual, you don't understand. Traditions are not things that just live or die, they are always in a constant state of flux. Sometimes they fizzle out, but mostly they evolve and/or get subsumed. And the definition of a living tradition is one that is constantly evolving. And there is only one way a tradition can stop evolving and that is if all of it's practitioners close their minds to other influences, either by becoming protectionist or by dying.
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