Unknown Pilgrims

SR No.: 007014
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N Shanta
Publisher: Sri Satguru Publications Delhi
Publication Year: 1997
Total Pages: 820
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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Pravrajyā: The Itinerant Life
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These camps are very dependent upon the material resources of the local samgha and upon its collaboration in the practical matters of organisation. After each camp, a fairly voluminous commemorative brochure with numerous photos is published. 89 Certain of the participants write articles and this brochure is an effective means of publicizing the Kanyā Siviras, their aim and its fulfilment in practice, among the members, both near and far, of the Tapāgaccha.
Other sādhvis, among the Kharataragacchas, have also organised camps, in particular sādhvi Maniprabha Sri.
The making known of the dharma to all beings with an infinite respect for each one docs not happen by itself. One must have had time to root oneself firmly in the tradition, to assimilate the message of the arhats, to have matured through dhyāna and svădhyāya, to have been purified through the practice of tapas:
The ascetic, possessing right vision, knowing the Āgamas, having compassion for all beings, must preach, propagate and proclaim the dharma in all directions. 90
The ascetic, preaching the dharma after much reflection,,(must do so] without prejudice either towards himself, or towards anyone at all or towards the categories of beings...(And when he is empty of self, in friendship with all,) ...the great ascetic, like an island never submerged by the waters, becomes the place
summer camp in that city. I was able to attend the day-long meetings. The difference between this and the summer camp, in addition to the shorter duration, was that the participants returned to their own homes in the evenings.
89 Cf. Kanya-Śivira: Jodhapura 1974; Sirohi 1975; Udayapura 1976; Jodhapura 1979.
90 oe samiyadaṁsaņe. dayaṁ logassa jāņittä päiņam padiņas dāhiņam
udinaṁ äikkhe vibhae kitte veyavi. ASI, 6, 5, 2; cf. SKS I, 13, 19.