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region. But on the other hand it even mentions that merit acquired here would lead to next birth in Mahāvideha Kṣetra (a place conducive for liberation always) and hence lead to liberation.
3.2 Legacy
Along with Bhiksu twelve other monks left the order of Raghunathji. For five years Bhiksu had to suffer the hard blow of the people of Rajasthan with complete restraint. Yet a small number of the society was convinced by his teachings. The important ācārya in his sect was Jayācārya. He was the third head. He initiated the study of Sanskrit.
Acarya Tulsi was the ninth head of this sect. He was the initiator of the Anuvrata movement for the purification of society. He inaugurated it in A.D. 1948. Its objective is the development of human character, the more rearmament of the people and the reformation of modern society in India. This movement has universal outlook for human welfare. Acārya Mahāprajña who is the present acarya of the Terapantha sect succeeds him. He is the director of Jaina Vishva Bharati a deemed university in Ladnun-Rajasthan. The aim is to spread academic modern knowledge and impart spirituality through Anuvrata movement on the basis of ethico-social grounds.
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