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would be chaos; and right and wrong, truth and falsehood-would be intermingled Such deception of the society under the false guise, of renunciation, was beyond the great preceptor to bear, as he could not neglect the special responsibilities of an Acārya. He said to himself "It is my foremost duty to see that the Gaccha remains all undisturbed I must reveal the right path to those who have gone and who are on the way of going astray." He humbly announced this decision of his to the aged Guru, who was highly delighted at it and who, having full faith in his talents, permitted him to go along his own way
Forthwith Acarya Anandavimala Suri took with him 500 ascetics of firm thought and action, and came to Vadavali, a village near Chāņasmā, where he performed the Kriyoddhâra in V S. 1582 Then in V. S. 1583 the Suri was endowed with leadership of the Gaccha by his Guru who thought himself to have grown too old to bear the burden.
The Delty Manibhadra
Śri Hemavimala Suri expired in 1584 V S. Thereafter Śri Anandavimal Sūri, in course of his wanderings, came to Malvā, and in the Gandharva-smaśāna by the river Ksiprå near the city of Ujjayini, he remained in 'Kayotsarga" meditation.
Here a note worthy incident occurred, that tested the Sûri's firmness and endurance There lived in the city a merchant called Mäṇekacanda At first he was a Jaina, but afterwards when he observed slackness and passiveness on the part of the Sadhu, all his faith in the religion was lost with the result that he began to cherish a feeling of disdain towards them All the same, his mother was highly devoted to the tenets of Bhagavana Śri Mahāvira
Now, when the Sūri commenced a one-month-fast, she commanded her son to invite the preceptor to their house for breaking the fast. The devout son had no other go
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