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parlance, it meant first bread and butter, the wherewithal to get the same, and then religion. An understanding and a happy mind can alone absorb and live upto the great tenets of the Jaina philosophy and to create that was the life work of the great Acharya,
This great divine joined the order at the early age of sixteen and became the disciple of the illustrious Vijayanandasuri, popularly known as Atmaramji. For a period, as long as sixty-eight years, since he donned the yellow garb, Vijayavallabhasuri ceaselessly and enthusiastically carried on his efforts for the welfare and uplift of his followers and of all those who came in contact with him. This by itself is a record, a record to be proud of and happy about. The fruit of his tireless efforts is still to be seen.
It is now for the great Samgha, the Samgha of all the followers of the illustrious and the meritorious Jinas, to wake up, to probe carefully into its failures and limitations and march forward with the great immortal message of Ahmisa, which is the only hope for this war-torn and conflict-ridden mad world of ours.
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