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I am a Jaina Sadhu (monk). I got initiated in my childhood. Today I am sixty one and forty nine years have passed since I have initiated and I am entirely satisfied with the way I could worship and adherence to the Jaina Dharma after my Initiation.
I stayed at Vijaynagar Jaina Sangh in 1992 for Chaturmas. Ms. Ludmila Savelyeva from Mosco- Russia had come to Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad. Shri Ramlal Parikh was the Vice-Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith at that time. She asked him if he could recommend a teacher, who can teach her about the Jaina Dharma. Shri Ramla Parikh suggested my name, so she came to meet me during Chaturmas. She asked many questions about the Jaina Dharma out of curiosity. I advised her to understand such things gradually with patience which she gladly followed and came to me for about three months daily to study Jaina Dharma. When she was about to return to Russia, she asked me how much she should pay for the teaching. I got amused and sudden laughter appeared to my face. I told her, “Sister, I am a Jaina Sadhu and I do not need any penny. I do not even tough money!” She got the idea. One of by books, 'Koi Dali Koi Ful' was recently published at that time. She took that book in her hand, she liked it. She knew Gujarati very well. She read the book and had a feeling to translate the book. She told me that she would return with a Russian translation of that book. She actually returned after two months and put the Russian Translation of that book in front of me.
I was extremely happy.
A gentleman named Alexey Smirnov had translated the book. : No contact could ever be established again with Ms. Ludmila Savelyeva. I got engrossed in my activities, but eventually, Shri Hasmukh Baradi, a scholarly dramatist of Gujarati theatre met me one day. He had been to Russia between 1969 to 1971. I showed the Russian translation to him