Acharya Bhadrabahu Diwakar Chitrakatha 053

Author(s): Jinottamsuri, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai

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Many aged and scholarly ascetics came and requested
Gurudev! We want to accept the ultimate vow
Gurudev! We want to accept the vow of santhara.
Soon hundreds of senior ascetics died.
During this terrible drought hundreds of senior ascetic scholars of scriptures have died. The
tradition of the fourteen Purvas given by Bhagavan Mahavir is in shambles.
A group of Shramans came to Acharyashri
Gurudev Should we migrate to south India, which is free of drought ?
It rained after twelve years and the land became green once more. Alms were easily available to Shramans. The scattered ascetic organization once again collected in Pataliputra. The ascetics. deliberated
Yes! You may go there.
Hundreds of ascetics migrated to distant states.
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