Facts and Figures about Jain Shwetambar Terapanthi Diksha

Author(s): Jain Shwetambar Terapanthi Sabha
Publisher: Jain Shwetambar Terapanthi Sabha

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( 12 ) the four months. Travelling on foot and carrying their burden on their own shoulders, with what patience and hardihood they are fulfilling the mission of preaching the religion to laymen is a matter of great gratitude.
9. That in pursuance of the doctrines of the Jain Faith no Sadhu can'in any manner engage himself in any trade or business or other worldly pursuits and he is debarred from employing his disciple or any one for purposes of gain. That if a Sadhu engages himself or through any one else in any pursuit with the object of gain he ceases to be a Sadhu and is no longer regarded as such. The Sadhus of this community are totally different from those that train children to a life of mendicancy and crime. Amongst our community a person, either male or female, can become a Sadhu only if he has naturally an intense desire for spiritual Advancement. No person whose object is to lead the life of an idler or a mendicant in name can become a
Sadhu in our community. Great Stress is laid in