Facts and Figures about Jain Shwetambar Terapanthi Diksha

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

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habits. They are missionaries and spiritual tea.chers and having no worldly possession or even desire for worldly possessions, they are noble band of selfless workers for the uplift of humanity in general. To restrict persons from ente ring such an order is to put a ban on every thing that is noble and sublime in this world.
10. In the Baroda, State a bill restricting initiation of all minors was proposed. Translation of the speech of the Legal Remembrancer who was in charge of the Bill, ( the original is published at page 23 of the Baroda Agna Patrica Dhara Sabha Department dated 1st June 1933 ) is given below. The Law Member Mr. Dhurandhar stated : “It
"has been ascertained in the enquiry that "amongst Terapanthis due enquiries are "made, they initiate publicly with written "permission. If others had initiated in that "way then there would have been no nece"ssity for any legislation, but such is not "the case."