Facts and Figures about Jain Shwetambar Terapanthi Diksha

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

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does so for his moral and spiritual benefit. The religious training he gets, the hardships he has to endure, and the strict discipline which he has to observe make him strong both physically and mentally. If through some misfortune he is unable to lead the life of a Sadhu in our sect or in any other sect and is obliged to leave the fold of Sadhus generally and wants to become householder, he does not thereby become a pest of the society. As our Sadhus are recruited only from high class Mahajans, the lofty ideals they follow, the high character they possess and the strict discipline they undergo, make them fit on account of their training and birth, for any sort of secular work also, if they give up the Sadhu life. Non-injury to others, speaking the truth, non-stealing, celibacy and refraining from sexual intercourse and contentment with the barest necessities of life, are qualities which are by themselves worthy to be acquired by every one in the society and initiation is but a promise to
observe these rules completely.