Jain Journal 1971 01

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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Jaina Yogi
Sri Sahajanandaghanaji Maharaj
Jaina Yogi Sri Sahajanandaghanaji Maharaj passed away on November 2, 1970. The divine voice which he is said to have heard at the age of 19 urging him to go to a sacred hill and stand there in kāyotsarga like a tree led him in the future to give up the life of a Jaina Muni and to wander in hills and forests infested with wild animals. He evolved his own code of conduct which did not always conformed to the orthodox Jaina prescriptions, but his integrity and faith were never in doubt. The austere life that he led after renunciation placed him more in line with the past Jinas than in that of ordinary monks. He travelled widely from the Himalayas to the deep South, from Gujarat to Bengal. Finally, he settled at Hampi in Mysore which he considered to be the ancient city of Kiskindhya, a place of Jaina pilgrimage. We pay our sincere homage to the departed soul.