Jain Legend Vol 3

Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana

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c rya Siddha Sena after delivering religious sermons, made them aware of the importance of human life, S rap la also indicated his firm desire to practice rama a code of conduct.
After hearing the firm resolve of their son, the k atriya couple said, 'Lord! Our son is also firm in being initiated into rama a monkhood. Also you are very keen to accept him as your disciple. Under such circumstance and to keep our name alive for generations to come, we have a request that when you initiate him into monkhood, then please give him the name as Bappa Bhai
c rya Siddha Sena accepted their insistence. Afterwards the couple happily gave their son to c rya.
c rya Siddha Sena alongwith child S rap la and his disciples returned to village Modher . There, on Vai kha ukl 3rd Thursday in Vikram 807, he initiated S rap la into rama a monkhood. As a tradition c rya Siddha Sena gave the name Bhadra Krti to S rap la. But respecting the wishes of his parents, he kept on addressing the newly initiated monk S rap la as Bappa Bha . Hence the newly initiated monk Bhadra K rti became popular as Bappa Bha everywhere.
Greatly admired by the divine personality of newly initiated monk, Jain congregation of Modher requested crya lagu a to stay in Modher and impart knowledge of scriptures (amgas) and up mgas to his disciple V anda and all other monks here itself. Agreeing to the requests of the congregation, crya Siddha Sena stayed in Modher and started imparting knowledge on amgas and up mgas to the newly initiated monk and others.
One day early morning monk Bappa Bha was returning from the forest after attending to the nature's call. It started raining on the way and so Bappa thought of waiting in a temple on the way. At that a handsome k atriya prince also came inside the temple to avoid being drenched in the rain. He paid obeisance to the young monk and sat there. By chance he saw dilapidated inscription on the wall. To understand its meaning the prince requested Bappa Bhatti for its meaning. Bappa Bha in a very sweet tone explained the meanings of those verses. That prince was completely impressed by the unique qualities of Bappa Bha . After the
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