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Birth
Initiation into monkhood
Attained c rya status
Performance of Kriyoddh ra
Establishment of P r im gaccha Heavenly Abode
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He never neglected the practice of fortnightly ritualised confession (pratikrama a) which was propounded in scriptures. He never installed any idol or statue and never failed to observe 'M sakalpa' - not to stay more than a month at a place in any year. Candraprabha S ri alone condemned the degenerated path, i.e. the fortnightly festivities on Caturda and inauguration of Jina idols by monks etc. and strictly followed only the Reformed path.
Candraprabha S ri, the founder and the first c rya of P r im Pak a, defeated many cryas of the above mentioned degenerated path. Out of them, he initiated 5 c ryas into his sect.
Before Candraprabha S ri became c rya, barring a few instances, the idols were mostly installed by monks only. Till then, even the different gacchas of Suvihita tradition also probably followed the widely prevalent consecratory installation methods of Temple dweller tradition. In the consecratory installation method created by c ryar P dalipta S ri, a married lady (whose husband is alive) should give a bath to the c rya, who is going to install the idol, then make him wear expensive beautiful clothes, a gold bangle and a gold finger-ring. Hence the same method was prevalent in Suvihita tradition also. Candraprabha S ri proving this method as inappropriate and totally against the code of conduct of monk and the scriptures, laid foundation for a new revolution, postulating that Jain Idol should in fact be installed by a lay devotee and not by a monk. This proposition of Candraprabha S ri met with severe opposition. The number of devotees was considerably high, who observed fortnightly penitential ritualised confession on every Caturda and annual ritualised confession on 4th day of the lunar fortnight. So Candraprabha S ri had to face severe opposition not only from his tradition but also from Temple
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