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Upake a gaccha
The history [origin, cryas etc.) of Upake a gaccha is available from 'Upake a gaccha Pa val' and 'Bhagav n P r van tha k Parampark Itih sa'' (Vol 1 & 2) [History of Lord P r van tha's tradition). These bulky texts provide the history of this gaccha from the 1" crya of this gaccha to crya Devagupta S ri, i.e. up to the end of the Vikram 20h century, in an elaborate manner.
It was clearly mentioned in Uttar dhyayana S tra, that after the establishment of Dharma T rtha by Lord Mah v ra, ascetics like crya Ke , et al of P r van tha lineage abandoning the C tury ma dharma (the four-fold teaching of abstinence from violence, theft, falsehood and avarice), accepted and joined the monkhood with the five major vows, promulgated by Mah v ra. Even then, author of Pa val mentioned that Upake a gaccha is the main branch (Amga) of uninterrupted tradition of Lord P r van tha, the 23rd Trthamkara and tried to prove this to be a separate independent religious congregation. Verily, it is such a super fiction effort that none would believe it even after thorough contemplation and analysis.
Nowhere in the scriptures is it mentioned that religious orders were established by both preceding and succeeding T rthamkaras and ran in parallel. The mutual hostility developed among different gacchas and the extreme jealousy clubbed with a feeling to prove them and their gaccha as superior to others might have instigated a certain c ryas of Upake a gaccha to prove it to be more ancient and veracious than that of Lord Mah v ra. It is sheer fiction and a brain child of a delusive c rya. However with a genuine object not to hurt the feelings of any gaccha, we are herewith presenting complete information about Upake a gaccha.
The life history of four successor pontiffs of Lord P r van tha's tradition after his Nirv a was discussed in the form volume. The lives of
This book was written by Deva Gupta S ri, 85th crya of Upake a gaccha. He was ordained to monkhood in Vikram 1963 on lunar 6th day in dark phase of F lguna month by Sth nakav s c rya r L laj Mah r ja. After few years, he became a householder. In 1972 he took 'Samveg'initiation and was later appointed as c rya of Upake a gaccha. He was born in V salapura village to a distinguished merchant r Navalamalaj and his pious wife Rp dev in Vikram 1938 on the 10th day lunar bright phase of wina month.
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