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They started earning money to lead a happy life by giving treatment to people and even using occult techniques. While worshipping Jinendra Prabhu, they can perform rat and perform havanas (fire sacrifice). They can construct any number of Jain temples, Pau adha ls, and seminar halls. They can maintain association with women and give lectures, sing bhajanas, k rtanas, devotional songs etc in front of them. They could construct elevated platforms for the departed Gurus. There is no need to observe hard vows like fasting, etc.
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Thus the Temple dwellers turned the ascetic renunciant life into a fullfledged life of a householder with all comforts and amenities.
In such a situation, a discerning reader can imagine and visualise the plight and predicament meted with and the vehement opposition encountered by the stalwarts like Varddham na S ri, Jine wara S ri, and others in carrying out their pious mission of re-establishing the pure spiritual form and the toughest code of conduct of rama as.
lready mentioned earlier, Rak ita Sri could not even procure unblemished food and drink and had even to stake his life by observing fast unto death due to the omni-pervasive sway of Temple dwellers tenets. People were attracted towards Rak ita S ri (Vijayacandra) by his simple but vigorous ascetic way of life filled with total detachment and severe penance and ability to endure inflictions. “Reformed Path (Amcalagaccha) stabilized itself into a powerful religious congregation and gained popularity during his life time only. His successor pontiff Jaya Simha S ri during his pontificate from Vikram 1236 to Vikram 1258 extended remarkable services to reformed gaccha and contributed to its progress. He was an eloquent debater. He made several royal dynasties the followers of Jainism and considerably increased the numerical strength of his gaccha.
Dharmagho a S ri, prominent disciple and Successor Pontiff of crya Jaya Simha S ri, Mahendra S ri, the fourth Successor Pontiff and
c rya Simhaprabha the fifth successor pontiff of Reformed gaccha were great propagators. The 5" pontiff, Simhaprabha Sri was ordained to the rank in Vikram 1309
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