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indicates that Lok ha was against the sacred rituals of periodic selfcontemplation and ritualised confession (S m yika - Pratikrama a) and Pau adha.
In the Pa val s of Tap gaccha and other gacchas it is mentioned that "Tad n m ca Lumk khyllekhak t vi. A dhika Pamcada a at 1508 var e Jina Pratimotth pana param Lumk matam prav ttam' (“Thereupon, by an author called Lumk , opinion about idol installation has been expressed in Vikram 1508'). This quotation also clearly points out that Lok ha never opposed S m yika, Pratikrama a, Pau adha and charity. Agitated by the growing popularity of Lok ha, the capricious authors wrote this type of false and baseless statements to mar the image of the religious lover Lok ha in the hearts of loyal spiritual aspirants.
In spite of conspiracies, rumours against Lok ha - the great religious reformer and progenitor of modern revolution, he continued his work with zeal and marched forward cleansing the varied deformities cumulated over in religious congregation proving the adage “the Sun never hides for long behind the clouds' appropriate. The true followers of Jain religion will remain indebted forever for his services.
Life of Lok ha
(Spiritual life)
Lok ha launched the peaceful (non-violent) religious revolution in Vikram 1508 with only one intention - total obliteration of the degenerative principles and methods that crept in the original Jain doctrine in the post millennia period of V.N., and the pompous and high profile rituals performed by the four-fold congregation in the name of religion, which gave a death blow to the very fundamental principle "Ahims' (non - violence) - causing pain to the earth, water, fire, wind and vegetation bodied single sense organisms. The number of his followers grew to millions; even then he did not establish any gaccha or sect. He strongly believed that the peaceful revolution would definitely change the hearts of four-fold order, which in turn unshackles them from the fetters of delusive attachment towards gaccha and they would certainly once again embrace the pure form as propounded by rama a Lord Mah v ra. Conforming to his faith, a great scholar monk holding the post of "Pany sa' Har a Krti, many rama as (whose names were
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