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emphasis only on Niscaya-naya. This is the only basic difference, in the streams of thought of these two. The main objective of both of them is purification of the inner self and the upliftment of the spiritual element of the individual.
It is said that Shri M. K. Patel got the light of knowledge in the year 1957 and in his teaching and lectures his emphasis was only on removal of the inner impurities of the self by the individual. And whereas Kanjiswami talked about some order in the changing qualities (paryāyas), M. K. Patel who later became popular as Dada Bhagawan talked about enlightenment with no such order (akramavijñāna) the essential meaning of akramavijñāna is or that the event of spiritual enlightenment can occur any moment or any time. Spiritual enlightenment is not an instrument or machine like occurrence; it is above the laws of physical nature. The characteristic feature of Dada Bhagawan is that he experienced some sort of uniformity in both the Jaina and Hindu traditions in the field of spirituality, and on this basis where he regards Tīrthankara as his ultimate aim or object of worship; he gives equal reverence to Vāsudeva and Siva as his objects of worship. Thus, his sect is a mixture of both Hindu and Jaina spirituality. The
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