Jainism

Author(s): M R Gelra
Publisher: Createspace

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concentrate on their self-purification morally and spiritually and seldom indulge in efforts to innovate thought and action for social change due to the their rigid conduct rules.
2. A new order of samans and samanies
In contrast to their initial practice of "Non-involvement" in recent years the Swetamber Terapanthi Acharya Tulsi has made important efforts to contact and influence society as a whole. He created the second order of monks and nuns and named them Samans and Samanies, keeping certain concessions for them so that they may travel to distant places for preaching Jainism by making use of vehicles. The first group of Samanji went outside of India, in 1981 to participate in First Vishwa Hindu Sammelan at Virganj Nepal. The photographs of that historical event are reproduced here.
A delegation of three samaniji's namely: Samani Niyojikaji Smith Pragyaji, Kusum Pragyaji, Madhur Pragyaji and the author and others at the airport of Veerganj, Nepal.[16]
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