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ing of Jaio scriptares and Jain philosophy, really they had all become victims of lithargy and were unable to observe the principles correctly. The result of this, the igaorant masses, seeing the inertness, stopped revering the sadhus and started loosing faith in religion, not only that but they began to forget the essence of real Dharma. Unless a saviour was born for the purpose of rc-establishing the faith of the people in the true religion there was danger of Dharma being completely ignored Thus it was that Bhrekhanjee was born
Being himself a staunch follower of Truth and having full faith in the Jain doctrine, he after initiating ranged himself in the ascetic Order known as “STHANAKWASI" which was a prominent one at the time, began to learn and understand the Jaina scriplurcs in its true forma in order to find out the truc cause of irrcligion among the people of those days Swamy Bhickhanjee being a saint of metile destined to cut a figure achieved mastery over the Inowledge of the Jain Sutras and various other commentaries which contained the most meticulous and microscopic cxamination of the phenomina of matter and spirit; evil and good, duality and oneness with a power of analysis and introspection, uulasing his passionless thoughts and his unparallel wisdom He found to his útter surprise the real Cause of loss of faith in religion of the people to be the lithargy and easygoingness among the ascetic orders. Sadhus never adhered to the principles of the Jain scriptures.
