________________
88
waters, but he took the bull by the horns Those hindrances never threw cold water on his zeal but made him reinain propulsive in his mission to SUSTINERE veraciously the cause of Truth and non-violence expounded by Lord Mahavira. Swamijee had a robust faith in the ultimate victory of truth. There was to his mind no halfway between Truth and Non-violence and between untruth and violence. Swamy Bhickhanjee as a warrior of Truth, was not afraid of opposition which he rather held, as blessed for the one who is moving for the right cause: Opposition had no terror for him. It was just friendly to him as regarded by the great saints. of India.; Hindrance is at any time blessed for a saint who has dedicated his life for the cause of Truth and Non-violence. Impediment is not only friendly, is the truest of friends, it helps us against ourselves, it ever gives us new chances, new hopes. It is like sleep, a good restorer. Thus Swamjee regarded opposition as a harbinger of victory and as putting the last seal of approval upon the cause for which he lived his saintly life.
As per the laid down maxim, "where there is' good, there is evil, where there is Truth, there is opposition". In this way Terapanth had also many impediments in its progress and due to antagonism, it has even today many non-conformists say, "Terapanth has no charity or kindness and preaches to the people not to perform 'activities pertaining to charity or kindness, and that Terapanth observes
