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the slightest grumble or murmur and pray to their Gurude☺ with anstrated love and admiration, at the same time in doing so, they think in Him, to be the proper man, who could safely land their boats to salvation out of the ocean of life in fact a sanity to be found in a religious scct in this era of ours. I, for one believe this is attributed mainly to the farsightedness of Swaty Bhickhanjee, the founder of this reforta side of Jainism better known as *Terapanth' meaning oh ! Lord Mahavira, it is Thy path, I am only acting as Thy messenger to bring to the knowledge of the masses what is true Jainism: and all the sadhus and sadhvis of this sect are those who strictly adhere to the fundamental thirteen vows in its true, sense. Really a martinet who chalked out a strict code of discipline and put into práctice though among a very small number at that time, thinking that discipline is to disorder what bulwarks and embankments are to storms and floods, and rather made more effective. by, His successors either by modifying or adding new rules and regulations to suit the lmes (though no change made in the principles laid down by Lord Mahavira) so that perfect discipline, unity and harmong may prevail for ever among the members of the Institation thus vindicating the true tenets of Jainism
Acharaya Shree is absolutely rational and invites the most thorough scrutiny of His ideas and practices. He is an image of affability and understanding His eyes literally
