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willing to spend the night in a place that said, “Deshpandeji, this is not the work of a most people were afraid to visit even in son but the work of a guru. You cannot daylight. This was a new side to their bulldoze the work of a guru. These bravery. Pilgrims would come to seek a buildings are the dwelling place for blessing and then rush off as soon as they shramans, and since Tirthankar Mahavir was could to get away from this dangerous area, a shraman, we his disciples are shranans too. but Sadhvishri and her sadhvis made their The abode of a shraman is the abode of hard home in this desolate place and stayed there work, so you should not have any objection day and night.
to this construction.” Impressed by the
depth of Gurudev's and Sadhvishri's There were still many obstacles to knowledge and the strength of their overcome. Building work was already under acumen, the Director immediately issued a way when an order from the government, permit for construction to proceed. calling a halt to further construction on the site, was received. Nevertheless, the sun of Pujya Gurudev now came to stay at the Sadhvishri's zest pierced the dark clouds of Shrut-Sambodhi. Surrounded by the four the government order and broke through to walls of this building which was still open to light up the horizon again. Discussions were the sky, he spent most of his day there in held with the Central Government's deep meditation with nothing to trouble Archaeology Bureau. On December 12th him. But at night, he was beset by a 1975, its director, Mr. Deshpande, visited continuous shower of stones thrown by Veerayatan with his colleagues. He had people from outside. Gurudev remained meetings with Pujya Gurudev and impervious. The stones came thick and fast Sadhvishri. In the course of the discussions, and piled up all around him but he was in he said to Sadhvishri, “Even if my son had no way disturbed. This barrage went on for constructed these buildings, I would still months, but it was as if the Vaibhargiri had bulldoze them." Sadhvishri laughed and taken him under its protection and not a
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