________________ Pancastikaya-samgraha and stays at one location (a particular town or city) during these months. Except for the period of these four months of rainy season, Acarya Visuddhasagara, along with his congregation (sangha), walks indefatigably, through the length and breadth of India, providing thereby an opportunity to tens of thousands of souls to earn merit (punya) through mere darsana' of such pious souls and also learn about the nature of the Reality (vastu svabhava) by listening to his discourses that are beneficial (hitakari), pleasing (madhura) and unambiguous (nirmala). Neither the icy-wind of December-January nor the heat-wave of May-June has the power to deter these sky-clad and barefoot marvels of human race from pursuing what they are up to. The secret behind such feverish roaming (vihara) is the belief of the Master that the true ascetic (muni) should neither engender in him attachment (raga) for any particular town or city nor a sense-of-ownership (mamatva) for any temple or dwelling. Acarya Visuddhasagara delivers his discourses (pravacana) based on particular scriptural texts (agama, grantha) including the Samayasara, Pravacanasara, Pancastikaya-samgraha, Niyamasara, Rayanasara, Aptamimamsa, Svayambhustotra, Pariksamukha-sutra, Yogasara, Tattvarthasutra, Sarvarthasiddhi, Subhasita, Bhavana Dvatrimsatika, Istopadesa, Dravyasamgraha, Tattvanusasana, Atmanusasana, Samadhitantram, Ratnakarandaka-sravakacara and Purusarthasiddhyupaya. As his discourses (pravacana) are nothing but the interpretation of the Scripture - or the nature of the Reality (vastu svabhava) - many of these have been transcribed and published in form of holy texts that are read by a large number of knowledge-seekers, ascetics (muni, sramana) and householders (sravaka). Another task that Acarya Visuddhasagara performs with great vigour is the installation of the idols of the Tirthankara in temples all over India, and provide, in the process, an opportunity to thousands of devotees to participate in celebrations depicting the five most auspicious events - panca-kalyanaka-that mark the life of each Tirthankara. An epitome of laudable conduct (caritra), Acarya Visuddhasagara has renounced, for life, the intake of salt, curd and edible-oil. Know that the digambara ascetic (muni, sramana) accepts food (ahara) that is pure, .. . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
