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THE SPLENDOUR OF BHUVANBHANU WILL BE SHINING FOR AGES....
In the sky of Jain shasan of 20th century, the personality of late Shri VijayBhuvanbhanusurishwarji was like a shining sun. He was the pioneer of so many things in the service of Jain shasan. He was an idol of penance, renunciation and endurance. It is extremely difficult or almost impossible to put his whole personality into words. Even putting a fraction of it requires heaps of books. So let us just have a glimpse of few milestones of his pilgrimage of life. • Worldly Name : Kantibhai,
Mother: Bhuriben,
Father: Chimanbhai. • Birth
: Samvat 1967, Chaitra vad 6th, Dt. : 19-4-1911 at Ahmedabad. • Practical Study : G.D.A. - Equivalent to C.A. • Diksha
: Samvat 1991, Posh sud 12th, Dt.:16-12-1934 along with younger brother Popatbhai at Chanasma. • Vadi diksha
Samvat 1991, Maha sud 10th at Chanasma. • First disciple
Pujya Muniraj Shri Padmavijayji M. (Became panyas afterwards) • Gurudevshri
Siddhant Mahodadhi Param Pujya Acharyadev Shrimad Vijay Premsurishwarji M.S. - Became Gani : Samvat 2012, Phagan sud 11th, Dt.: 22-2-56 at Pune. • Became Panyas Samvat 2015, Vaishakh sud 6th, Dt.: 2-5-59 at Surendranagar, • Became Acharya Samvat 2029, Magshar sud 2nd, Dt.: 7-12-72 at Ahmedabad. • Completion of 100 oll: Samwat 2026, Aaso sud 15th, Dt.: 14-10-70 at Calcutta. • Completion of 108 oll: Samwat 2035, Phagan vad 13th, Dt.: 25-3-79 at Mumbai. • Well known special virtues : Gurukulvas for lifetime, purity of restraint, Impulsive vairagya, worship of the Parmatm thorough activeness, longing for study, penance, renunciation, endurance, shaping character of shramans, possessed sharp sense in following scriptural ways. • Acts for the upliftment of Jinshasan: Beginning of uplift of youth by religious teaching camps, special teaching capacity, development of Scriptural Extract collecting style, use of pictorial medium to inlay the philosophy and biographies in people's mind, protest of bill of restricting child diksha, made efforts for the closure of the slaughterhouses, spreading the sermons of Jin through the medium of the weekly 'Divya Darshan' for 42 years, sincere efforts for the unity of various sanghs, struggle against the invasion of the doctrine of anekant, yagna for the purification of character, gave initiation (Diksha) to about 400 people by his own hand including 26 at Amalner and 16 at Malad, made the penance of Ayambil famous...
Creation in arts : Jain pictorography, biography of Bhagwan Mahavir, pictorial album of pratikraman sutra, Gujarati and Hindi Balpoth, two sets of photographs of biography of Great men containing 12 and 17 photographs, set of pictures on the life of Kalikalsarvagna Hemchandrasuri, Lord Mahavir picture gallery at Bamanwadji, pictures on life of Pujya Acharyadev Shrimad Vijay Premsurishwarji at Pindwada. . Likings : spreading voice of scriptural study, discourses to disciples, achievement of the meaning hidden between the lines of stavans, Purity of Godly material, writing in moonlight, doing pratikraman etc. In standing posture even in sickness, inspiration of restraint life, critical study and writing commentaries on Sanskrit & Prakrit books from disc Penances : 108 oli of vardhman tap. Fasting, Ayambil etc. renunciation of fruits, dry fruits, sweets etc. for lifetime. Saintly life: 58 years, Acharya: 20 years,
Total life: 82 years. •Total books: more than 114. • Diksha given by him: to more than 400 individuals. •Pratishtha done by him: 20 • Upadhaan : 20
• Anjan Shalaka: 12 • Total family of disciples and obedients : 415 Demise: Samvat 2049, Chaitra vad 13th, dt. 19-4-1993 at Ahmedabad.
