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Samādhitantram
continue to illumine the ten directions for eternity.
My introverted-soul makes obeisance humble at the holy feet of Ācārya Pūjyapāda, whose pure soul mastered the ocean that is the Scripture.
Ācārya Vidyānanda - On Path to Attaining the Pure-soul
Pic by Vijay K. Jain (25 July 2017)
Surendra Upādhye (b. 22 April 1925, in Shedbal, Karnataka), at the young age of twenty, embarked on the virtuous path of Jaina asceticism by embracing the eleventh and the last stage – the uddişta tyāga pratimā - in the householder's path and became a kşullaka on 15 April 1945, to be known henceforth as kşullaka Pārsvakīrti varņi. He was inducted on to this pious course by Acārya Mahāvīrkīrti in Tamadaddi, Karnataka. A kşullaka renounces all that the world calls its own and, like a Digambara muni, keeps only a small whisk of the softest peacock feathers with which to remove insects from the person and books without causing them injury, a small bowl for water, and a few books on religion. He wears a loincloth (langoți) and a wrapper cloth. As regards food, the kşullaka eats only once a day in the morning hours. He sits down while eating and eats only what he gets from one
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