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exposition and hence accepted him as their Guru. Unlike other Jain Saints he never encouraged the idea of recruiting pupils and followers, and refused to give Diksha to anyone. Like many other Jain Saints he could have accepted the orthodox way of life and could have earned enviable respect and conforts from the orthodox society. He, however, wanted to live for his ideals and fighting against all odds voluntarily preferred the life of untold hardship and turmoil. Walking in the footsteps of great Tirthankaras he lived, worked and died for the poor and the neglected section of humanity and never swerved from the path of truth and righteousness. Persons of his calibre and heights are rarely born.
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