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8. Prabhāvanā
Prabhāvanā anga is nothing but spreading the spiritual message of tirtharkaras by oration, by singing a song, by holding seminars and symposium. So the prabhāvanā is illumination, which leads one to such positive actions as celebrating holy days of tīrthankara's birth, nirvāṇas etc., arranging for the distribution of sacred texts etc. for spreading Jainism. Few (mūrtipujaka) Jains believe prabhāvanā in building temples, erecting Jina images, undertaking pilgrimages to Jaina holy places and donating money for hospitals, animal shelters and the like32. They believe all such activities necessary to illuminate the Jaina religion into the world.
Prabhāvanā is nothing but the propagation of moral values in the present language for building up a moral society. The Terāpantha sect, one of the branch of Jaina Religion, tried to propagate the message of Mahāvīra by introducing samaņa order who can use vehicles which is prohibited for Jaina monks and nuns and spread the message of Jainism through out the world. It was the dream of Acharya Tulsi to establish Jaina Vishva Bharati University, which can spread the message and basic teachings of Mahāvīra at the academic level in the universities of the world. Moreover the scope for new research in Jaina concepts can be fostered through this institution. In this way, prabhāvanā of Jaina doctrines is carried on since 15 years uptil now by this university. At present, two samaņis are teaching in FIŲ on subjects like 'Non-violence and Jainism' and 'Jain Meditation' from 2006 onwards and 4 semesters have been completed successfully. Many scholars of the west were amazed to know about the relevance of Jaina doctrines in present era and many students even changed their perspective and life style too. Due to the limitation of Jainas rigorous code of conduct of monks and nuns, Jainism was not spread in the world. That's why, Jainism lost its supreme place in the world religions too but in near future this religion can be included in the world religion by the cooperative efforts of all disciples of Jaina community. Prabhāvanā
