Treasure Of Qualities Introduction to Inspiring Life of Acharya Vijaydharmsuri Maharaj

Author(s): Prashamratnavijay
Publisher: Dharmkrupa Trust

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Jain resident of Khambhat on the day of his arrival. We are already introduced with the eclat of his words! The trustees agreed and the common Jain Navkarshi for the very 1" time in Khambhat was held.
when they would come to know that he was only the founder of this initiative. They would return back with a high regard for him and his generous devotees for making a provision even for humanism along with the devotion of god. They would feel so thankful towards them for gifting them the objects which would have demanded high exertions for them to earn on their own. They would keep on appreciating this deed ever and anon in front of their friends and relatives.
Taking a visit from plenty of villages, towns, cities and religious places, this Sangh once arrived in the temple - town of Khambhat. There's a specialty of this region that there are so many temples in a zig-zag pattern, that as soon as you take an exit from a particular temple, you see the another one, standing on the opposite side of the road. Again, when you come out after worshipping the idol of the temple, here's an another one on the opposite side, just 2-3 buildings away from the previous one you had observed! It requires the complete day to worship each and every temple of Khambhat! But from the last 700 years approx, there were so many clashes between the various sects of Jainism that it had become impossible for them to gather at a single place and organize some event combine. When Dharmasuri Maharaj came to know about it, 3-4 days prior the Sangh's arrival in Khambhat, he convoked the Trustees of the town-temples and convinced them to forget their prejudicing mutually and organize a combined Navkarshi (breakfast) of each and every
Everyone was overjoyed with this miraculous result in Khambhat and was earnest to frame a ceremony for welcoming their Gurudev who brought an unexpectable change after such a long time. Dharmasuri Maharaj visited Khambhat, surrounded by a huge tide of pilgrimagers and devotees present in the early - morning welcome procession. After reaching the Main Temple, he offered a stirring discourse in which he also accommodated the appreciation of the combined Navkarshi and procession. At the end, Bansilalbhai, a local singer, took the guard and recited a song which was the most favorite of everyone. The lines were in Gujarati, "Jinshaashan ni mahaa prabhavana aajivan karnaara..." and the moment, he sung the next line, Dharmasuri Maharaj got annoyed and immediately instructed Bansilalbhai to improve his mistake. The second line was "Evaa guru Shri Dharmasuriji ne koti vandan amara!"
Doesn't it puzzle as to what was so wrong with this line that he got annoyed on the singer? Let me declare. At the moment when this song was been recited. Pu. Pratapsuri Maharaj was also present, along with Dharmasuri Maharaj; it would create an insult to his gurudev if his name taken
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