Vijaydharmasuri

Author(s): A J Sunavala
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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54 CONSECRATION OF MONKS and at all times, through that which appears to the eye look to that which the Spirit knows and feels. Build on the real, the true, the permanent and the eternal, wherein alone can be found peace, perfect peace and perfect happiness, amid earthly troubles and earthly sorrows. Not in the continuous and constant struggles of outer life can peace be found, but in the heart of peace which abides in the Eternal. For remember that it is written that the path of realization is the path of the conquered senses, of the conquered mind, when in the 'quietude of the senses and the tranquillity of the mind, the man beholds the glory of the Self'.
Thus preaching on the superiority of the religious over the lay life, Dharma Vijaya made the aspirants pass through the necessary formalities, and consecrated them as monks. This was in the year 1907. Among the newly consecrated were also the learned Muni Vidyā Vijaya and Muni Nyāya Vijaya, both of whom are scholars of great ability and have written several works in connexion with the Jain religion and literature. Three years after his consecration as a monk the learned Muni Vidyā Vijaya wrote the life of the Guru in Gujarati. Recently he has also published in Hindi a book entitled Adarsha Sadhu, wherein he has given a detailed account of the life and work of the Āchārya.