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FEELING  OF  ONENESS


               Jawahar…Balmuni      Jayghoshvijay…studious           Right from early morning Ɵ ll aŌ ernoon, Tapasvis
           Jayghoshvijay…  Panyas  Jayghoshvijay…  Acharya  Vijay   along with their family members would line up to seek
           Jayghoshsuri…  GachchhadhipaƟ   Shree  Jayghoshsuri...   his  blessings,  take  Pachchhakhan  and  gain  Vaskshep.
           Passing through each phase, he became brighter and        At  that  instance  mere  watchers  like  me  would
           sharper !!                                           also  get  exhausted  but  not  even  a  Ɵ nge  of  faƟ gue,
               The  One,  who  has  spent  the  enƟ re  life  in   frustraƟ on or disregard could be seen on the all Ɵ me
           Gurudev's  presence,  not  even  a  single  chaturmas   composed  Pujyapad's  face.  On  top  of  it,  he  would
           done  independently  !                               convince us – These Shravakas are  vital consƟ tuents
               The  one,  who  was  and  is  deeply  engrossed  in   of  chaturvidha  Sangha.  Giving  them  blessings  and
           swadhyay  –  day  in  and  day  out !                vaskshep  without  geƫ  ng  bored  or  Ɵ red  is  a  source
                                                                of  puriÞ caƟ on  of  “Samyak  Darshan”.
               The  Great  Acharya  Jayghoshsurishwarjee
           Maharaja  was  conferred  the  title  of  'Siddhant       He holds the Sangha and Shasana in high dignity
           Diwakar'  along  with  his  Acharya  Padvi  by  Gurudev   and  honour.
           Shri  Bhuvanbhanusurishwarji  Maharaja  in  Jalgaon  in   It was Ahmedanagar's Upashray.  Shravak Sangha of
           V.S.  2040.                                          Matunga-Mumbai had come to Pujya GachchhadhipaƟ
               He  is  now  on  the  supreme  post  of          to request his noble presence in the PraƟ shtha of Shri
           GachchhadhipaƟ  !!                                   SumaƟ nath Bhagawan.  Temple was small as a garage
                                                                and  there  were  only  3  small  sized  idols.
               Throughout  his  life,  being  in  the  contact  of
           scriptures, aŌ er aƩ aining the post of GachchhadhipaƟ    Pujya  Gachchhadhipati  told  Shravakas  from
           he  could  not  adjust  with  sudden  contact  of  people.   Matunga  "Why  only  me ?"  Invite  all  the  Acharya
           Not  only  that,  Ɵ ll  today,  he  has  not  been  able  to  Bhagwants  of  all  Samuday  currently  in  Mumbai  for
           set  himself  with  the  constant  contact  but  he  isn't  the celebraƟ on, including those elder to me. Receiving
           upset  as  well.  He  has  managed  to  balance  the  such  an  advise  from  Pujya  GachchhadhipaƟ ,  they
           situaƟ on  and  maintain  a  proper  distance  without   enthusiasƟ cally  invited  all  the  Acharya  Bhagwants
           avoiding  them.                                      present  in  Mumbai.
               He has never assumed the contact of Shravakas         His  thoughts  were  moƟ vated  by  the  extremely
           to be the contact of sinful householder or AviraƟ dhars   pure  intenƟ  on  of  unity  in  the  Jain  Sangha.
           instead  always  visualised  them  to  be  the  25th      The  sweet  fruits  of  this  thought  seed  –  The
           Tirthankar,  the  “Sangha”.                          powerful  presence  of  25  Acharya  Bhagwants  in  the
               At present, on one hand an old age and on the    ceremony  !!
           other, progressive celebraƟ on of Taps done in a large
           number  in  his  presence.
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