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They used to preach one thing and practised another. As a doctor, Swamijee felt the pulse of the order to which he belonged and in order to eradicate the neglect of religious observances on the part of sadhus entreated Swamy Rughnathjee the then head of that order to overhaul the whole system of the institution and to make it mundified, healthy and praiseworthy and pulled his weight. But, due to the complete entanglement of Swamy Rughnathjee into the coils of easygoingness, nothing was done. Thus Swamijee, in order to bring to the people of the world the Tine Jainism and to champion the cause of Truth and Nonviolence among the people, one day washed hands off that order and initiated himself de nouveau according to the Jain tenets. As example is always better than precept, and in order to fulfil his mission, Swamijee practised the principles in its strictest sense and started acquainting himself with other faiths by examining and studying them minutely.
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Swamijee started preaching the doctrine of Truth and Non-violence and began removing the ignorance of the people by putting before them the true principles of Jainism as they were in the scriptures. Oneday it so happened that a local poet, seeing about thirteen followers of Swamijee gathered in a conference, shouted as a nomen. clator the name "TERAPANTH" taking into consideration the number thirteen. When Swamijee came to know of this, seeing nothing of importance in numerary,
| SR No. | 011063 |
| Book Title | Jainism and Modern Thought |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | M M Shroff |
| Publisher | M M Shroff |
| Publication Year | 1956 |
| Total Pages | 103 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 3 MB |