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Acharya Mahashraman

Jainism

Acharya Mahashraman, born in 1962 in Sardarshahar, Rajasthan, has been the eleventh Acharya and head of the Svetambara Terapanth order since 2010, succeeding Acharya Mahapragya. He guides the order's monks, nuns and samanis, and leads its programmes of Anuvrat, small vows of ethical living, Preksha meditation and Jeevan Vigyan, the Science of Living. Travelling on foot, as Terapanth monks do, he has led a long Ahimsa Yatra, a journey for non-violence, through India, Nepal and Bhutan. He teaches mainly in Hindi.

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Acharya Mahashraman

Acharya Mahashraman, born in 1962 in Sardarshahar, Rajasthan, has been the eleventh Acharya and head of the Svetambara Terapanth order since 2010, succeeding Acharya Mahapragya. He guides the order's monks, nuns and samanis, and leads its programmes of Anuvrat, small vows of ethical living, Preksha meditation and Jeevan Vigyan, the Science of Living. Travelling on foot, as Terapanth monks do, he has led a long Ahimsa Yatra, a journey for non-violence, through India, Nepal and Bhutan. He teaches mainly in Hindi.

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Discipline Is Necessary in Democracy and in Monarchy Alike

A pravachan on self-restraint as the condition for any workable public order, whoever holds power.

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Daya Dharam Ka Mul Hai

A pravachan on compassion as the root of dharma, one of the central claims of Jain ethics.

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Sant Hriday Navnit Samana

A pravachan on the heart of a saint, likened in the Jain tradition to freshly churned butter: soft, and softening what it touches.

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Harm nothing, and hold your view loosely

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A path of non-violence towards every living being, of truth seen from many sides, and of freedom from possessiveness.

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