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[Full title: The Development of 笔谤别办峁Ｄ�-顿丑测腻苍补 between 1944鈥�1975 (2) Brief Biography of 惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补]

惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补 was born on 14^th June 1920 into an Osw膩la Ter膩panth Jaina business family in a small village named Tamkore (Jhunjhunu) in 搁腻箩补蝉迟丑腻苍补. His father, Tol膩r膩ma, died when 惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补 was three months old and he was brought up by his mother, B膩lu. He was taught maths by a local pandit because there was no formal school.

惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补 writes in his autobiography that he possessed an innate ability for meditation. He states:

Once, a hermit (迟别濒颈测腻) came to Tamkore. He was going from door to door to collect alms. He reached one house where he saw a boy and blessed him by putting his hand on his head and professing that 鈥榯his boy is going to die within one week鈥�. After that the hermit came to Nathamala鈥檚 (惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补鈥檚) house and in a similar way blessed him, saying that 鈥榟e will be a great yogi鈥� 鈥� A week later, the boy died, 鈥� and people started believing in his forecast. (惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补, 2010a: 21鈥�2)

On several occasions, he shared his experiences: 鈥業 can say that meditation is naturally being cultivated within my inner self.鈥�^[1] A similar experience noted by the researcher during 2006 is when 惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补 came to Tamkore and visited the family house where he was born. The house was more than a hundred years old. While sitting in the courtyard (腻峁単补苍补) of that big house, surrounded by monks, nuns and lay followers he recollected his childhood days. He said that even as a small baby he had been able to concentrate by focusing on the walls (诲颈惫腻谤) of the courtyard with open eyes saw and felt many different colours, and started seeing the changeable forms of the walls. He also viewed the sky (腻办腻艣补-诲补谤艣补苍补) for hours in similar concentration^[2]. Interestingly, as a youth he had not been aware of the word 鈥渕editation鈥� yet was still able to concentrate in profound ways. He unconsciously connected to the divine. It seems that: 鈥業 was born with the capability (蝉补峁僺办腻谤补) of meditation, which I brought from my previous life. As predicted, I will become a Yogi, I see that happening.鈥� (惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补, 2010a: 142).^[3]

In 1931, 惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补 was initiated into monkhood at the age of ten by 膧肠腻谤测补 K膩lur膩ma (1877鈥�1936). During the first decade of his ascetic life he studied Sanskrit, Prakrit and 贬颈苍诲墨, as well as philosophy and religion. Muni Nathmal, as he was previously known, was promoted to the post of 测耻惫腻肠腻谤测补 in 1978. 罢耻濒补蝉墨 also conferred upon him the honorary title of 惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补, 鈥渙ne who is endowed with wisdom鈥�, in 1978. 罢耻濒补蝉墨 also bestowed upon 惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补 the title of 鈥�Jaina Yoga 笔耻苍补谤耻诲诲丑腻谤补办补鈥� (鈥渢he one who revived Jaina yoga鈥�) in 1986, in recognition of his significant contribution.^[4] Eventually he became 罢耻濒补蝉墨鈥檚 successor, the tenth head of the 罢别谤腻辫补苍迟丑补 order. Like 罢耻濒补蝉墨 he also had a similar modernised thinking about religion. According to him 鈥淎 religion which does not solves the problems of present era, is not relevant today. The attainment of liberation is connected to a person. Religion is not only a personal phenomenon; it is related to the society. Relevance and irrelevance play a pivotal role to manage socio-religious relationship (惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补, 2002a: 42). The above assertion reveals his openness towards a religion which can be used to address the complications of life faced here and now, not only once life is over.

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

During his discourses several times he mentioned his capacity to meditate and this incident was published in his many biographies. See 顿丑补苍补帽箩补测补 (1997) and 惭补丑腻艣谤补尘补峁嘺 (2009).

[2]:

From researcher鈥檚 personal note of 惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补鈥檚 lecture at his home on 7^th November 2006.

[3]:

Personal oral communication with 惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补 on 11^th Novmber 2006.

[4]:

During the celebration of the fiftieth year of his 腻肠腻谤测补蝉丑颈辫 (补尘迟峁泃补 mahotsava), on 12 September 1986 罢耻濒补蝉墨 conferred on 惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补 a title of 鈥楾he restorer of the Jaina Yoga鈥� (Jainayoga Punarudh膩raka). This title was in recognition of 惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补鈥檚 gargantuan task of studying the scriptures, assimilating facts, assessing the practice and finally experimenting in a system of meditation called 鈥�prek峁Ｄ� dhy膩na鈥�. The task of reviving Jain meditation was entrusted to 惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补 by 罢耻濒补蝉墨 in 1962 during the rainy retreat (肠丑腻迟耻谤尘腻蝉补) at Udaipur with the knowledge that the subject matter was close to 惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽补鈥檚 interest [as he started meditation practices in 1944]. Hence, the birth of prek峁Ｄ� dhy膩na became the answer for those who constantly seek Jaina method of meditation (顿丑补苍补帽箩补测补, 1994: 352-3).