Diksha Guru
Ganacharya Shri 108 Virag Sagar Ji Muniraj
Under whose hands he received ailak diksha in 1999 and the sacred muni diksha on 8 June 2003 at Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Parichay
The saint who chose the path before he could name it
Long before the world knew him as Paramparacharya Shri Pragya Sagar Ji Muniraj, a quiet boy in a Jabalpur village was already turning away from worldly comfort and towards the eternal.
The Worldly Journey
Born on a full moon, destined for renunciation
He was born as Deepak Jain on 14 November 1978, the auspicious full moon of Kartik Shukla Purnima, in Kumbhi Satdhara village of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh. His father, Shri Khem Chand Jain, and mother, Shrimati Malti Jain, raised him in a home steeped in Jain values.
The sanskars of tyaag revealed themselves in childhood. While others his age were drawn to play and possession, he was drawn to temples, scriptures and silence. He completed his intermediate education and then chose a path from which he never looked back, remaining a bal brahmachari for life.
Lokik Yatra
The facts of his early life
- Former Name
- Deepak Jain
- Father
- Shri Khem Chand Jain
- Mother
- Shrimati Malti Jain
- Birthplace
- Kumbhi Satdhara, District Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
- Birth Tithi
- Kartik Shukla Purnima
- Date of Birth
- 14 November 1978
- Education
- Intermediate
- Marriage
- Bal Brahmachari, a lifelong celibate
A Life of Sadhana
The austere path of a Digambar muni
As a Digambar Jain monk he owns nothing, travels only on foot, accepts one meal a day standing in the cupped palms of his hands, and carries only the pichhi and kamandal. This is among the most rigorous monastic disciplines in the world, and he has walked it since 1999.
His deepest interests remain adhyayan and adhyapan, the study and teaching of scripture, along with yoga and samayik wellness, through which he brings the ancient science of equanimity to modern lives.
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The Guru Parampara
Guided by two great Acharyas
Pad Pradata Guru
Shwetpichhacharya Shri 108 Vidyanand Ji Muniraj
The legendary Acharya of Kund Kund Bharti, Delhi, who conferred upon him the exalted positions from Upadhyay to Acharya, anointing him successor of the parampara.
Voice of Many Tongues
A scholar fluent in five languages
His command of Hindi, Prakrit, Sanskrit, English and Kannada allows him to open the oldest layers of Jain scripture to every audience, from village congregations to national platforms.
This scholarship flows into a growing body of published literature, from Prakrit primers for beginners to a ten volume exposition of the Tattvarth Sutra.
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