Inspiration 1
Thoughts, Ideals & InfluenceHe understood the ailing community then and just like a expert physician, he tried to diagnose the community in the right path. He knew illiteracy was the root cause of the downfall in the nation, so he started educating and counseling people, both men and women to educate themselves. He made education obligatory for the people under qualified teachers and made it essential for self realization.
The great Jain Acharya Shrimad Vijaya Anand Suri, popularly known as Swami Atmaram Ji Maharaj was born in 1837 in lahara, Punjab in a Brahmaksatriya family who was a ?vet?mbara M?rtip?jaka Tap? Gaccha mendicent leader and an important reformer of Jainism in the late 19th century. While attending school he came across Sthanakavasi monks and in 1853 he initiated Sanot Atmaramji.He was studying scriptures during his young age, and it this study which led him feel orthodox about conviction of image worship.
n his whole life, he only wished day and night to eradicate vices and inculcate virtues in the Jain community. To fulfill his mission he travelled bare foot across Punjab, Marwar, Mewar, Kathiawar and Gujarat areas to infuse the knowledge of Jainism in mankind. Because of such acts he had to face lot of oppositions by independent existence and antiquity of the religion.