Tarunsagar

Muni Shri 108 Tarunsagar Ji Maharaj
Muni Shri Tarunsagar Ji, Dr Ujjwal Patni's wife Rimple Patni, MLA of Belgaum Mr. Sanjay Patil and his wife and few other peoples who posed as Mahatma Gandhi
Religion	Jainism
Sect	Digambara
Personal
Born	Shri Pawan Kumar Jain 26 June 1967 Guhanchi, Madhya Pradesh
Parents	Shri Pratap Chandra Jain (father) Shrimati Shanti Bai Jain (mother)
Senior posting
Predecessor	Acharya Pushpadantsagar
Religious career
Initiation	20 July 1988 Bagidora, Rajasthan by Acharya Pushpadantsagar
Website	www.tarunvani.com

Muni Tarunsagar is a Digambara monk and the author of a book series titled Kadve Pravachan (bitter discourse). He started a movement called Ahimsa Mahakumbh to stop the export of meat and leather from India. He opposed the High Court's order to impose ban on Sallekhana.

Biography

Muni Tarunsagar was born on 26 June 1967 in the village of Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, India.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} He pointed out that using leather belts did not reflect non-violence in 2011 when leather belts in the dress of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh were replaced with canvas ones because of the cost and poor availability of leather.^[6][7] He also started a movement called Ahimsa Mahakumbh to stop export of meat and leather from India.^[8] He opposed the High Court's order to impose ban on Sallekhana.^[9] His 2015 Chaturmas was in Shri 1008 Parshvanath Digambar Jain Mandir, Sector 16, Faridabad.^[10]

108 Jain Śrāvaka pairs welcomed Tarunsagar by washing his feet with 108 kalashas in 108 plates over a 200 feet ramp.^[11]

Works

Muni Tarunsagar has constituted a national award - Tarun Kranti Puruskar which was awarded to Baba Ramdev, Vijay Darda and JITO in 2012 by the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi.^[12] He published his discources in a book series titled Kadve Pravachan (Bitter Discourse) in 2003 in Ahmedabad.^[13][14][15] His literature is telecasted and watched in over 100 countries by Jain community.^[1] Jyoti Amge, who is less than 25 inches tall, released Tarunsagar's Kadve Pravachan (Bitter Utterances), a book measuring 30 feet by 24 feet and weighing 2,000 kilograms, on 18 August 2013 in Jaipur.^[16]

Newspaper articles

• Jealousy fetches you nothing^[17]
• Don't be egoistic of your money!^[18]
• Dharma seems necessary?^[19]
• I am not Anti-Pandit but Anti-Pandit-Hypocrisy^[20]
• Where there is reason, there is hell^[21]

Philosophy

International trainer, author and motivational author, Dr Ujjwal Patni posed as Mahatma Gandhi and his wife posed as Kasturba Gandhi at Ahmedabad on 2 October 2012. The '1000 Gandhi' program was organised for Guinness World Records with the blessings of Muni Shri Tarunsagar Ji Maharaj. Guinness World Records confirmed this as a world record for the most people dressed as Gandhi in one place: 891

Muni Tarunsagar said that Love Jihad is a conspiracy to convert Hindu girls into Muslims.^[22][23]

• Take care of death and god^[24]
• Don't fall into the trap of 100^[25]
• Mohan Bhagwat went for blessings of Saint^[26]
• Jain Muni told several important things in bitter manner^[27]
• Jain Muni told to leave Alcoholic beverage and Non-veg^[28]

Notes

1. "Shivraj Singh Chauhan fit for PM, Jain muni says at RSS function", The Times of India, 14 October 2013
2. "Tarun Sagar Ji Profile", totalbhakti.com
3. "Muni Shri 108 Tarunsagar Ji Maharaj", Jainmunilocator.org
4. "Rastra Sant Muni Tarunsagar", tarunkranti.50webs.com
5. "Tarunsagar", wikimapia.org
6. "RSS may step out of khaki shorts, get into designer trousers", Hindustan Times, 31 January 2016
7. "RSS changes its style from shorts to trousers", The Hindu, 4 November 2015
8. "Revolutionary Saint showering blessings", The Times of India, 25 June 2012
9. Sharma, Lalit (10 August 2015), Rajasthan high court bans Jain ritual of fasting unto death, Jaipur: Hindustan Times
10. "C.M.Haryana Khattar with Jain Muni Tarun Sagar Maharaj at Jain Mandir in faridabad", abtaknews
11. "200 फुट लंबे रैंप पर 108 जोड़ों ने पांव धोकर किया मुनिश्री तरुण सागर का स्वागत", Dainik Bhaskar, 18 April 2016
12. "CM presents ‘Tarun-Kranti Puraskar’ to Baba Ramdev, Vijay Darda and JITO", narendramodi.in, 29 July 2012
13. "Muni Tarunsagar's 'Kadve Pravachan' burrows through hearts", Daily News and Analysis, 10 August 2012
14. Tarunsagar 2014.
15. "आचार्य श्री के कड़वे-प्रवचन के कुछ अंश", jainreligion.in
16. "Indian media: Interest in 'militant' arrest", BBC, 19 August 2013
17. "ईर्ष्या से कुछ नहीं मिलता", navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
18. "कडवे प्रवचन : धन का अहंकार न करें!", hindi.webdunia.com
19. "धर्म जरूरी लगता है?", satsanglive.com
20. "मैं पंडितों का नहीं उनके पाखंड का विरोधी हूं : मुनि तरुणसागर", satsanglive.com
21. "जहां तर्क है, वहां नर्क है : मुनि तरुणसागर", satsanglive.com
22. "तरुण सागर के लव-जिहाद संबंधी बयान पर गरमाई सियासत", jagran.com
23. "‘हिंदू लड़कियों को मुस्लिम बनाने की साजिश है लव जिहाद’", Amar Ujala, 11 May 2015
24. "'मौत और भगवान का ध्यान रखो'". jagran.com.
25. "सौ के फेर में नहीं पड़ें". jagran.com.
26. "संत की शरण में भागवत". jagran.com.
27. "जैन मुनि ने कड़वे ढंग से बताई कई अहम बातें", amarujala.com
28. "जैन मुनि ने शराब और मांस त्यागने को कहा", amarujala.com

References

• Tarunsagar (9 June 2014), Kadve Pravachan by Muni Tarunsagar (in Hindi), Diamond Books, ISBN 978-9351652403

External links

• Official Website
• Most People Dressed up as Mahatma Gandhi World Record