official_name death_place death_date birth_place new_name_given birth_date rank article_title
acharya bhikshu siryari rajasthan , india august 1803 kantaliya , rajasthan , india bhikshu 01 july 1726 acharya bhikshu -lrb- jain monk -rrb-

bhikshu -lrb- jain monk -rrb-

acharya bhikshu -lrb- 1726 -- 1803 -rrb- was the founder and first spiritual head of the svetambar terapanth sect of jainism .
he was a disciple of mahavira .
in the initial phase of his spiritual revolution , he moved out from the group of sthanakvasi acharya raghunath .
that time he had 13 saints , 13 followers and 13 the basic rules .
this coincidence results in the name of `` terapanth '' -lrb- thirteen path -rrb- .
the various beliefs and teachings of the religious orders of those times greatly influenced his thinking .
he studied and analysed the various disciplines of the jain religion and on this basis he compiled his own ideologies and principles of the jain way of life .
based on the doctrines propagated , acharya bhikshu rigorously followed the principles .
it was this way of life that was demonstrated by acharya bhikshu which became the foundation principle of terapanth .
the letter of conduct was written by him is still followed in the same manner with due respect with slight changes as per the time & situation .
the original copy of letter written in rajasthani language is still available .
his followers piously referred to this monk as ` swamiji ' .
acharya bhikshu visualised a systematic , well established and orderly religious sect and saw it taking shape through `` terapanth '' .
to organise and stabilise this religious order he propagated the ideology of one guru and brought to an end the concept of self discipleship .
in this way his ideology of one acharya , one principle , one thought and similar thinking became the ideal for other religious sects .
acharya bhikshu said the common man should understand and practise true religion which would take him to the path of salvation .
