तेरापंथ शासन का कार्यकारी हस्ताक्षर महासभा

Summary

The Jain Shwetambar Terapanthi Mahasabha, the apex social organization of the sect, has played a crucial role in providing social identity and managing disciplinary, organizational, and creative activities. Its emergence coincided with the birth of the epoch-making Acharya Tulsi, and both celebrated their centenary in 2013. The Mahasabha has a hundred-year history, built amidst struggles, successfully fulfilling responsibilities related to service, organization, unity, and social roles. It has connected many dedicated workers to the sect. The Mahasabha’s infancy was full of struggle, its youth revolutionary, its maturity planned, and its old age radiant with brilliance. Starting from the February 2013 issue of Jain Bharati, the magazine began publishing the complete chronicle of the Mahasabha’s past, present, and future. The difficult task of writing this history was completed by revered Mantri Muni Sumermalji (Ladnun) and edited by young scholar Muni Udit Kumarji. This history, presented in ten chapters, will allow readers to understand the journey of development, the struggles encountered, contributions to sectarian growth, the roles of various lay followers, current program plans, and future possibilities. This issue features Acharya Tulsi’s first message, originally delivered at the Mahasabha’s 46th session in Sendhia on February 12, 1959, now presented on the occasion of the 99th Annual General Meeting. In that address, Acharya Tulsi emphasized the Mahasabha’s strong organization, the need for coordinators, and the importance of unity without factionalism. He urged support for development, the promotion of literature, and attention to Agamic work and the history of the order. He stressed that the Anuvrat movement should not be confined to the Terapanth but extended to all religions and classes, with workers from different institutions cooperating with coordination and unity.