Tapa Gachchha
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Tapa Gachchha is the largest monstic order of Svetambara
Jainism
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It was founded by Acharya
Jagat Chandra Suri in Vikram Samvat 1285 (1229 AD). He was given the title of "Tapa" (i.e. the meditative one) by the ruler of Mewar
.
It was a branch of the Brihad Gaccha founded by Udyotan Suri.
Vijayananda Suri was responsible for reviving the wandering orders among the Svetambara monks. As a result of this reform, most Svetambara Jain monks today belong to the Tapa Gaccha.
was given the title of Acharya at Palitana
after the a gap of several centuries. Atmaramji was followed by Acharya Vijay Vallabh suri
who spread teachings of Atmaramji.
Today near 40% of monks and nuns are dissciple followers of Atmaramji Maharaja.
He was responsible for reviving the wandering orders among the Svetambara monks. As a result of this reform, most Svetambara Jain monks today belong to the Tapa gachchha.
68th Jain acharya of the Svetambara Tristutik
order, Acharya Rajendrasuri
, reformed and simplified the Jain yati/monk institution. He opposed worship of other gods and goddesses aside from the Tirthankaras.
In all sub sects of Tapa Gaccha there are a few differences as below:
Acharya Vijay Dev suri (1600–1657) was above all this controversy and never chanting Santikaram after Chaumasi pratikraman, always worshiped by Navangi Puja by followers and plenty of examples in his disciples who has established pratishtha on palitana hills in so called chaturmas times.
In the Tapa Gaccha now there are total 8000 monks and nuns with nearly 24 different sects belongs to Tapa Gaccha. Tapa Gaccha is having different 24 branches in different groups or subsects. The biggest group is Achary Prem suri, where nearly 2200 monks and nuns are with highest number. One is followed by Acharya Ramchandra Suri who was established as Gacchanayak by Acharya shri Prem Suri himself (1350 monks and nuns), another is Acharya shri BhuvanBhanu Suri ji (850 monks and nuns) who disassociated himself from Prem Suri group's original way of rites and rituals. Other big group is "Sagar Samuday" and "Acharya NemiSuri Samudaya" which are counted as big group in Tapa Gaccha. Mainly Prem Suri sect has more than 50% of Jain monks.
Acharya Ramchandra Suri group (first disciple of Acharya Premsuri) is biggest having more than 1324 monks and nuns, Acharya Shri Hembhushan Suri was Head (Gaccha Nayak) of this Jain monk's group who died last year and Punyapal Suri is new gacchadhipati.
Acharya shri Bhuvan Bhanu suri group (another prominent disciple of Acharya Premsuri ji) is also another group in Tapaa Gachchha having 826 monk and nuns. Currently Acharya Jayghosh Suri ji is Head (Gaccha Nayak) in this group. It is important that Jaygosh suri ji has highest number of monks in any singal samudaya that is 435 monks.
HIGHLIGHTS OF TAPAGACHCHHA:
Highest number of Acharya →Shri Ramchandra Suri ji M→44
largest samuday→Shri Ramchandra Suri ji M →1363
Highest number of Sadhu→Shri Bhuvan Bhanu Suri Ji M→434
Highest number of Sadhvi ji→Shri Ramchandra Suri ji M→1001
Biggest average per Acharya→Shri KalaPurna Suriji→1 Achary per 80 Sadhu
Smallest average per Sadhu→Shri Dharma Suri ji→ 1 Acharya per 2.5 Sadhu
Senior most Acharya→Ga. Shri Premsuri ji M→Shri Bhakti suri ji Samuday
Growth ratio as Guru→ Shri TirthBhadra Vijaji M→Shri Kalapurna Suri Samuday
Growth ratio as Guruni→ SA Punyarekha shr Ji→Shri Bhuvan Bhanu Suri Samuday
Fastest Growing Samuday→Shri JayGosh suri ji ji M→Shri Bhuvan Bhanu Suri Samuday
Highest number of Diksha samvat 2067→Shri Ramchandra Suri ji M →47
No Diksha in a Year 2067 in 21 samuday→In 11 Samuday no Diksha
No Diksha of Sadhu in a Year 2067 in 21 samuday→13 Samuday no Diksha
Diksha→ 45% Sadhu Diksha in Be Tithi→32% sadhvi in Be Tithi
Diksha→ 50% Sadhu in Ek Tithi→68% Sadhvi in Ek Tithi
Diksha → 5% Sadhu in Tristutik
Diksha overall →37 % Diksha in Be Tithi
Diksha overall →4 Sadhu In TriStutik
Diksha overall → 4 Sadhu In A.YugBhushan Suriji
Diksha overall → 61.6 % in Ek Tithi
Svetambara
The Śvētāmbara is one of the two main sects of Jainism, the other being the Digambar. Śvētāmbara "white-clad" is a term describing its ascetics' practice of wearing white clothes, which sets it apart from the Digambara "sky-clad" Jainas, whose ascetic practitioners go naked...
Jainism
Jainism
Jainism is an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings. Its philosophy and practice emphasize the necessity of self-effort to move the soul towards divine consciousness and liberation. Any soul that has conquered its own inner enemies and achieved the state...
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It was founded by Acharya
Acharya
In Indian religions and society, an acharya is a guide or instructor in religious matters; founder, or leader of a sect; or a highly learned man or a title affixed to the names of learned men...
Jagat Chandra Suri in Vikram Samvat 1285 (1229 AD). He was given the title of "Tapa" (i.e. the meditative one) by the ruler of Mewar
Mewar
Mewar is a region of south-central Rajasthan state in western India. It includes the present-day districts of Pratapgarh, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara and some of the part of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The region was for centuries a Rajput kingdom that later...
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It was a branch of the Brihad Gaccha founded by Udyotan Suri.
Vijayananda Suri was responsible for reviving the wandering orders among the Svetambara monks. As a result of this reform, most Svetambara Jain monks today belong to the Tapa Gaccha.
Reforms
In Samvat 1942 (1886 AD), VijayanandsuriVijayanandsuri
Divine, Graceful Param Pujya Acharya Vijayanand Suri also known as Acharya Atmaram ji was the first Swetambar Murtipujak Jain monk in modern times to receive the title of Acharya....
was given the title of Acharya at Palitana
Palitana
Palitana is a city in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. It is located 50 km southwest of Bhavnagar city and is a major pilgrimage centre for Jains.-History:...
after the a gap of several centuries. Atmaramji was followed by Acharya Vijay Vallabh suri
Acharya Vijay Vallabh suri
Great Jain Acharya shri Vijay Vallabh Suriji was born in Vadodara, Gujarat in the year 1870 Kartik Suddh Duj. He is also known as Punjab Kesari. He was disciple of great jain Acharyashri Atmaram ji. Alongside his religious bend of mind, it was his desire to inculcate under the precepts of Jainism...
who spread teachings of Atmaramji.
Today near 40% of monks and nuns are dissciple followers of Atmaramji Maharaja.
He was responsible for reviving the wandering orders among the Svetambara monks. As a result of this reform, most Svetambara Jain monks today belong to the Tapa gachchha.
68th Jain acharya of the Svetambara Tristutik
Tristutik
Tristutik was an origin of Tapa Gaccha of the Svetambara sect of Jainism.It was established in 1194 AD It was known as Agama Gaccha in ancient times.The Tristutik Gaccha was reformed by Acharya Rajendrasuri....
order, Acharya Rajendrasuri
Acharya Rajendrasuri
Acharya Rajendrasuri was the major Svetambara Jain reformer of the 18th and 19th centuries. He was born on 3 December 1826 at Bharatpur, Rajasthan. In 1880, as the leader of the Tapa Gaccha, he led a movement to restore the orders of wandering monks, leading to near extinction of the Yati...
, reformed and simplified the Jain yati/monk institution. He opposed worship of other gods and goddesses aside from the Tirthankaras.
Differences among subsects
All the Tapa Gaccha sects and subsects are followers and disciples of Acharya Vijay Dev suri M.S. (1600–1657 AD) It is remarkable here that Acharya Vijay Dev suri was worshiped end number of time with Navangi puja which is still exists with Acharya Prem suri, and Acharya Shantichandra suri sects (Samudaya).In all sub sects of Tapa Gaccha there are a few differences as below:
- Navangi Puja of monk (worship).
- Tithi (calendar).
- Palitana Chaturmas yatra.
- 'Santikaram' Chanting in Chaturdasi.
Acharya Vijay Dev suri (1600–1657) was above all this controversy and never chanting Santikaram after Chaumasi pratikraman, always worshiped by Navangi Puja by followers and plenty of examples in his disciples who has established pratishtha on palitana hills in so called chaturmas times.
In the Tapa Gaccha now there are total 8000 monks and nuns with nearly 24 different sects belongs to Tapa Gaccha. Tapa Gaccha is having different 24 branches in different groups or subsects. The biggest group is Achary Prem suri, where nearly 2200 monks and nuns are with highest number. One is followed by Acharya Ramchandra Suri who was established as Gacchanayak by Acharya shri Prem Suri himself (1350 monks and nuns), another is Acharya shri BhuvanBhanu Suri ji (850 monks and nuns) who disassociated himself from Prem Suri group's original way of rites and rituals. Other big group is "Sagar Samuday" and "Acharya NemiSuri Samudaya" which are counted as big group in Tapa Gaccha. Mainly Prem Suri sect has more than 50% of Jain monks.
Acharya Ramchandra Suri group (first disciple of Acharya Premsuri) is biggest having more than 1324 monks and nuns, Acharya Shri Hembhushan Suri was Head (Gaccha Nayak) of this Jain monk's group who died last year and Punyapal Suri is new gacchadhipati.
Acharya shri Bhuvan Bhanu suri group (another prominent disciple of Acharya Premsuri ji) is also another group in Tapaa Gachchha having 826 monk and nuns. Currently Acharya Jayghosh Suri ji is Head (Gaccha Nayak) in this group. It is important that Jaygosh suri ji has highest number of monks in any singal samudaya that is 435 monks.
Sect of Tapa Gachchha
- Shri Vijay Prem-Ramchandra Suri (total monks and nuns 1371)
- Shri Vijay Prem-Bhuvan Bhanu suri (total monks and nuns 865)
- Shri Anandsagar suri (Sagarji) (total monks and nuns 1032(numbers of Nuns can be 20% less) )
- Shri Vijay Nemi suri (Shasan Samrat) (total monks and nuns 607)
- Shri Vijay Kanak suri (vagad)(total monks and nuns 560)
- Shri Vijay Niti Suri total (monks and nuns 452)
- Shri Vijay Siddhi suri (Bapji M)(total monks and nuns 415)
- Shri VIjay Dharma Vijayji-Abhaydev suri (Dahela vala) (total monks and nuns 325)
- Shri Vijay Bhakti Suri total (monks and nuns 272)
- Shri Vijay Labdhi Suri total (monks and nuns 256)
- Shri Vijay Vallabh Suri-1(Acharya Ratnakar Suri) (total monks and nuns 181)
- Shri Vijay Vallabh Suri-2(Acharya Nityanand Suri) (total monks and nuns 108)
- Shri Vijay Keshar Suri (total monks and nuns 228)
- Shri Vijay Dharma Suri-Kanakratna Suri (total monks and nuns 237)
- Shri Vijay Himachal Suri (total monks and nuns 60)
- Shri Buddhisagar Suri (total monks and nuns 135)
- Shri Vijay Shantichandra Suri Ist (total monks and nuns 220)
- Shri Vijay Shantichandta Suri 2nd (total monks and nuns 197)
- Shri Mohanlalaji (total monks and nuns 42)
- Shri Vijay Amrat Suri (total monks and nuns 35)
- Shri Vimal Gachchha (total monks and nuns 45)
- Shri Tristutika Gachchha 1st(Acharya Shri Jayantsain suri) (total monks and nuns 146)
- Shri Tristutika Gachchha 2nd (Acharya shri Hemendra suri) (total monks and nuns 89)
- Shri Tristutika Gachchha 3rd (Acharya Shri Labdhichandra Suri) (total monks and nuns NIL)
- Shri Tristutika Gachchha 4th(Muni Jayanandvijay) (total monks and nuns 8)
HIGHLIGHTS OF TAPAGACHCHHA:
Highest number of Acharya →Shri Ramchandra Suri ji M→44
largest samuday→Shri Ramchandra Suri ji M →1363
Highest number of Sadhu→Shri Bhuvan Bhanu Suri Ji M→434
Highest number of Sadhvi ji→Shri Ramchandra Suri ji M→1001
Biggest average per Acharya→Shri KalaPurna Suriji→1 Achary per 80 Sadhu
Smallest average per Sadhu→Shri Dharma Suri ji→ 1 Acharya per 2.5 Sadhu
Senior most Acharya→Ga. Shri Premsuri ji M→Shri Bhakti suri ji Samuday
Growth ratio as Guru→ Shri TirthBhadra Vijaji M→Shri Kalapurna Suri Samuday
Growth ratio as Guruni→ SA Punyarekha shr Ji→Shri Bhuvan Bhanu Suri Samuday
Fastest Growing Samuday→Shri JayGosh suri ji ji M→Shri Bhuvan Bhanu Suri Samuday
Highest number of Diksha samvat 2067→Shri Ramchandra Suri ji M →47
No Diksha in a Year 2067 in 21 samuday→In 11 Samuday no Diksha
No Diksha of Sadhu in a Year 2067 in 21 samuday→13 Samuday no Diksha
Diksha→ 45% Sadhu Diksha in Be Tithi→32% sadhvi in Be Tithi
Diksha→ 50% Sadhu in Ek Tithi→68% Sadhvi in Ek Tithi
Diksha → 5% Sadhu in Tristutik
Diksha overall →37 % Diksha in Be Tithi
Diksha overall →4 Sadhu In TriStutik
Diksha overall → 4 Sadhu In A.YugBhushan Suriji
Diksha overall → 61.6 % in Ek Tithi