14 Facts About Kanji Swami

Kanji Swami was deeply influenced by the Samayasara of Kundakunda in 1932.

Kanji Swami lectured on these teachings for 45 years to comprehensively elaborate on the philosophy described by Kundakunda and others.

Kanji Swami was given the title of "Koh-i-Noor of Kathiawar" by the people who were influenced by his religious teachings and philosophy.

Kanji Swami was born in Umrala, a small village in the Kathiawar region of Gujarat, in 1890 to a Sthanakvasi family.

Kanji Swami's mother died when he was thirteen and he lost his father at the age of seventeen.

Kanji Swami used the frequent periods of lull in the shop in reading various books on religion and spirituality.

Kanji Swami became a Sthanakavasi monastic in 1913 under Hirachanda.

Kanji Swami was known as "Koh-i-Noor of Kathiawar".

Kanji Swami studied writings of Pandit Todarmal and Shrimad Rajchandra.

Kanji Swami left Sthanakavasi monastic life and proclaimed himself a celibate Digambara lay scholar at Songadh in Gujarat in 1934.

Kanji Swami's lectures were recorded on tapes and have been published.

Kanji Swami's emphasis was on Nishcaya Naya, the higher level of truth, over Vyavahara Naya, ordinary life.

Kanji Panth philosophy is similar to that of the Digambara Terapanth denomination in the lineage of Pandit Todarmal, Banarasidas, Rajmal, Deepchand Kasliwal and Shitalprasad which was largely extinct when Kanji Swami arrived on the scene.

Kanji Swami travelled throughout India where he gave discourses and consecrated many temples.