Kshamasagar

Kshamasagar was born in the city of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh on 20 September 1957.[2] His father Jeevan lal Singhai was a nephew of famous Sagar philanthropist Singhai Kundanlal, who was a longtime supporter of Ganesh Varni.[3]

He was initiated as a Digambara monk on 20 August 1982 by Acharya Vidyasagar. He did his M. Tech from Sagar University and renounced the worldly life soon afterwards.[4]

He opted Santhara (also called Sallekhna) on 13 March 2015 at 6.00 AM in Moraji Jain temple during his Chaturmas period. More than 50,000 people attended his funeral proceedings afterwards.[4][5]

Kshamasagar wrote "In Quest of the Self: The Life Story of Acharya Shri Vidyasagar" (आत्मान्वेषी), a biography of his teacher Āchārya Vidyadagar and was published by Bhartiya Jnanpith.[6]

His poems have been collected and published in Hindi and English. His poetry works include the following published books.

1. "Pagdandi Suraj Tak" (1992)
2. "Muni Kshamasagar ki Kavitayen" (1996).[7]
3. Mukti (2000) [8]
4. "Apna Ghar" (2005)[9]
5. "Aur Aur Apna" (2016) [10]
6. "Karam Kaise Karein" is a collection of his discourses.[11]
7. He also wrote "Jain Darshan Paribhashika Kosh".[12]

There is a famous quote dedicated to Acharya Vidyasagar by him.[13]

दीप उनका, रौशनी उनकी, मै जल रहा हूँ |

रास्ते उनके, सहारा भी उनका, मै चल रहा हूँ |

प्राण उनके हर साँस उनकी, मै जी रहा हूँ |[13]

• Kshamasagar (2007), In Quest of Self : The life story of Acharya Shri Vidyasagar, Delhi: Bhartiya Jnanpith, ISBN 978-81-263-1166-8
• Muni Kshamasagar's Bio on Maitree Samooh

• Media related to Kshamasagar at Wikimedia Commons
• Shortfilm by Maitree Samooh on Muni Kshamasagar's Life मुनिश्री क्षमासागर जी महाराज की आत्मीय स्मृतियाँ, Biography, Maitree Samooh, Mar 14, 2016