Fashion graduate chooses to live a Jain saint's life in Chennai

Chennai, March 28 (ANI): Believe it or not , Sharmaila, a graduate who holds a diploma in Fashion technology has now decided to relinquish worldly pursuits. She has joined a Jain Ashram in Chennai.

Sharmaila, 25, belongs to Jain community. She made up her mind to lead life in this fashion after meeting and listening to the sermons of Jain spiritual Guru Thatva Darhnathji in Chennai.

Belonging to a Marwari Jain family of Rajasthan, Sharmaila holds a diploma in fashion technology besides her Bachelor's degree. After initial resistance the family submitted to her decision.

"All are inquisitive about my reason of leaving the Samsara (or, the general way of living a life) and joining Ashram. There are two reasons...one being it is too difficult to live in this Sansar (society). Secondly, in the present society the happiness is illusory. It is not the real happiness. I am very happy and content," said Sharmaila.

Sharmaila' has decided to spend the rest of her life fully dedicated to the worship of God while staying in the Ashram. "When we came to know that one of our sisters is going to be a Saint (or taking Diksha), it felt great. For, it is one in a thousand who opts for Dikshayati.