Acharya Pushpdant Sagarji Maharaj ki Muni Deeksha 31 January, 1980 ko Bala Vehat (Uttar Pradesh) mein hui thi. Digambar tradition ke andar unhone Pushpdant Sagarji ko Muni Deeksha di thi; Shwetambar ya anya sampradayo mein alag parivartan ya niyamon ki baat ho sakti hai.