Hemchandracharya ji ke diksha se pehle ka jeevan bahut hi prabhavshali aur adhyatmik sangharsh se bhara hua tha.

Unka janm Dhandhuka, Gujarat mein hua tha. Bachpan mein hi unmein buddhi, smaran-shakti aur shastra-gyan ki adbhut pratibha thi. Unka naam Chandradev ya Changdev ke roop mein bhi sambandhit bataya jata hai. Chhoti umar se hi unka rujhan vidya, tark, vyakaran, aur dharm ki taraf tha.

Unke jeevan ka mukhya prarambhik charan yeh tha:

• Ve bahut medhavi the.
• Unmein saty, shuddh buddhi aur vairagya ke sanskar bachpan se the.
• Unhone alag-alag vidyaon ka adhyayan kiya.
• Unki pratibha dekhkar log unhe ek asadharan balak maante the.
• Unke man mein sansarik sukhon se zyada tatva-jnan aur atma-kalyan ki chahat thi.

Aage chal kar unka sampark Jain dharm ke gahan tatvon se hua. Shastra-adhyayan aur sat-sang ke prabhav se unmein vairagya aur bhi pragadh hua. Isi antar-jagran ke kaaran unhone diksha grahan karne ka nishchay kiya.

Sankshipt roop mein, diksha se pehle Hemchandracharya ji ek ati-medhavi, gyan-pipasu, aur dharm-pravritti wale yuvak the, jinke andar vairagya ke beej bahut pehle se vidyaman the.

Yadi aap chahen, main unke diksha ka vistarit prasang bhi bata sakta hoon.