What is Tarun Sagar?
{{Infobox religious leader | name = Tarun Sagar | image = Tarun Sagar.jpg | caption = Sagar in July 2011 | religion = [[Jainism]] | sect = [[Digambara]] | birth_name = Pawan Kumar Jain | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1967|06|26}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2018|09|01|1967|6|26}} | death_place = [[New Delhi]], India | birth_place = Guhanchi, [[Madhya Pradesh]], India | father = Shri Pratap Chandra Jain | mother = Shrimati Shanti Bai Jain | initiator = Acharya Pushpadantsagar | initiation_place = Bagidora, [[Rajasthan]] | initiation_date = 20 July 1988 | predecessor = Acharya Pushpadantsagar | website = {{url|http://www.tarunvani.com}} }} '''Muni Tarun Sagar''' (26 June 1967 – 1 September 2018) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] ''[[Digambara monk]]'' and political advisor. His lectures are known as ''Kadve Pravachan'' (bitter discourses) because they can be critical of common practices and views.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.bhaskar.com/news/UT-CHD-HMU-NES-MAT-latest-chandigarh-news-030005-612426-NOR.html |title=कड़वे प्रवचनों का पहला कार्यक्रम सेक्टर-27 के रामलीला ग्राउंड में कल |date=23 July 2016 |work=bhaskar.com }}</ref> His lectures have been published in book series also titled ''Kadve Pravachan''. His audience often includes a majority of non-Jains.{{cn}} ==Early life== Tarun Sagar was born as Pawan Kumar Jain on 26 June 1967 in [[Madhya Pradesh]], India.<ref name=toi>{{citation |title=Shivraj Singh Chauhan fit for PM, Jain muni says at RSS function |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/assembly-elections-2013/rajasthan-assembly-elections/Shivraj-Singh-Chauhan-fit-for-PM-Jain-muni-says-at-RSS-function/articleshow/24111110.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=14 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://jainmunilocator.org/munis.php?id=17 |title=Muni Shri 108 Tarunsagar Ji Maharaj |work=Jainmunilocator.org }}</ref> He became [[Kshullak]] at the age of 13 and [[Muni]]'' as a pupil of [[Acharya (Jainism)|Acharya]]'' Pushpdant Sagar at the age of 20.<ref name=tie0816>{{citation |url=