Virchand Raghavji Gandhi Ka Jivan Charitra

Author(s): Shyamlal Vaishya Murar
Publisher: Jainilal Press
Catalog link: https://jainqq.org/explore/020902/1

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Korolaoicolorsmaal oskomaOLORDoorna Magneta || shrii|| ||shrii vItagagAyanamaH // mivIracaMda rAghavajI gAMdhI CH Beayojayoycost AAAAAAAAAAA kA - jIvana caritra zrI jaina zvetAMbara kAnphareMsa hairalDa meM prakAzita gujarAtI legva kA hindI anuvAda __ anuvAdaka zyAma lAla vaizya murAra prakAzaka zrI atmAnanda jaina sabhA ambAlA zahara / zrIvIra nirvANa saM0 2445 zrI Atma saM0 24 / vikrama saM0. 1676 IsvI sana 1616 prathamAvRtti 1000] mUlya / ) jainIlAla presa sahAranapura meM chapA For Private and Personal Use Only

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isa pustaka ke chapAne meM lAlA daulatarAma jI ke suputra lAlA harIcanda indrasaina aMbAlA zahara nivAsI ne ru. 70) kI sahAyatA dI hai isaliye sabhA kI tarpha se uparokta prahAnubhAvoM ko dhanyavAda diyAjAtA hai| nivedakaH -- For Private and Personal Use Only

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1) zrIvItarAgAyanamaH / / * AmakA* manuSya jIvana ko Adarza banAne ke liye, use kartavyavAna banAne ke liye aise granthoM kI AvazyakatA hai jinase hameM Age bar3hane ke liye mArga mile / mahAtmAoM ke karttavyazAlI puruSoM ke jIvana kI ghaTanAeM manupya ko isa yogya banAtI haiN| mahAtmAoM ke caritoM sehI bhaviSya jIvana kA saMgaThana hotA hai pUjya puruSoM aura mahAtmAoM ke caritoM ke anukaraNa karane sahI hama Age bar3ha sakate haiN| jIvana ko kartavyazAlI, mahAn aura pUjya banAne kA isa se sarala aura koI dUsarA sAdhana nahIM hai| zivAjI, gAraphilDa aura liMkana Adi mahAtmA bhI caritoM ke par3hanese hI aise prasiddha mahAtyA huye| bAlakoM ke Upara jIvana caritroM kA bar3A prabhAva par3atA hai| hindI meM jIvana caritroM kA prAyaH abhAvasAhI hai| dezotthAna ke liya rASTa bhASA honevAlI hindI meM aise granthoM kA bAhulya honAcAhiye jisase dezakA vAstavika upakAra ho aura bhaviSya saMtAna apane pitAmahoM ke Adarza para cale tathA unake apUrNa rahe huye kAryoM ko pUrNa kreN| pustaka prakAzakoM ko avazya isa ora dhyAna denA caahiye| saMsAra meM anekoM mahApurupa hogaye haiM jinhoM ne apanA sArA jIvana manuSya samAja kI sevA meM hI bitAyA hai| kSaNa For Private and Personal Use Only

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( kha ) bhara bhI ve sevA se virata nahIM huye / vAstava meM aise manuSyoM kA janma saMsAra meM svarga banAne ke liye huA thaa| inhIM ke parizrama kA phala hai ki una ke yatna se Aja saMsAra kI manuSya jAti anekoM prakAra ke sukha bhoga rahI hai / aise mahApuruSoM kI guNagarimA saMsAra meM usa samaya taka banI rahegI jisa samaya taka manuSya jAti kA nAma rhegaa| - aisehI mahApuruSoM meM misTara gAMdhI kA janma huA thaa| jaina jAti ko isa para abhimAna hai ki vartamAna kAla meM usa jAti meM aise karmavIra ne janma liyaa| misTara gAMdhI ne apanA. sArA jIvana lokopakAra meM bitA diyA / ve maste samaya taka manuSya samAja kI sevA ke liye kaTivaddha rhe| jaina dharma aura jaina jAti kA to unhoM ne bar3A upakAra kiyAhI hai para unhoM ne sAba janika kAmoM meM bhI khUba yoga diyA hai| ve pakka deza bhakta the| kevala jainiyoM ke utthAna ke liye unhoMne parizrama nahIM kiyA balki apane deza aura deza bhrAtAoM ke liye kucha uThA nahIM rkhaa| kAla meM marikA se anna kA bharA huA jahAja bhijavAnA zikSA ke pracAra ke liye mizana sthApita karanA, unakI deza bhakti ko utkaTa pramANa haiN| amerikA meM bhArata vAsiyoM kI ti rIti ke viSaya meM kimbadantiyAM phaila rahI thiiN| unako 5. sarokA zreya misTara gAMdhI kohI hai| hama svayaM kucha mAha kA prAtaH smaraNIya mahAtmA mahAdeva govinda rAnADe dI huI spIca ko par3hane kI prArthanA karate haiN| usakA sArAMza jIvana carita ke aMta meM diyAgayA hai| - jaina samAja ke navayuvako, uTho, apane isa baMdhu kA anu. karaNa karo / deza aura samAja sevA meM apane jIvana ko arpaNa For Private and Personal Use Only

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(ga ) karake manuSya yoni sArthaka karo / apane hRdaya para nIce likhI kavitA likhalo aura gAMdhI ke Adeza ko sAmane rakhakara Age bar3ho " jisa ko na nija gaurava tathA, nija deza kA abhimAna hai| ... vaha nara nahIM, vaha pazu nirA hai, aura mRtaka samAna hai / / sevakaH murAra ( gavAliyara holikA paurNimA zyAma lAla vaizya sampAdaka 'nArada, tathA bhU. pU. sampAdaka 'muni' / For Private and Personal Use Only

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svargIya vIracanda gaaNdhii| genius begins great works; labour alone finishes them. mahAna kAryoM kA AraMbha pratibhAzAlI puruSa karate haiM; para usakA aMta zramazIla manuSya hI karate haiN| // prastAvanA / / kartavyazAlI mahApuruSoM kA jIvana sAmAnyatA mAnanIya aura anukaraNIya hotA hai / isa saMsAra meM karor3oM manuSya paidA hogaye, ho rahe haiM aura bhaviSya meM hoMge, parantu jJAna sampAdana karake jinhoM ne rASTronnati ke liye, samAjonnati ke liye paropakAra ke liye, aura dharma ke nimitta apanA svakartavya samajha kara jisa mahAtmA ne aneka kAma kiye hoM, kara rahe ho aura bhaviSya meM kareMge, vahI mahAtmA vaMdanIya haiN| karttavya ke sahAre manuSya isa bhUloka ko bhI svarga banA sakatA hai aura svayaM mAnava deva bana sakatA hai| pUrva puruSoM ke mahatva kA kAraNa unakI kartavya parAyaNatA hI hai / usI kartavya parAyaNatA ke upAsaka pUrva puruSoM kI stuti srota gAye jAte haiM / kartavya eka ajaba aura amUlya zakti hai jisakI sAdhanA se deza, dharma, aura samAja unnati ke zikhara para car3ha sakatA hai| karttavya kI prazaMsA meM eka aMgrez2a kavi kA kathana hai ki - I slept and dreamt that life was Beauty, I woke and found that life was Duty: svapna dRSTi meM mAnava jIvana saundarya meM lipta dikhAI diyA, I woke and roamt that life w For Private and Personal Use Only

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para jahAM dRSTi jAgRta huI---ghaTa kI khulI, tahAM yahI mAnava jIvana karttavya pUrNa dikhAI diyA / isa kA artha yaha hai ki karttavya ke kAraNa mAnavI caritra mahatva kA hojAtA hai / hama apane prAca na puruSoM, RpiyoM aura mahAtmAoM ke viSaya meM vicAra karate huye kahate haiM prAcIna samaya meM sattayuga thA- vaha svarNa kA thA aura usa kAla meM deva tulya mahAtmA hote the para hamAre jamAne ke liye ve dina gaye" para vAstava meM satya kyA hai ? isakA vicAra karane para jJAta hotA hai ki kAla sarvadA vahIM rahatA hai| jo samaya pahile thA, vaha aba bho hai / pUrva kAla jo unakA thA vaha hamArA bhI hai| kevala antara itanAhI hai ki isa kAla meM vaise kartavya parAyaNa parizramI puruSa paidA nahIM hue, isaliye isa kAla kA mahatva ghaTagayA aura vaha tuccha mAlUma hone lagA / prati dina sahasra razmi sUrya teja sahita pUrvadizA meM udaya hotA hai pazcAt dina bhara bhUmi ko prakAzita karake sAyaMkAla ke samaya pazcima dizA meM asta hojAtA hai / rAtri ke samaya AkAza asaMkhya teja puMja tArAoM se prakAzamAna rahatA hai / candra jyoti kA ramaNIya sAmrAjya zukla pakSa meM sthira rahatA hai / aura kRSNa pakSa meM aMdhakAra apanI sattA prAjamAtA hai / grISma meM sUrya kA teja prabala arthAt garma hotA hai aura zarada Rtu meM prakAza ThaMDhA rahatA hai / varSA kAla meM zrAkAza se bRSTi hotI hai aura zarada Rtu meM pavana maMdatA se calatI hai / isa saba kA kahane kA sArAMza yaha hai ki kAla kI jo gati hotI hai vaha aba bhI hai| vartamAna kAla tathA pUrva kAla meM yadi kucha antara hosakatA * hai to thor3A bahuta sthitamaMtara hai| pUrva kAla meM sone kI varSA For Private and Personal Use Only

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hoto thI, aba nahIM hotI, aisI sthita na kabhI hosakatI hai aura na thI / pratyeka kAla meM karttavya zAlI puruSa avazya the| jisa deza meM, jisa dharma meM, aura jisa samAja meM kartavyavAna puruSoM kA janma hotA hai, vaha deza, vaha dharma, aura vaha samAja isa pRthavI para svarga tulya saMcAra karatA hai| are bhAratavarSa / are jaina samAja / tU kartavya parAyaNa puruSoM kA janma kisI ekahI kAla meM nahIM varan sadeva detA raha ? prAcIna kAla kI saMpAdita unnati ko panaH isa bhUmaMDala para vistArita karadeM ? o avinAzI kAla ! saikar3o nahIM to nahIM kintu thor3I saMkhyA meM hI kartavya zAlI nara ratnoM ko hamAre samAja meM utpanna kara aura unake dvAga jaina dharma kA prakAza bhUmaMDala para DAla ! priya vAcaka, bhUmaMDala para jaina dharma kA prakAza DAlane vAle eka mahAtmA ke amUlya caritra kA Aja maiM Apa ko paricaya karAtA huuN| vIracanda bhAI kA jIvana muzikSita aura jainadharmonnati ke icchuka yuvakoM ke liye anukaraNIya hai| jaina dharma pRthavI para basane vAle samasta prANiyoM kA dharma hai| jina dharma apanI AtmA kA jo dharma vaha jina dharma hai / jina praNIta dharma kA pAzcAtya dezameM prasAra karane ke liye suzikSita aura utsAhI bIracanda ne kaisA udyoga kiyA / bIracanda ke caritra se isake liye zikSA grahaNa karanI cAhiye / jaina dharma ke Upara anya samAjoM meM diye hue bhASaNa, aura kArya karane kI apUrva zakti Adi se ApakI kartavya dakSatA siddha hotI / isI liye zrApakA caritra itanA bodha prada hai / jo janma letA hai vaha avazya maregA yaha prakRti kA aTata niyama hai| koI bhI amara hone kA For Private and Personal Use Only

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(4) nahIM likhA laayaa| kisI na kisI dina kAla ke gAla jAnA hI paDegA / parantu jisane kartavya niSTa hokara saMsAra kaThinAiyoM ko paravAha na karake bar3e bar3e kaThina avasaroM pAra kara ke mRtyu pAI vaha mahApuruSa marakara bhI amara haiN| kA prazaMsanIya caritra logoM ke hRdayoM para aMkita rahatA haiN| jinako vAstavika apanA mAnava jIvana kRtArtha karane ke liye nirvAha karanA hai unako yaha bhalI prakAra se samajha lenA cAhiye ki isa sthUla zarIra ko tyAgane sehI mahAn puruSoM kI mRtyu nahIM hotI, unakA akSara deha kIrti rUpa meM amara rahatA hai| jo isa kSaNa bhaMgura saMsAra yAtrA meM apane amUlya mAnavo jIyana kA mUlya bilakula nahIM jAnate / kyA unakA jIvana khaMTe agAr3I pichAr3I se baMdhe hue ghor3a ke samAna nahIM hai ? manaSya meM aura paza meM antara hI kyA haiM ? donoM kA AhAravihAra samAna haiN| donoM Ananda ur3Ate haiM / parantu jo manuSya apanA jIvana paramArtha meM bitAkara kartavya parAyaNa rahatA hai, usI kA pAnavI jIvana saphala hai| zrImaMtoM ke pAsa kubera kA khajAnA ho to kyA ? jisa dhana meM se bhoga vilAsa ke sivA anya kisI paramArtha zrAdi meM eka kaur3I bhI kharcana hunAho to usake pAsa dhana hoto kyA aura na hoto kyA ? sAMpa ke phana meM rahane vAlI. maNi aura hAthI ke mastaka meM rahanevAlA motI bhI dhana hai ! hama ko hamAre pUrva puNya ke udaya se dhana milA hai 5 samajha kara jo zrImaMtalokopakAra ke liye apanA dhana kharca karate haiM, vahI dhana prayojanIya hai; dUsare dhana se kyA lAbha / aise hI dhanavAna prazaMsanIya hai| kahane kA sArAMza yaha hai ki manuSya jIvana ke hetu kalavya tatparatA vyakta karavAnA hai / For Private and Personal Use Only

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kartavya karma ke bhakta mahAtmA zrIyuta vIracanda rAghava jI gAMdhI kA alpa kintu mahatvapUrNa caritra rUpI zrAdarza nivedana kiyA jAtA hai| ||jnm // jaina dharmIya zvetAmbara sampradAya meM kAThiyAvAr3a pradeza ke bhAvanagara zahara ke nikaTa bartI grAma mahuvA meM ApakA janma huA thA / tArIkha 25 agasta san 1864 ko vIracanda gAMdhI ne garIba para uttama kula meM janma liyA / Apa ke pitA kA nAma rAghava jI bhAI thA / rAghava nI bhAI javAharAta kA kAma karate the| isa vyavasAya meM bar3e hI pravINa the| sAthahI dharma meM bhI Apa kI bar3I ruci thI / dharmAnurakta aura dharma kathA meM Apa eka dakSapuruSa the / jise Aja kala zikSA kahate haiM usa prakAra kI unhoM ne zikSA na pAI thii| para ve apane samaya ke acche sudhAraka the| usa samaya kI nirupayogI, aprastuta aura ajJAna yukta pracalita rivAjoM ke sudhAra meM unhoM ne samAja ke liye bar3A parizrama kiyA thA / mRtyu ke pIche mAthA kUTane kA burA rivAja gujarAta aura kAThiyAvAr3a meM bAhulyatA se aura bar3e joza se pracalita thA / carita nAyaka ke pitA ne ise burA samajha kara apane hI ghara se isa rivAja ko haTAkara apUrva dhairya pradarzita kiyA thA / aura samAja ke sAmane Adarza sthApana kara diyA thaa| sudhAraka pitA ke vIracanda jaisA sudhAraka beTA honA svabhAvika hI hai| zikSA bacapana meM vIracanda gujarAtI zAlA meM par3hane ke liye bheje For Private and Personal Use Only

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( 6 ) gye| vahAM kI zikSA samApta karake ve bhAvanagara ke aMgrejI skUla meM aMgrejI par3hane ke liye gaye / vIracanda apane daraje meM baDe dakSa aura buddhimAna vidyArthI the / Apa ne kevala 16 varSa kI hI avasthA meM san 1880 IsvI meM meTrikulezana parIkSA pAsa kara lii| pazcAta rAbavajI bhAI ne ucca zikSA dilAne ke abhiprAya se unheM bambaI ke elaphisTana kAleja meM bharatI karA diyaa| vahAM vIracanda mana lagAkara par3ane lage aura prati varSa parIkSA meM pAsa hote cale gaye / san 1884 meM bI0 e0 parIkSA meM dvitIya zreNI meM baDemAna se pAsa hue| zvetAMvara samAja meM vIracanda hI pahile pahila bI0 e hue the, isa lie sAre samAja kI ora se Apa ko abhinandana milA / samAja hitaiSI aguvAoM ko Apa ke bI0 e0 hone para bar3A Ananda milA / / Apa kA maMtritva san 1882 meM zvetAMbara jainiyoM kI ora se * jaina * isa bhArata varSIya jaina samAja ke uddezya ye the :( 1 ) samasta hindustAna meM bhinna 2 bhAgoM meM basane vAle sarva jaina bhAIyoM meM mitrabhAva kA pracAra karanA || ( 2 ) samasta bhArata meM bhinna 2 bhAgoM meM basane vAle jaina bhAiyoM kI sAmAjika, naitika, aura mAnasika unnati ho / aisA sahayoga sthApita karanA aura jaina samAja meM zikSA, nIti aura sadguNoM kA prasAra ( vRddhi) karanA / ( 3 ) jaina dharma ke TrasTa phaMDa aura dharma khAtoM ke kaimara dekha rekha rakhanA / For Private and Personal Use Only

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aisosiyezana Apha iMDiyA nAmaka saMsthAkI sthApanA huii| isake sekreTarIkA pada sammAnapUrvaka aura gaurava sahita zrIvIracaMda ko saM0 1641 meM sauMpAgayA / jabase sArvajanika kArya karane kI zakti tIkSaNa huI aura mi0 pIracanda kI kartatvazakti ke kAraNa saMsthA ko yaza prApta huaA (saM. 1641 jaina maMDala meM ekyatA hone kA vivaraNa tathA sudhAra aura saM. 1642 meM hukUma muni aura tatsambandhI vicAra, +zatruJjaya tIrtha saMvandhI khuzakAraka vRtAMta tathA jaina bhAiyoM meM hone yogya sAMsArika dhArmika aura rAjakIya sudhAra Adi viSayoM para jo bhASaNa caritanAyaka ne diye haiM ve aiso siyezana se prakAzita honevAle bhASaNa saMgraha meM hai| ... (4) jAnabaroM kI hatyA na hone denA aisA upAya karanA tathA jIva dayA kA poSaNa karanA aura krvaanaa| (5)bhinna 2 sthAnoM tathA tIrtho kI yAtrA karane vAle yAtriyoM ko sugamatA par3a, koI ar3acana na ho, aisA upAya karanA sAthahI jaina bhAI saMsArika dhArmika aura rAjakIya sudhAroM meM agavA ho aisA upAya krnaa| +zatruJjaya parvata ke pAsa murajakunDa ke najadIka zrIRSabhadeva bhagavAna kI pAdukA sthApita thiiN| tA0 7 jUna 1885 ko mAlUma huga ki koI use khoda gayA / tA. 16 jUna ko vaha khogii| vahAM ke brAhmaNoM ke gurU dattAtraya the| unhoM ne yaha pharayAda kI ( ki koI kahatA hai karAI gaI ) ki zrApakonahI pAdukA kho dI haiM aura guma kIhai / isa para zrAvakoM ke rakhehuye naukaroM ko mArapITa ke sAtha pakar3a liyA / isa sambandha meM For Private and Personal Use Only

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rA0 vIracanda pRthaka pRthaka upayogI aura samAja hita kAraka kArya saMsthA se pAsa karAne kI yojanA karate gaye aura isa liye isa saMsthA kA hindustAna meM prabhAva bddh'taagyaa| pahalA kArya jaina samAja aura pAlItANA ke ThAkara sUrajasiMha ke bIca paidA hone vAle baMdhAna ke viSaya meM thaa| ____ yaha saba ko vidita hai ki zatruJjaya parvata akabara bAdazAha aura nagara seTha zAntidAsa ke samaya se hI catAmbara jainoM ke adhikArameM thA usI vAdazAha tathA usake pIche gIpara baiThane vAle jahAMgIra zAhanazAha Adi bAdazAhoM ke samaya meM tAmra paTTa para khude huye pharamAna kA upayoga na hona ke kAraNa usakI hukUmata gavarnara ke pAsa do bAra tAra diye gaya / tA0 18 julAI ko pUnA meM gavarnara lArDare ne jaina DepyUTezana se mulAkAta kii| pIche sonAgar3ha ke asisTenTa poliTikala ejanTa kaptAna phoraDAyasa ne eka tarphI ( eka pakSI ) khoja kii| pazcAt sarakAra kI ora se yaha nizcaya huA ki pAlItANA darabAra ne jaina naukaroM ke Upara jo atyAcAra kiyA hai usakA nirNaya karane ke liye sonAgar3ha meM khoja kI hai aura pAlIlANA korTa meM jaina naukaroM ke sambandhI kesa ko asisTenTa po0 o0 nIkI korTa meM le jAo / isa para pAlItANA darabAra mahAvalezvara ke gavarnara para aja karane gyaa| aura vIracanda aura dUsare jaina aguA bhI gavarnara ke pAsa gaye / idhara kArtika badI 3 saM0 1642 meM ThAkura sUrajasiMha kI mRtyu hogii| yoM yaha mAmalA banda hogayA pazcAta gaddI para ThAkura mAnasiMha baiThe / isa ke pazcAt una se zatanAmA hI hogyaa| (anuvAdaka) For Private and Personal Use Only

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( 6 ) pAlItANA rAjya kartA ke pAsa calI gaI / isa samaya vahAM jAne vAle zvetAmbara yAtriyoM para kara lagAne ke sambandha meM nizcaya huA / yaha kara bar3A trAsa dAyaka thA / parvata kI rakSA ke bahAne yaha kara vasUla kiyAjAtA thA parvata kA saMrakSaNa karane ko pratyeka yAtrI para do rupayA kara vasUla kiyA jAne lagA isa se bar3I gar3abar3a phailI / isake liye mi0 vIracanda upAya khojane lage / rakSaNa karane kA samAdhAna isa samaya kAThiyAvAr3a ke poliTIka na ejanTa ( jo vartamAna samaya meM ejanTa TU dI gavarnara kahe jAte haiM ) karnala vATasana the aura bambaI ke gavarnara prasiddha lArDa re the| karnala vATasana ne zrAvakoM ke pratinidhiyoM ko pAlItANA bulAvAyA, isa samaya pratinidhiyoM kI ora se mi0 vIracanda ne sArI hakIkata nivedana kI / mahAna prayAsa se ThAkura sAhaba mAnasiMha aura jaina samudAya kI bIca yaha zartanAmA karAra pAyA ki ( 1 ) do rupaye kA kara uThA diyo jAyagA, usake badale meM jainI loga ThAkura sAheba ko paMdraha hajAra rupayA deveMge / ( 2 ) yaha zartanAmA san 1886 ke apraila mAsa se cAlIsa varSa taka rahegA / ( 3 ) ina cAlIsa varSa ke bAda rakama meM phera phAra karane kA donoM ko adhikAra hai| donoM svataMtra haiN| donoM ora kI dalIloM ko dhyAna meM lAne ke pazcAt phera phAra ko maMjUra athavA nA maMjUra karane kA adhikAra briTiza sarakAra apane hAtha meM rakhegI / isa prakAra vIracanda ne apanI prabhAvazAlI kartRtva zakti se saba jainiyoM ko aMjita kara sarvatra Ananda phailA diyA | For Private and Personal Use Only

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(10) lADa re ko mAna patra gavarnara sAhaba kAThiyAvAr3a gaye the| usa samaya zatruJjaya tIrtha kI bheMTa karate samaya unako 15 vIM disambara 1886I. ko tIrtha sthAna para mAna patra samarpita kiyA gyaa| vyavasAya isake pIche koI sthAyI vyavasAya karane kI ora zrI vIracanda kAdhyAna gyaa| solisiTarI nAmaka ucca parikSA pAsa karane kI ora unakA lakSya gayA / solisiTarI kA pezA bar3AhI zrama dAyaka hotA hai| sAthahI usameM samayabhI nahIM miltaa| dina rAta zrama karate rahane aura pharasata na pAne ke liye yaha pezA aisA burA hai ki varNana nahIM hosaktA parantu isake sAthahI yaha bar3I ijjata ora adhika ru0 paidA karana kA vyavasAya hai, jisake kAraNa isake uparokta do kaSTa nahIM khaTakate / isa kathana se yaha na samajha lenA cAhiye ki ucca, nItivAna aura dharmiSTa puruSoM ko isa vyavasAya meM hI nahIM par3anA cAhiye kyoMki bahuta se isa vyavasAya ko karate hue bhI sArvajanika sevA karane ko sabase adhika samaya lagAte haiN| sarakArI solisiTara banage kI icchA se zrI vIracanda " liTila rauMDa kampanI" meM san 1886 meM ArTikilDa klArka hogye| au vahAM ve solisiTarI parIkSA ke liye Avazyaka jJAna sampAdana karane lage / ahamadAvAda aura dhambaI ke jainI abhI inhe bhale na the| jaina samAja ke liye abhItaka jo jo uttama kArya unhoM ne kiye the ve saba vahAM ke jainiyoM ke hRdayoM para aMkita the| ataeva For Private and Personal Use Only

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unhoMne mi vIracanda ko isa samaya dravya se sahAyatA dekara bar3A acchA kiyA thaa| isa vyavasAya meM phasa jAne ke kAraNa zrIvIracanda ne jaina samAja ke hita aura Avazyaka kAryoM ke prati durlakSa nahIM diyA / aisI samaya jaina samAja ko dukha pahuMcAne bAlI, hRdaya drAvaka ghaTanA ghaTI, usake dUra karane ke liye jainiyoM kI uMgalI kartavya niSTa vIracanda gAMdhI kIhI ora utthii| zikhara jI para atyAcAra yaha ghaTanA thI zikhara jI para atyAcAra / san 1861 I0 meM mi0 beDama nAmI aMgraja ne jainiyoM ke pavitra kSetra sammaMda zikhara para jise aMgraja pArasanAtha hila kahate haiM, carabI banAnakA kArakhAnA aura pazu hatyAgraha kholanA cAhA thaa| isa sUcanA se sArA jaina samAja prakSubdha ho gayA aura aMgarajI kArakhAne ke viruddha kalakatsA meM nIce kI korTa meM pharyAda peza kii| vahAM se jainiyoM ke viruddha phaisalA milA isapara usakI apIla hAIkorTa meM kiigii| isI ke lie mi. gAMdhI kI AvazyakatA par3I aura ve kalakata meM pAe / vahAMpara raha kara unhoM ne baMgAlI bhASA ko sIkhA aura phira dezI bhASA meM jo jo kAgaja makadame ke liye upayogI the una saba kA aMgrejI meM anuvAda karaka sabUta ke liye hAI korTa meM peza kiye / isI prakAra phitanaM hI zilA lekha, tAmra patra, aura prAcIna lekhoM kI sahAyatA se korTa meM zikhara jI parvata para jainiyoM kA adhikAra pramANita kara diyA / dIrgha udyoga tathA utsAha ke sAtha hAIkorTa For Private and Personal Use Only

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. (17) meM aisI sundaratA aura spaSTatA se pairavI kI gaI ki nIce kI adAlata kA phaisalA rada hokara jainiyoM ke pakSa meM phaisalA milA isa prakAra pavitra tIrtha kSetra kI isa atyAcAra se rakSA huii| isa bAra bhI mi0 gAMdhI ke hAtha meM lie huye kArya kI vijaya huI / yaha mi0 boracanda kI. dUsarI bijaya thI isa samaya se bIracanda saba kI dRSTi meM Adara se dekhe jAne lage / aura saba ne ina ke prati kRtajJatA pragaTa kii| cikAgo vizva dharma pariSada isI samaya amerikA ke cikAgo nAmaka zahara meM pAzcAtya vidvAnoM ne saMsAra bhara ke saba dharmoM kI mahAsabhA baiThAne kA udyoga kiyA thaa| pratyeka dharma ke pratinidhiyoM ko AmaMtraNa diyA gayA thaa| hindustAna se bhI pratyeka dharma ke alaga alaga pratinidhi gaye the / jaina dharma kA bhI eka pratinidhi bhajane ke liye zvetAmbara jainAcArya zrI vinayAnandanI sUre (AtmArAma jI) ke pAsa nimantraNa AyA thA jaina zAstroM ke anusAra sAdhuoM ko sAmAnyatA samudra yAtrA kA niSedha hai| ataevaM AcArya jI ne pratinidhi bhaMjane kA pazna jaina aisosiyezana para DAla diyA / aisosiyezana ne jaba isa prazna para vicAra kiyA to pratinidhi hone ke liye 'bIracandaH hI upayukta samajha gaye aura ve hI pratinidhi nirvAcita kiye gye| jaina dharma ke tatvamaya svarUpa ko samajhanA kaThina haiM phira bhI unake liye aura bhI kaThina thA / ataeSa mi0 vIracanda jaina dharma aura jaina tatva kA jJAna saMpAdana karane ke liye zrI mada vijayAnanda 'sari ( svAmI AtmArAma jI) ke pAsa gaye aura una se par3hane lage For Private and Personal Use Only

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( 18 ) pazcAt jalayAtrA dvArA ve amerikA ko gaye / jAte samaya bambaI bandara para "yazasvI hoN| isa dhvani aura AzIrbAda kI dRSTi hone lgii| hindudharma maMDala kI ora se svAmI vivekAnanda zrAdi bhI isa vizva dharma pariSada meM sammilita the| mi0 gAMdhI jaise taruNa puruSa ne aise mahatva ke kArya ko utsAha ke sAtha svIkAra kiyA, isa se mi0 gAMdhI kI asAmAnya vidvattA aura buddhimattA bhalIpakAra se sUcita hotI hai / kAraNa, yaha pariSad dharma viSayaka hI nahIM thaa| kintu usa gar3ha samaya meM zreSTha aura acche dhArmika tatva jAnane kI icchA se baDe 2 vidvAna adhika saMkhyA meM ekatrita hue the / isa jaga vikhyAta aura apUrva prasaMga para jaina dharma kI prateSThatA prakAzita karane meM eka jaina yuvaka kA manobala kisa prakAra se kAma karagayA, yaha jainiyoM ke vartamAna itihAsa meM cirasmaNIya rhegii| amerikA meM kiye huye kArya sitambara san 1883 se amerikA ke cikAgo zahara meM isa pracaNDa sArva dharma pariSad kA prArambha huvA / aura sattara dinataka rahI / isameM pRthaka pathaka deza ke pRthaka 2 dharma pratinidhiyoM ne apane apane dharma kA svarUpa prakAzita kiyaa| mi0 vIracanda ne jaina dharma kA svarUpa nIti aura tatvajJAna maya aisI uttamatA se prakAzita kiyA ki sabakA dhyAna AkRSTa hogayA hama apanI ora se kuchabhI na kaha kara nIce eka prasiddha zrame rikana samAcAra patrakI sammati dete haiN| "A number of distinguished Hindu schalars, philoso. phers, and Religous teachers attended and addressed the Parliament, some of them taking rank wich the highest For Private and Personal Use Only

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(16) pf any race for learning eloquence and piety. But it is wife to say that no one of the pricental scholars was listened to with greater intrest than was the young lay man of the Jain community as he declared the Ethics and Philosophy of his people." isakA hindI anuvAda yaha huvA ki: pAraliyA meMTa (pariSada) meM pratiSThita hindU vidvAna tatva jJAnI dharmopadezaka upasthita the aura unhoMne bhASaNa bhI diye the| jinameM se kitane hI apanI jAtikI vidvattA, vaktRtva kalA aura dharma bhakti ke paNDita the / para yaha bAta nirbhayatA se kahI nAsaktI hai ki paurvAla paMDitoM meM jaina samAja ke yuvaka nAvaka ne apane vargakI nIti aura tatva jJAna ke sambandha meM to bhASaNa diye the unameM jo rasa thA aura ve jisa prema se zrotAoM ne sune the ve kisI dUsare ke nahIM sune unakI samatA koI bhI bhASaNa nahIM karasakta" . . isake prathama videzoM meM jaina dharma kA pracAra karane ke liye koI nahIM gayA thA videziyoM ko jaina dharma kA paricaya karAne ke liye saba se prathama sammAna isI zrAvaka ko prApta huvA / bambaI kA vyAkhyAna ___ san 1865 ke jUna meM ye bambaI Ae / bambaI Ane ke pazcAta mi. gAMdhI ne jainatastra jJAna kA abhyAsa vizeSarUpa se prArambha kiyA / saMsAra ke dUsare dharmoM kA nirIkSaNa karake unakI tulanA jaina dharma se kI / pazcAt jaina dharma ke tatvajJAna kI zikSA dene ke liye bambaI meM mi. gAMdhI ne "hemacandrAcArya abhyAsavarga sthApita kiyA / isa saMsthA meM karma siddhAMta ( Doctrine of Karmas ) punarjanma, jar3a aura caitanya sAmAnya For Private and Personal Use Only

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(20) tatva Adi viSayoM para mi0 gAMdhI ke upayukta vyAkhyAna huye taba se mi. gAMdhI kI vidvatA kA paricaya jainettara vidvAna maNDala meM bhI hogayA aura loga jAnane lage ki jaina dharma ajJAta parantu utkRSTa dharma hai / bambaIkI buddhivardhakasabhA, AryasamAja thiyosAphikala sosAiTI Adi saMsthAoM meM bhI mi. gAMdhI ne jaina dharma para vyAkhyAna diye // . amerikA se phira AmantraNa idhara isa prakAra svadeza meM dezabaMdhuoM ko jaina dharma kA paricaya karAne kA pavitra kArya cala rahAthA / udhara mi0 gAMdhI ko amerikAvAloM kI ora se eka para eka maMtraNa Arahe the ki ve amerikA jAkara vahAM ke nivAsiyoM ko jaina dharma kA vizeSa paricaya karAveM / svadharma ke paricaya karAne kI tIvra icchA rakhate hue, jenoM ke tatvajJAna ke prati ruciko tRpta karana kA AmaMtraNa kaunasA dharmAbhimAnI puruSa asvIkAra karegA ? turanta hI mi0 bIracanda san 1866 meM punaH dUsarIbAra amerikA ko gye| isa vAra jAte samaya 20 agasta ko mAMgarola jaina sAMgIta maMDalI kI ora se mAna patra diyA gayA thaa| isakA mUla (aMgrejI) aura anubAda anyatra prakAzita hai| - isa samaya amerikA meM kucha mahIne rahakara aura kucha mahIne iMgalaiMDa meM rahakara apane vyAkhyAna diye the / sAthahI sAtha bairisTarI kA adhyayana bhI karane lage isa prakAra dharma pracAra kA udyoga cala rahA thA ki inako phira jaina baMdhuoM ne hindustAna bulAliyA / bulAne kA yaha kAraNa thA ki jaina samAja ke hita ke liye ( sevroTarI Apha sTeTa bhArata mantrI) ke yahAM eka apIla karanI thii| mi. gAMdhI kI yojanA saba ko pasanda aaii| For Private and Personal Use Only

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( 21 ) isa liye yaha 12 vIM agasta san 1868 ko bhArata bApasa aagye| yahAM para tIna saptAha rahakara apIla ke sambandha kA pUrA paricaya prApta karake 24 bI sitambara 1068 ko apane putra sahita phira vilAyata cale gye| Apane vahAM sekreTarI AphasTeTa ke yahAM aisI yogyatA se apIla kI ki kArya siddha ho gayA isa prakAra isa kArya meM bhI yazasvI hokara yaha bhArata lauTa Ae / tIsarI bAra jaba yaha amerikA gaye the taba mAMgarola jaina sAMgIta maMDalI ke udyoga se svargIya nyAyamUrtI mahAdeva govinda rAnA kI adhyakSatA meM eka sArvajanika mahAsabhA huI / aura mi0 gAMdhI ko mAna patra diyA gayA / isakI aMgrejI nakala hindI anuvAda sahita Age chapI hai / hamAre carita nAyaka ne jaina dharma sambandhI tatva jJAna: viSayaka jo bhASaNa sArvadharma pariSada meM diyA thA usa kA usa pariSada ke utpAdaka aura ekatrita vidvanmaNDala para aisA utkRSTa prabhAva par3A ki unhoMne carita nAyaka ko eka raupya padaka pradAna kara sammAnita kiyA / isa sabhA ke bhASaNa ko saba loga jAna jAMya tathA jaina dharma ke tatvoM kI uttamatA ko sabaloga samajha jAyeM isaliye inhoMne amerikA ke prasiddha 2 zahara vosTana nyUyArka, vAziMgaTana Adi zaharoM meM jaina dharma para vyAkhyAna diye / jaina dharma kA rahasya, usakI vyApakatA, aura sundaratA zrotAoM ko smjhaaii| kAsADoga nAmaka zahara ke saba nivAsI inake jaina dharma sambandhI bhASaNa. se aise saMtuSTa huye ki unhoMne mi gAMdhI ko eka svarNa padaka samarpaNa kiyA / ye bhASaNa jaina dharma kyA hai? ( what is Jainism ) jainiyoM kA tatva jJAna aura mAnasa zAstra' For Private and Personal Use Only

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(22) Philosophy and Bycbology of.the Jains jaunayoM kA svArtha tyAMgakA gar3ha, dharma ( The Occult law of sacrifice ) jIvana ke satya siddhAMta ( The true laws of life ) aura jainiyoM kA vizvase sambandha ( Jains Relation to the Univrse ) the inake sivAya aura bhI aneka bhASaNa amerikA meM diye the| isa ke pazcAta amerikana logoM ko jaina tatva jJAna kA paricaya hotA rahe. isa uddezya se Apane vahAM "gAMdhI philAsaphikala sosAyaTI nAmaka saMsthA bhI sthApita krdii| isa prakAra uddiSTa kArya meM yaza prApta karake mi0 gAMdhI ne iMgalaiMDa meM praveza kiyA iMgaleMDa ke kArya landana Adi prasiddha prasiddha nagaroM ke vidvAnoM kI maMDaliyoM meM jaina dharma ke mUlabhUta tatvoMpara mi0 gAMdhIne kitane hI bhASaNa diye / isa samaya bambaI ke bhUta pUrva gavarnara lAI re bhI iGgaleMDa meM hI the| mi. gAMdhI kA pahile se hI unase paricaya thaa| ataeva inheM apane kAryoM meM ukta lArDa sAhaba se bhI bar3I sahAyatA milI / iGgaleNDa meM gAMdhI ke kAryoM kA yaha pariNAma huA ki bahuta se jijJAsuoM ne jaina dharma. sIkhane kI prabala noTa-inake aMgarejI vyAkhyAnoM kI pustakeM megha jI hIra nI bukaselara pAyadhunI, bambaI; zeTha devacanda lAla bhAI pustakoddhAra phaMDa jhaverI bAjAra, bambaI athavA jaina grantha ratnAkara kAryAlaya, hIrAbAga bambaI se mila sakatI haiN| unheM par3hakara lAbha uThAnA cAhiye / pustakoM ke mAma aura kImata isa prakAra hai : Jain Philosophy Rs. 1/8/-, Yog Philosophy dg five te Kayma Philosophy -15/ For Private and Personal Use Only

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( 23 ) icchA pragaTa kI / unameM se eka kA nAma mi0 vArana thA / paradharmI IsAI dharmAnuyAyI jaina dharma kI zikSA lene ke liye taiyAra hogaye, yaha kyA mi0 gAMdhI kI kartatva zakti ke liye kama dhanyavAda kI bAta thI / Apane aisI zikSA dene kI vyavasthA kI aura eka zikSaNa varga sthApita kara diyaa| isakA vijayI pariNAma nikalane ke pahale hI zarIra kI prakRti anukUla na rahane ke kAraNa svadeza ko lauTanA par3A bambaI Ate hI bar3e sammAna se Apa ko logoM ne liyA / svarga vAsa svadeza ke jaina samAjonnati ke vicAroM ne mitra gAMdhI ke hRdaya meM sthAna kara liyA thA aura isa kSetra meM unhoMne kArya bhI prAraMbha kara diyA thA parantu yadi manuSya kI icchA sehI isa saMsAra meM saba sUtra calate to kAla kA mahatva hI koI kyoM mAnatA aura kyoM bar3e bar3e sArva bhauma, vidvAna aura kaviyoM ke liye "kAlAya tasmai namaH" kahane kA avasara AtA / kAla ke samIpa sabakI gati kuMThita hai; saMsAra meM aisI koI bhI vasta nahIM hai jo kAla ke vaza meM na ho phira mi0 gAMdhI kI hakIkata hI kyA thI ? apane Arambha kiye huye vyavasa ya ko chor3akara eka dama svarga bAsa karanA paDegA, yaha mi0 gAMdhI ko svapna meM bhI dhyAna na thA / vilAyata se Ae saptAhahI hue the ki 7 agasta san 1601 ko mi0 gAMdhI sava ko zoka sAgara meM DubA svarga ko sidhAra gaye / kitano hI kA kathana hai ki svadeza meM mi0 gAMdhI marane ke liye hI Aye the / ThIka / jaina samAja kA eka kartavya zAlI hIrA yoM naSTa ho gayA / bhAratIya jaina samAja ke bhUSaNa zrImAn vIracandra kI AtmA ko sadgati mile For Private and Personal Use Only

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( 24 ) upasaMhAra mi0 gAMdhI meM vizAla buddhimattA hote bhI ve bar3e milanasAra the, unakA svabhAva bar3A namrathA / unakI vaktRtva zakti nyAya yukta aura balavAna thii| dina rAta kAma karate rahane kI unakI paddhati thI / avakAza meM bhI ve vizrAMti nahIM lete the / avizrAMti parizrama se kArya karate rahane ke kAraNa unakA svAstha ThIka na rahatA thA aura isa lie unakI akAlamRtyu hogaI, yadi yaha kahA jAya to ayukta na hogaa| apane dharma kI unnati ke liya saMsAra meM mi. gAMdhI alpa AyuhI meM cale gaye parantu anya manuSyoM ke sammukha jvalaMta dRSTAMta rakha gaye ki yaha tuccha jIvana kisa prakAra atyanta pUrNa banAyA jA sakatA hai| pUrvasamaya meM tIrthaMkara athavA dUsare muni bhArata khaMDa ke bAhara dharmopadeza kiyA karate the parantu kitanI hI zatAbdiyoMse AryAvartta meM hI jainadharma kA nAmAvazeSa rUparahagayA hai| vartamAna meM usako bAhara ujjvala rUpa meM prakAzita karane kA zreya mi0 gAMdhI ne hI sampAdana kiyaa| mi0 gAMdhI ne jo jo kArya hAtha meM liye una sabameM unheM yaza prApta huA / zrIyuta svargastha mi bIracanda bhAI kI mRtyu se jaina samAja kI bar3I hAni huI aisA bIra puruSa Aja na to digambara athavA zvetAmbaroM meM koI hai aura na bhaviSya meM hone kI AzA hai / ( 2 ) zrImAn gAMdhI jI jaba dUsarI bAra sakuTumba amerikA ko gaye, taba mAMgarola sAMgIta maMDalI kI ora se aMgarejI aura gujarAtI bhASA meM karmabIra svargIya saMTha premacanda rAyacanda ke sabhApatitva meM jo mAna patra una ko diyA gayA thA / usakI nakala pAThakoM ke avalokanArtha nIce dete haiM / For Private and Personal Use Only

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(24) To VIR CHAND RAGHAVJI GANDHI, ESQR., B.A., Member of the Royal Asiatic Society, Secretary to the Jain Association of India, President of the Hemchandra Charyn, Study Class, &c, dog Bombay. DEAR SIR, ... We, the Members of the Mangrol Juin Sangit Mandli, are assembled here to day to give expression in public to the bigh esteem and ardent numiration with which we all regard you for the incalculable. benifits you have conferred upon cur assembly by useful ser. vices and timely suggestions, as well is on the whole community, on religious matters, arid many important and intricate questions connected with the affairs of our sacred Places. ... We avail ourselves of this occasion, #specially because only to-morrow you will be on your way to thut lanit where you went in 1893, as an accredited Delegute of the Jain ('ommunity, to represent the views on the Ethics and Philosophy of our Religion in the Parliament of Religions at Chica yo. It was a matter of joy and satistaction for us all that out of a few Indian Delegates of light and learning, who could compete with and hold their own aguinst the foremost tbinkers of Europe and America, you were the only person who was heard with rapt attention and accorded due praise. Your real work may be said to have commenced with the tormiuation of the sittings of that grand Assembly, for it was then that invitations from persons of diverse sview and various positions, coupled with the earnest solicitations of Associations, Quions, and Clubs, began to pour in, wbich induced you to prolony For Private and Personal Use Only

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Yo ) your stay, there. This brief sojourn you turned to the best account, by delivering many public lectures on the idea and aim of Jain Philosophy-nny-when on certain occasions the duty of representing the whole India devol. ved upon you, you discoursed on Indian Philosophy in general, and succeeded to a great extent in dispelling doubts and misconceptions about the History, Morality, and Religion of the Hindus, and thus lifted up the veil which screened real things from their gaze. Here, also, after your arrival you did not fail to embrace every opportunity to enlighten us on the manners, customs and the educational systems of America, and your unremitted exertions have resulted in creating a zealous study of our Religion and Philosophy and the formation of the Hemchandra charya study class. Rejoicing as we do at your second visit, we cannot but feel profvund sorrow at the idea of seperation froru a person of your knowledge, ability, and simplicity, we however console ourselves with the fact that what is loss to us is a substeutinl gain to our American Bretberen. Those of our Bretleren on tbe other side of tbe Mississipi who being far removed from the centres of activity, could not share the pleasures of your company und adresses, will have now ample time to satisfy themselves. It will also be a boon and blessing to the enthusiastic students of occult Philosophy, who paid you a well merited inen, of honour by founding a society of Philosophic Investigations in your name. We feel pride and pleasure to kuow that you will be accompanied by your devoted wife, who will be a source of great help and comfort to you, and will afford our American sisters, a good opportunity to form a correct idea of the nature, virtuts aud responsibilities of an Aryav Lady.. In conclusion, sir, we leartily wish you a lion voyage and pray that blessings inay be strewn accross your path, and that your efforts in propounding and propagating the bigb principles of our noble religion may For Private and Personal Use Only

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(27) be crowned with success, and hope that the revival of the glorious Past of the noble land of tbe East, which was bailed with favour in a dim and prophetic vision, by that illustrious French writer Victor Hiugo is destined to take place in the sail of America, which have been already brought into contact by material civilization, will through our spritual thoughts be united in more enduring and permanent bonds of Fratervity. : As for curselves, we shall be longingly looking forward for that day, when after mastering the great problem of the free education of the masses, you will return hore and work for its introduction, for it is upon the solution of this problem alone that the future happiness of our country depends. . We beg to remain,.. Dear Sir, Bomboay, Your Friends and well wishers, 20th August 1896. Prem Chand Roy Chand, Amer Chand President of the meeting, . Tilok Chand Moti Chand Debi Chapd, Honourary Secretary, . President, for members of the Mangrol Jain Sangit Mandli. ___Upara ke mAnapatra kA hindI anuvAda. ___mi0 vIracanda rAghavajI gAMdhI bI0 e0 ___ membara AphadI rAyala ezATika sosAiTI, sekreTarI jaina esosiezana Apha iNDiyA prAdi bAI miyabandhu, zrImAMgarola jaina sAMgIta maMDalI ke hama saba prabhAsada Aja ApakI upayukta sevA, prAsaMgika sUcanAoM tathA samasta For Private and Personal Use Only

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.. (28) samAja dharma saMbandhI viSayoM meM, pavitra tIrthoM se sambandha rakhane vAle kaThina aura mahatva ke praznoM ke viSaya meM jo Apane asaMkhya lAbha pahuMcAye haiM, usake liye hama pratyakSa rUpa se ApakA AbhAra bhAnate haiM / Apake prati uccamAna tathA prema pradarzita karane ke liye hama saba yahAM ekatrita huye haiN| . isa prasaMma ko jaldI lAne kA mukhya kAraNa yaha hai ki phata hI Apa usadeza (amerikA) ko prasthAna karajAoge jahAM Apa san 1863 I0 meM cikAgo kI dharma pariSada meM hamAre dharma ke tatvoM aura rahasya ko pradarzita karane ke liye jainoM ke pratinidhi banakara gayethe / yarupa aura amerikA ke zreSTha tatva jJAniyoM aura acche vidvAnoM kI samatA karane hindustAna ke acche vidvAna gaye the| para hameM yaha jAna kara bar3A harSa aura saMtoSa huA ki Apake vyAkhyAna bar3e dhyAna se sune gaye aura Apa ke vyAkhyAnoM ko prazaMsA kiigii| usa mahA samAja kI baiThaka pUrI hotehI Apake vAstavika kAryoM kA prArambha huvA kyoMki tabhI se bhinna bhinna vicAra vAle aura bhinna bhinna sthiti ke manuSyoM ne Apako AmantraNoM se aura aneka maMDaliyoM, sabhAoM aura klaboM kI prArthanAoM se prerita hone para Apako vahAM kucha samaya ke liye ThaharanA pdd'aa| vividha viSayoM para vyAkhyAna aura bhASaNa dekarahI Apane isa samaya kA sadupayoga kiyA / yahI nahIM, kintu bhAratavarSa ke pratinidhi hone ke kartavya ko bhI nibAhA / kyoM ki sAre bhAratavarSa ke pratinidhi ke kartavya kA bhAra Apa ke sira para thA / ataeva Apane bhAratIya tatvajJAna ke viSaya meM bhI apane vicAra pragaTa kiye the| vahAM ke nivAsiyoM ke dimAga meM For Private and Personal Use Only

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( 26 ) bhAratIya itihAsa, nIti aura dharma ke prati jo jo bhUleM ghara kara rahI thIM unheM dUra karane meM Apane bar3I saphalatA mAptakI aura unheM unake viSaya meM satya bAteM batalAkara unakA bhrama dUra kiyaa| yahAM ane para Apane amerikA ke upayogI rIti rivAja aura vidyA pracAra ke bahu mUlya saMdeza hameM sunAye | dharma kI ora ruci utpanna karanekA ApakA yaha bar3A prayatna bhI saphala huvA aura hemacandrAcArya abhyAsa varga kI sthApanA huI . Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir ApakI dUsarI musAphirI ke samaya hama khuzI manA rahe haiM para sAthahI yApa jaise jJAnavAna, zaktivAna, aura namra gRhastha ke viyoga kA hameM bar3A dukha hai / para Apa ke viyoga se hamArI jo bhArI hAni hogI usake badale hamAre amerikana bhAI aura bahanoM ko amUlya lAbha hogA yahI vicAra kara hameM khuzI hotI hai| misisipa nadI kI dUsarI ora basane vAle amerikana bhAiyoM ne Apake vyAkhyAnoM se lAbha prApta kara nahIM pAyA thA isaliye aba vaha apanI icchA ko pUrNa karasakeMge / tatva jJAna ke jijJAsu vidvAnoM ke liye bhI jinhoMne Apake guNoM aura jJAna para mugdha hokara Apake nAma se tatva zodhaka maMDala sthApita kiyA hai ApakI yaha yAtrA bar3a e harSa aura AzIrvAda kA kAraNa hogii| hameM yaha jAnakara aura bhI harSa huvA ki isa yAtrA meM Apa ke sAtha ApakI saha dharmiNI bhI rahegI, jinase Apako pUrI sahAyatA aura ArAma milegA; sAthahI ve amerikana bahinoM ko Arya mahilAoM ke kartavya, guNa aura svabhAva kA jJAna karAveMgI / anta meM hama antaHkaraNa se icchA karate haiM ki bhApa kI For Private and Personal Use Only

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yAtrA Ananda se samApta ho / jahAM jahAM Apa jAyeM, vahAM vahAM AzIrvacanoM kI bRSTi ho, hamAre dharma ke mahAna siddhAntoM ke samajhAne meM aura prasAra karane meM bhApako saphalatA ho, yahI hama prArthanA karate haiM / pUrvIya daMzakI divya bhUmi kI bhUta pUrva ujvala sthitike punaruddhAra yazasvI phaca lekhaka mi0 hayugoye ko AzA thii| ki vaha punaruddhAra amerikA meM jAkara huaa| bhArata aura amerikA kA bhautika sudhAroM se jo thoDAsA paraspara saMbandha huvA hai usake dvArA hamAre adhyAtma jJAna ke aura prasAra kI tathA sthAyI bhrAtRbhAva kI prAzA hai| - hama usa dinakI pratIkSA bar3I utsukatAse kara rahe haiM jisa dina bhApa jana samAja kI anivArya aura niHzukla zikSA ke mahAna siddhAMta meM nipuNatA prApta karake yahAM vApisa lauTeMge aura usake pracAra ke liye Apa kArya kareMge / isI prazna para hamAre deza kA bhaviSya sukha nirbhara hai| bhavadIya bambaI premacanda rAyacanda sA. 20 agasta 1866 mITiMga ke presIDeMTa amaracanda tilakacanda motIcanda devacanda presIDeMTa AnarerI sekreTarI zrImAMgarola jainasAMgItamaMDalI * To. Vir Chand Raghavji Gandhi Esqr. B.A.MRA, Dear Brother, We, your friends and admirers, have assembled here to day to give expressions to our sentiments of deep gratitude andh igh admiration, which we so sircerely For Private and Personal Use Only

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cherish for you, in due appreciation of the invaluable and innumerable services which you have so creditably rendered to the members of your community and to the people of India in general, by fostering brotherly feelings in the hearts of the kind and courteous Americans, for the people of our renowned India. We feel much satisfaction aud pride repeat tbat we find in you, only a representative of the Jain Religion at the Parliament of Religions, held at Chicago, but at the same time we find in you a most energetic and competent advocate of the cause of Indian Pbilosopby: Disregarding the unavoidable incoaveniences, which present themselves to an Orthodox Hindu travollar scru. pulously following the prescriptions of religion, while prosecuting noble work, which you have so cheerfully undertaken, you visited different parts of America and preached in lotty tones from public and private pulpits the religion and Philosophical tenets of Hinduism; and we are extremely glad to endorse the opinion of the American public and press, that you have succeeded all with all the moral triumph of a conscientious preacher, in awakening American interest and symputbies for the religion and philosophy of India which has beun gloricusly hailed by the foreigners from times immemorial, as the mother of Religions and the Cradle of Civilizi tion. This, in itself is a sign, prophesying good for the orient and the Occident. . . But your mission did not end here, you next con. centrated all your energies in a pitched battle against the grant of darkuess assuming various forms and specially against lock of education amoug the wmen of this country, which is one of the saddest and most deplorable condition of Indian society, we are much pleased to hear, has sent three of our Fliidu sister's to America, with the offer to maintain and educate them, for three -years at the expense of the socioty, so that they may be enabled to practically study bow to become proper For Private and Personal Use Only

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( 32 ) help-mates to their husbands and pioneers in the work of reforming our society. We respectully solicit your favour to convey to our best sympathies and choisest blessings in their noble mission of patronizing female education in India. Equally precious are your services, during the recent famine in India, when you got enlisted with your characteristic promptness, the sympathy of the kind herated Americans for the poorer masses, who were starving to death for want of sufficient food aud sent a ship to India, laden with American maize for free distribution among the famine stricken people. These services and these touches of your philauthrophic disposition, we assuse you, our dear brother, have rightly earned for you our lasting admiration and gratitde. The cause of Vegetarianism is equally comman ding our admiration your numerous addresses so vividly portraying the excruciating pains and heart-rendering agonies of the poor animals, writhing under the knives of the heartless butchers, have reclaimed many flesh eaters to the pure hindu vegetarian diet and have taught them to respect the feel'ngs even of the lower creation an object lesson of spritual life which India bas still to preach and to teach most of the civilized nations of the world. Your strong protest against the misrepresentations by the American missionaries of the Indian life and morals, your valuable advice, for the introduction of the American system of practical education in Indian schools, your genuine desire to see our Indian students in England paying particular attention to English Arts and manufacteres with the object of improving and promoting Indian Industries, your contributions to the Indian press for drawing the attention of our educated youths to commercial fields that are open for them in Enland and America, these are some of the meltifarious subjects that have held us in unspeakable wouder, For Private and Personal Use Only

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( 33 ) and speak volumes for your sound Judgment and comprehensive abilities, This large and influential gathering rejoices to see that you are the first Hindu among the whole Hindu community of India, to take your wife to America and to give practical illustration of the life of an Indian Hindu woman to our sisters of the Western Hemispere A. short stay of nearly two years of your son Master Moban in America, and his training in an American educational institution, give us every hope that he will be a second Gandhi after you to pickup, with the greatest zeal and interest, the work which you have commenced so successfully of implanting "India in America.". In conclusion, we wish you a hearty bon Voyaga to England and America and a happy return to our dear country after fulfilling your noble mission of preaching Oriental Philosophy. On behalf of the Friends and admirers assembled in a public meeting held at Novelty Theatre, Bombay, President, M. G. RANADE. Dated 23rd Sept., 1889. mi0 bIracanda rAghava jI gAMdhI bI0 e0, ema0 Ara0 e0 esa0 prati dayAlu bhrAtRbhAva kA priya baMdhu, jaga prasiddha zrArya bhUmi ke logoM ke aura binayavAna amerikana logoM ke hRdayoM meM janma de kara Apane apanI jAti bhAiyoMhI kI nahIM balki sAre bhAratavarSa kI jo amUlya sevA kI hai usake zrAbhAra mAnane ke lie tathA prema darzAne ke liye hama saba yahAM para ekatrita huye haiN| For Private and Personal Use Only

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( 34 ) fart kI dharma pariSada meM jaina pratinidhi kI bhAMtihI nahIM, parantu bhAratIya adhyAtma vidyA ke pakke poSaka kI bhAMti Apane kArya kiyA, hameM yaha kahate huye saMtoSa tathA abhimAna hotA haiN| hindu dharma kI rIti rivAjoM ke anusAra samudra yAtrA kA niSedha hai| usapara bhI kaThinAiyoM kI paravA na karake Apane amerikA kI yAtrA kii| vahAM jAkara amerikA ke bhinna 2 bhAgoM meM pravAsa kiyA aura amerikana logoM ko Arya dharma tathA tatvajJAna ke bahumUlya upadezoM kA bodha kraayaa| amerikana logoM ne Apake mata kA anumodana kiyA yaha jAnakara hama bar3a Anandita haiM / amerikana logoM kA hiMdU dharma tathA tasva 1 jJAna ke prati jijJAsA utpanna karane meM Apane acchI saphalatA prApta kI hai / usake pazcAt bhAratavarSa kI striyoM kI ajJAnAvasthA kI aura amerikana bahanoM kA dhyAna AkarSita kiyA aura bhAratIya striyoM kI vidyA bRddhi ke liye Apane amerikana striyoM kI eka maMDalI sthApita kii| usa maMDalI kI ora se tIna bhAratIya viduSiyoM ko vahAM rahane aura zikSA lAbha karane ke liye AmaMtraNa milA | tIna sAla taka usa maMDala ke vyaya saMhI ve viduSiyeM vahAM rahIM aura zikSA prApta kI / usa dayAlu zramaMtraNa ke liye bhAratIya striye amerikana bahanoM kA bar3A AbhAra mAnatI haiM, yaha Apa unheM sUcita karadeM / Apake kAma yahAMhI samApta nahIM hote / isake pazcAt jaba bhArata meM duSkAla par3A taba Apa ne isa ora bhI amerikana logoM kA dhyAna AkarSita kiyA aura anna kA eka sTImara bhijvaayaa| Apa kI yaha sevAyeM aura yaha deza prema prazaMsanIya For Private and Personal Use Only

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hai| isI kAraNa, pyAre vaMdhu, hamAre hRdayoM meM Apake prati pAna aura bhAbhAra ne sthAyI sthAna prApta kara liyA hai| mAMsAhAriyoM ko Apane banaspati bhojana ke lAbha batA kara hindubhojana kI ora prakRti kI, usake liye bhI hama bhApa kA AbhAra mAnate haiN| sAthahI par3I uttamatA se Apane "ahiMsA paramodharmaH" ke mahAna tatva kA pracAra kiyaa| bhArata kI rIti aura nIti ke viSaya meM amerikana misinariyoM dvArA phailAI huI ghaNita kimbadantiyoM kA Apane khaMDana kiyA, bhArata meM bhamerikA kI zikSA paddhati kI yojanA kA yatna kiyA, iMgaleMDa ko par3hane jAne vAle hindubhrAtAoM ko Apane sikhAyA ki ve apane deza meM aMgarejI AviSkAroM kA hunaroMkA pracAra kara ke bhAratIya udyoga dhaMdhoM kI unnati karane kA yatna kareM, patroM meM Apane lekhoM dvArA Andolana karake hamAre yuvAoM aura vidvAnoM kA dhyAna iMgalaiMDa aura amerikA ke udyoga dhaMdhe sIkha kara aura isa deza meM pracAra karane ke liye unakA dhyAna AkarSita kiyaa| isa prakAra bhArata ko jo bahumUlya sevA Apane kI hai, usake liye hama apane zuddha antaHkaraNa se AbhAra mAnate haiM. . yaha ekatrita samUha isa bAta ko soca kara bar3A Anandita hotA hai ki ApahI bhAratIya hindu samAja ke prathama hindU hai jisane apanI strIsahita yAtrA kI aura pazcimIya saMsAra ko bhAratIya hindu strI ke jIvana kA udAharaNa batAyA Apake putra mAsTara mohana jo do varSa amerikA Thahare aura vahAM ke vidyAlaya meM zikSA pAI, hameM AzA dilAte haiM ki Apake pazcAta dUsare gAMdhI canane kA avasara deNge| mApake zubha kArya bar3hI For Private and Personal Use Only

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(36) khuzI tayA saphalatA se pUrNa hoMge kyoMki Apa hindu dharma ke kuzala pratinidhi haiN| hA prAra anta meM hama cAhate haiM ki Apa kI yAtrA saphala ho| aura zrApa ke kAryoM meM vijayaho / amerikA meM Arya dharma kA paSTa vRtta bokara AnaMda sahita bhArata ko vApisa lauTo / bhavadIya mitra aura kAryoM ke anumodakaH bambaI / sabhApati mA0 23 sitambara1886 mahAdeva govinda rAnADe / isake pazcAt sabhApati Anarebala misTara rAnADe ne khar3e hokara kahanA prArambha kiyaa| unake khar3A hone para sabhA meM tAliyAM bjiiN| Apane kahA ki misTara gAMdhI ne hindustAnakI sevA amerikA meM kI hai, usake liye ve dhanyavAda ke pAtra haiN| apane hindudharma ko iMgalaiMDa aura amerikA meM phailAne ke liye mi0 gAMdhI eka Adarza ( Model ) haiM mi. gAMdhI ne jo parizrama kiyA hai usakA phala ve athavA hamako prApta nahIM hogaa| isa parizrama ke uttama phala kA lAbha hindu dharmako prasAra hone para Age kI saMtAna uThAyegI / mi. gAMdhI jaise utsAhI yuvA gRhastha jaina jAti meM haiM isase jaina jAti kA gaurava aura bhI bar3ha gayA hai| mi0 gAMdhI kI aura unake anukaraNa karanevAle dUsare gRhasthoM kI maiM vijaya kAmanA karatA huuN| unhoM ne hamAre liye jo parizrama kiyA hai usake liye maiM unakA upakAra mAnatA // For Private and Personal Use Only

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( 37 ) naM03 svAmI vivekAnanda aura vIracandakI tulanA ..mahAtmA vivekAnanda prArya tatva jJAna kI vedAnta philAsphI samajhAne ke liye cikAgo kI dharma pariSada meM gaye ve 40 varSa kI avasthA meMhI sana 1602 meM mRtyu ko prApta huye usa samaya amerikA ke prasiddha patra "bainara zrApha lAiTa" ne tulanA karate huye likhA thaa| jaina tatva jJAnI bIracanda kI lekhana zakti evam vaktatva zakti meM jo vicAroM kI nUtanatA thI vaha vivekAnanda meM na thI svAmI vivekAnanda mAMsAhArI the para vIracanda dhArmika jaina kI bhAMti jIvana vyatIta karanevAle nirdoSa vanaspatyAhArIthe bhArata ke dono uttama ratnoM ke liye nIce likhI bAteM kahI jAsakatI haiN| ... (1) vividha dharmoM kI caracA karane ke liye sana 1863. meM bharane vAlI cikAgo kI dharma pariSada meM gaye aura prazaMsA pApta kii| (2) donoM loka priya vyAkhyAna kAra the / amerikA ke zrotAoM kI ora se unake sambandha meM stuti vacana sunAI par3ate haiN| (3) jina logoM ne inake bhASaNoM ko sunA una una ne unake siddhAMtoM kI prIti pUrvaka svIkAra kiyA aura jinhoMne unake siddhAMtoM kA yathArtha nirNaya karane ke liye vicAra kiyA unake mana ke Upara inake vicAroM kI chApa adyApi paryantarahIhai ... (4) donoM ne thor3I umra pAI vivekAnanda 40 varSa kI bhAyu meM aura dIracanda 37 varSa kI Ayu meM svargastha huye| For Private and Personal Use Only

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( 38 ) yadi adhika samaya taka jIte rahale to hamArA bhaviSya kucha aura mudhara jAtA // (5) donoM ne pavitra bhArata bhUmi meMhI Akara prANa tyAga kiye. vivekA nanda ne san 1602 meM bevara maThameM aura vIra canda ne san 1901 meM bambaI meN| (6) svAmI vivekAnanda ke prabala vicAroM ke liye unake ziSya maMDala ( abhedAnanda prAdi ) ne rAma kRSNa sosAiTI Adi aneka saMsthAyeM sthApita kI / parantu zoka ki vIracanda ke pravala vicAroM ke asara se koI jaina saMsthA sthApita na rahasakI, yaha bAta nahIM hai balki vIracanda ke smaNArtha koI saMsthA sthApita karane kA prayatnahI nahIM kiyA gayA / ... zrImadbhavIracanda pratyeka sajjana ke hRdaya meM abhItaka sthita haiM unakA zarIra naSTa hogayA parantu ve naSTa nahIM huye haiM / unakA yaza rUpI zarIra amRta aura amara hai / aMgrejI kahAvata hai To live in hearts we leave behind; is not death arthAta hRdaya meM rahanA mRtyu nahIM hai / tIrthAdi kAryoM meM vijaya prApta karane meM, jaina dharma ke prasAra karane meM, jar3avAdiyoM ke hahayoM para jaina saMskAroM kI chApa DAlane meM zrIvIracanda ne apane mana vacana aura zarIra se jo prAtma tyAga kiyA hai, usake liye sArA jaina samAja unakA RNI hai / isa RNa se svastha hone ke hita ke liye nahIM balki apanI kRtajJatA pradarzita karane ke liye bhI jaina samAja ne apanA kartavya kisa prakAra pUrA kiyaa| isakA vicAra prAtahI samAja kI sthiti aura usake adha: patana kA dRzya nAcane lagatA hai| For Private and Personal Use Only

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( 36 ) We shall do so much in the years to come. But what have we done today? We shall give our gold in a princely sum. But what did we give today? We shall life the heart and dry the tear, Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir We shall plant a hope in the place of fear. We shall speak with the words of love and cheer. But what have we done today? Nixon water man. vizeSa kyA likheM | apanAhI avaguNa vizeSa kyA prakAzita kreN| zrImadrabIracandra ke jIvana aura kAryoM ke bodha kA smaraNa hamArI kRti meM rahe yahI basa hai / aMgrejI kavine kahA hai Think truly and thy thoughts shall the world's famine feed ; Speak truly and each word of thine shall be a fruitful seed; Live truly and thy life shall be.. A great and noble creed Bonar. sadvicAra karo, ve saMsAra ke vicAroM ke duSkAloM kI pUra pAyeMge; satya bacana bolo, jisase tumhAre pratyeka zabda rUpI bIja se kalpadruma prApta hoMge, zuddha jIvana vyatIta karo taba tumhArA jIvana mahAn ucca dharma saMsthA bnegii| jisakA anusaraNa aneka manuSya kareMge / For Private and Personal Use Only

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niyamAvalI zrI AtmAnanda jaina TrekTa sosAyaTI ambAlA zahara 1-isa kA membara haraeka hosakatA hai| 2- isakA candA kama se kama 1) vArSika hai / adhika dene kA haraeka ko adhikAra hai| jo mahAzaya eka sAtha 50) ru. isa TraikTasosAyaTI ko deMge vaha isa ke lAipha membara / samajhe jaaveNge| unase vArSika candA kuchanahIM liyA jAvegA 3- isa sosAyaTI kA varSa 1 janavarI se prAraMbha hotA hai| jo mahAzaya meMbara hoMge ve cAhe kisI mahIne meM meMbara hoM kintu candA unase tA0 1 janavarI se 31 disambara taka kA liyA jaavegaa| 4-jo mahAzaya apane kharca se koI TaikTa isa sosAyaTI dvArA prakAzita kagakara binA mUlya vitIrNa karanA cAheM, unakA nAma TU kTa para chapavAyA jaaygaa| 5-- jo TrakTa yaha sosAyaTI chapavAyA karegI ve haraeka membara ke pAsa vinA mUlya bheje jAyA kareMge / nivedaka: sekreTarI For Private and Personal Use Only

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