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શ્રત ઉપાસક રમણભાઈ
TRIBUTE TO PROF. RAMANLAL C. SHAH
O DR. ATUL SHAH (U.K.) Editor, Jain Spirit International Magazine, In the age of science, the Jain community needs to respond through science. Genuine scholars of Jainism are rare, Individuals who are able to take an objective view and relate it to the modern world. Most people see the tradition within sectarian boundaries and beliefs and are therefore not able to separate their personal faith from the larger occan of knowledge and wisdom that is Jainism. Prof. Ramanlal Shah was one such exception to this, Author of nearly a hundred books, speaker, editor of Prabudha Jeevan, world traveller and above all, curious scientist. Left an indelible mark on this world. Despite his knowledge, he was humble, always writing and thinkng. I vividly remember my recent conversations with him, which were about ideas and science rather than people and politics. An editor develops a unique way of connecting with his audience. Good editors are able to understand the questions that are being asked and answer them at the level where the reader is. Hence their scholarship never becomes remote from everyday life, but a part of it and connected to it. Accompanied thoughout by his dedicated and intelligent wife, Prof. Taraben, Rmanbhai was able to take his scholarship and wisdom to the world, with the utmost humilit and smplicity. May his soul rest in eternal peace - Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.
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