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RESEARCH IN RELIGION
RULE AND REFORM
By : V. G. Nair This is short monograph on the life and
After my continuous studies on the mission of Lord Rishabha who lived in India in origin and development of world culture, I was the days of noary antiquity is outcome of my convinced that Lord Rishabha was the First continued and dilligent studies on the history Religious Teacher, Ruler, Reformer as well as of world religions for more than thirty years. Law Marker in the history of mankind. This
I have devoted the major part of my life brief monograph is only a gist on my to the study of religiond, philosophy and investigations and I wish to throw more light in culture. It had been the primary avocation of my my forthcoming volume which I intend to write life not only in my early days of education but on the life and mission of the First Saint, Seer, also in my professional carier in the field of Philosopher, Ruler, Law maker, Preacher, journalism and in my long tours in India and in Omniscient Religious Teacher and Guide of some of the neighboring countries beyong the Mankind whose sacred footprints are scattered seas.
in different parts of the world, the vestiges of The greatest encouragement to my
which could be seen even in these days of religious studies and understanding of world
advancing materialism threatening to culture was my sojourn in Santiniketan
submerge human culture and civilization. founded by the illustrious poet Rabindranath
After my retirement from professional Tagore in West Bengal. Santiniketan widened activities, I intensified my religious and cultural by religious horizon and deepened my faith in studies and came to the conculsion that Lord the fundamental unity of world religions.
Rishbha being the originator of human culture I was a research Fellow of Santiniketan and philosophy and the undisputed religious and joint Secretary of the Sino-Indian Cultural guide of mankind, I must seek some suitable Society founded by Poet Tagore for promoting ancient seat of Rishabha worship where | Indo-Asian culture and universal brotherhood. could devote the rest of my life for the practise During my stay in Santiniketan Ashram before of Yoga for myself-purification and spiritual Visva-Bharati was converted into a Chartered elevation. In the course of my travels in India University controlled by the Government of in search of ancient religious monuments, India. I served the Ashram as a staff member came to know that near Madras Red Hills lake and alsp pursued independant studies on is situated and ancient Rishabha temple religions, philosophy and literature. My literary celebrated for its antiquity and sancity and I works on Asian culture dealing with its various took refuge in that holy asylum for developing aspects exceed about twenty five books and self-contement, solace and peace. In my own my contributions to the press on cultural way, I am practising Atma Yoga and I may problems during the last twenty-five years confess that during my Sadhana in the sacred would be about 2000 articles. All these books Ashram of Adeswara. I derived much benefir and articles had one purpose in view and that on the path of my metaphysical progress, and was the promotions of international cultural what little flashes of wisdom I could acquired understanding, human brotherhood and worla with the sole and single aim of rendering peace.
service for the promotion of universal welfare
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