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Walk With Me
basked in his wisdom, love, and kindness for the last 30 years. I have seen the world around me change rapidly. The magic mantra of that change has been simply compassion and love for all living beings'. Love for the fellow humans as well as for the animals, the plants, the microbes, and for every living being.
The world I left behind that day was indeed a cruel one. Human beings in that world were pathetically divided. As a Brahmin, I used to look down upon the non-Brahmins and the entire womanhood - our mothers, sisters, and daughters. Our women-folks were allowed to study Vedas but never to preach Vedic wisdom. We did not allow even Kshtriya kings and warriors, to preach from Vedas. Our treatment of the poor working class, the Shudras and the dark colored Dasyus, was inhuman. We could touch animals but would not tolerate even the shadow of a Shudra or a Dasyu. With such contempt for fellow humans, compassion for animals was out of question. Such was our caste ego!
Mahavir changed all that! No less than 36,000 women joined Mahavir's movement as sadhvis, each of them as equal to us monks. In our sangh, no one is high cast and no one is low. We all are equal!
For the last 30 years I have seen the power of Mahavir's unconditional universal love and compassion. Traditional arch enemies simply drop their weapons and join hands. Even animals feel safe around him and understand his love. Vicious animals such as lions, figers, forget their predator" instincts in the presence of my beloved Guru. Brahmis or Dasyus men or women, elephants or earthworms, and tigers or deer, ali equal share his love and compassion.
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| SR No. | 006594 |
| Book Title | Walk With Me |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Chandanaji Acharya, Vastupal Parikh |
| Publisher | Veerayatan |
| Publication Year | 2011 |
| Total Pages | 186 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 12 MB |