Gandhi And Jainism

SR No.: 007798
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shugan C Jain
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies
Publication Year: 2017
Total Pages: 339
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 120 MB

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does not remain sitting under it. Similar is the case with worldly sojourn and its affairs."
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He was inclined more to free himself from the life of householders.
iv. A Successful and Trust Worthy Trader
At the age of twenty one, he came to Bombay to work as a partner in the diamond trading firm of the Revashankar Mehta. Even during his business life, he was always more inclined towards self-realization. Hence he used every spare moment to contemplate on the self, read holy texts or talk / write to satisfy his inquisitiveness.
He was considered as the most trustworthy diamonds and pearls merchant. Once a younger brother of an Arab pearls merchant sold his pearls to Shrimad (a title used for Rajchandra) at a certain rate. When his elder brother knew this he scolded the younger brother for selling the pearls at a much lower rate than expected. Thereon the younger brother returned to Shrimad and narrated to him what his brother thought about the transaction. Shrimad immediately returned the pearls and cancelled the deal as it was done by mistake by the younger brother of the pearls merchant. Once another Arab trader made a big deal (to sell diamonds) to Rajchandra and the same was even documented. However the prices of diamonds went up significantly even before the delivery could be affected. Knowing this, Rajchandra himself went to the trader and tore the contract document saying that the contract would cause havoc (Rs. 60-70,000 at that time) to you. He further said to the trader, 'I can desire milk but not the blood. This shows his honesty and compassion towards all.
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Shri Maneklal Ghelabhai while appreciating Shrimad's business acumen writes that even foreign customers used to praise the
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