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excellent business organization and exactness of Shrimad.19 Gandhi also watched him deal with his customers and his impression was that Rajchandra was always upfront in the dealings and the terms and conditions were firm and clear. If the other party tried to be clever with him, Rajchandra saw through it instantly and would not tolerate such behaviour. On such occasions, he used to knit his brows and one could see a flash of redness in his eyes.
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v. High Level of Intellect and Detachment
He developed extra ordinary power to forecast future events on the basis of their present status, e.g. in 1897 he saw thick black clouds at 4 PM in Morvi. Seeing the same he forecasted dry-spell during the coming rainy season and the same actually happened.
He accepted whatever he was served for meals. His dress was simple (Dhoti, Kurta, Angarakhan and a turban). His dress was not strikingly clean and was same everywhere. He used to walk slowly and anyone could see he was deeply absorbed in his own thoughts.
Even though, he was introvert from his childhood (i.e. one who was always interested in experiencing and knowing the entity which causes activity and the individual exists, knows and acts), still he performed external activities diligently. Some of his thoughts are:
i. Except one eternal being and his wealth of life, I have no other inkling. It is difficult for me to realize whether I am with body or without it. (letter no. 225)
ii. I have firm experience that one can be totally detached even with his body because I am also going to attain this state. This is what the eternal soul says and it is so. (letter no. 334)
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| SR No. | 007798 |
| Book Title | Gandhi And Jainism |
| 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 |