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In the introductory chapter, we explained the title of the work and importance of the subject matter. We took a detailed critical survey of primary & secondary sources which form the data of our research.
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And thereby we tried to note what studies are done so far and what others are left as desideratum. We considered the research methodology adopted by others and by us also. We have also given a chapterwise general outline of the present work.
In chapter II, we have given a sketch of Śrīmad Rajchandra's life in detail and a survey of his works in brief. We have also considered various aspects of his life and personality, for example, the stages of his spiritual evolution, his associates, disciples etc...
In chapter III. which is the essence of the present work, we have studied the essence of his philosophy, namely, atmadharma and the core of his spiritual sadhana, namely atmasiddhi. Though we have referred to all works of Śrīmad Rajchandra, our study is mainly based on his Armasiddhi", which is a complete system. of philosophy and spirituality in itself. The work being very precise and short, we had to allocate a separate
