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Life And Works of śrīmad Rajchandra composed about 40 other poems, containing thoughts regarding soul, liberation, guidance for aspirants, selfrealization and other philosophical matters.
He has also translated some Prakrit scriptures such as the Pancāstikāya, the Daśavaikālika sutra (incomplete), Dravya-sarigraha etc., and also discussed and interpreted many other scriptures and has done this with a view to explaining what is the real philosophy of Mahāvíra. Some of his letters also reveal his own internal state of spiritual advancement and achievements, the description of the behaviours of the enlightened, the virtues and potentials of soul, replies to queries, solutions to problems faced by the aspirants, importance of pious teachers, necessity and utility of devotion and many other such subjects. They also disclose the spiritual levels of different aspirants and the appropriate solutions and advice he has given to them, keeping in mind that every aspirant has to reach the destination. The most important thing that we get from the correspondences is the record of his own spiritual practices, experiments and the difficulties he encountered in his Sādhanā. He had to face a lot of hurdles and obstacle on his path, since he was a householder and a member of a joint family, consisting
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