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MAHATMA GANDHI
IN RELATION TO HIS EXPERIENCES WITH
SHRIMAD RAJCHANDRA
Mahatma Gandhi lit up the world with his message of Ahimsa (non-violence) and Truth. But who inspired him? How is it that the barrister Mr. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi became Mahatma Gandhi? How did he become renowned all over the world as a Mahatma (Great Soul)?
It was Shrimad Rajchandra who inspired Gandhi to embrace Ahimsa and spirituality. With this inspiration Gandhiji led a political, religious and social revolution in India. Gandhiji said of Shrimad :
"I cannot describe the lasting influence that Shri Rajchandrabhai had on my life. For many years I have been in search of a righteous person in India, but I have not yet met anyone who can be compared to Shri Rajchandrabhai. Amongst European philosophers, I consider Tolstoy to be top class and Ruskin the second order scholar. However, the experience of Rajchandrabhai was superior to both of them."
Mahatma Gandhi has expressed his deepest respect towards Shrimad Rajchandra in his autobiography "Experiments in Truth" as well as in his various speeches. Expressions of the personal experiences which Mahatma Gandhi had with Shrimad are compiled here:
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