Prabuddha Jivan 2016 02 Mahatma Gandhijina Hajyatrio Visheshank

SR No.: 526091
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dhanvant Shah
Publisher: Mumbai Jain Yuvak Sangh
Publication Year: 2016
Total Pages: 120
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Prabuddha Jivan, & India
File Size: 8 MB

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FEBRUARY 2016
PRABUDHH JEEVAN: MAHATMA GANDHI NA SAHYATIRO VISHESHSNK
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THE SEEKER'S DIARY
GANDHI-RAJ
BH મહાત્મા ગાંધીજીના સહયાત્રીઓ વિશેષાંક : મહાત્મા = મહાત્મા ગાંધીજીની સહયાત્રીઓ વિશેષાંક : મહાત્મા ગાંધીજીના સહયાત્રીઓ વિરોષક : મહાત્મા ગાંધીજીના સહયાત્રીઓ વિશેષાંક : મહાત્મા ગાંધીજીની સહધ્યાત્રીઓ વિરોષક
This is the special issue on the Father of our twice, but very often. I never saw him lose his Nation - Gandhiji. In the last issue of Prabudh state of equipoise." -The Story of My Experiments Jeevan, the editor Dhanvant Shah had kind of written with Truth, Part II, Chapter 26, Raichandbhai. an article of how Shrimad Rajchandra ji was not
In the same book he further writes "The man who, Gandhiji's Guru and it did not make me too happy.
immediately on finishing his talk about weighty I read his intellectual argument and decided to business transactions, began to write about the present to the world statements made by Gandhiji hidden things of the spirit could evidently not be a
himself expressing his feelings to Shrimad ji and I a businessman at all, but a real seeker after & will leave it upon the readers to draw their own Truth."
inference on what were Gandhiji's true feelings Gandhiji had also translated Shri Atmasiddhi towards Shrimad ji.
Shastra into English. It is believed that this text of Shri Firstly whether or not Shrimad ji was his Guru or Atmasiddhi Shastra and many of the letters not is an irrelevant question because his influence exchanged with Shrimadji were lost by Gandhiji ? was so so deep and all permeating that the rest iust during a bus journey in London. Gandhiji has become words and arguments.
mentioned in his autobiography that he was in
constant touch with Shrimad ji by exchange of letters. So here they are - in Gandhi ji's own words:
What did these letters contain although will never "This man has won my hear in spiritual be known but I don't think it requires too much matters, and no one else has ever made on me imagination to think; does it? Questions about truth, the same impression" - Modern Review June
wisdom insights in Ahimsa, how should be a shravak 1930
life, a manual of right conduct, answers to existential He goes on to write in the same edition "I have questions. I think in these letters, Param Kripadu Dev said elsewhere that besides kavi (Shrimad ji) Shrimad Rajchandra ji pretty much must have Ruskin and Tolstoy have contributed in forming answered all of Gandhi ji's social, metaphysical, my intrinsic character; but kavi has had more spiritual, questions. From the basic to the most profound effect because I had come in personal profound; from 'Vyavhaar' to 'Parmarth';from the and intimate contact with him"
worldly to the other world. "Raichandbhai's commercial transactions
Coming back to the relevance Shrimadji's writing covered hundreds of thousands. He was a
were on Gandhiji. Shrimadji's heart wrenching connoisseur of pearls and diamonds. No knotty
composition, 'Apurva Avsar Evo kyare business problem was too difficult for him. But
Aavshe?' was one of Gandhiji's favourite and it is
included by him in his 'Ashram Bhajanavali' - which these things were not the centre round which
were sung at his daily public prayer meetings. his life revolved. That centre was the passion to see God face to face. Amongst the things on his
Gandhiji writes about this poem in business table, there were invariably to be found
Raichandbhaina Ketlak Smarano - Shri Rajchandra some religious book and his diary. The moment
Jeevanyatra tatha vicharratno, page 94, "The lines he finished his business he opened the religious
of his poem, 'When Will That Unique Moment book or the diary. Much of his published writing
Come?' (Apurva Avasar Evo kyare Aavshe) are is a reproduction from this diary.
soaked in the spirit of detachment which I have
seen epitomised in every moment of Shrimad's And I saw him thus absorbed in Godly life during my last two years of deep and abiding pursuits in the midst of business, not once or friendship with him. His writings are unique in
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