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FOREWORD.
Srimad Rajchandra was a very great soul. His Religion was Peace and Compassion. His consciousness was Universal. It embraced Time in its Eternity, Space in its Infinity, and Soul and Matter in their never-ceasing modifications in Rest and Motion. This Poet-Jeweller (for Rajchandra was a Kavi and also a dealer in Jewels) realised and idealised the 3 great Human Jewels of Firm Faith; True Knowledge, and Pure Conduct. His compassion compelled him to share his spiritual achievements with his weaker sisters and brethren. This he did in Atma Siddhi, or self-realisation. The Passions and Emotions, the Hopes and Despair, the Love and Hatred, the Tears and Smiles, are the same for all men and women and in all ages. They brighten and break the Human heart equally in all latitudes and in all periods of history. They weave the chequered garment of Sin and Sorrow, Virtue and Vice, Frailty and Folly which clothe our weak and erring sisters and brothers everywhere. Consciousness is unkillable. When we err, it smites us. Under its whip hope deserts , us. Our doom faces us sternly and we seem lost
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