Atmanandji Jainacharya Janmashatabdi Smarakgranth

Author(s): Mohanlal Dalichand Desai
Publisher: Atmanand Janma Shatabdi Smarak Trust

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Virachand R. Gandhi in America
FROM REV. ADDISON PARKER. . . Pastor, Leading Baptist Church,
La Porte, Ind. Pastor's STUDY, LAPORTE, IND.,
DEC. 2, 1893. During the meeting of the Parliament of Religions at Chicago, I had the pleasure of listening to Mr. Gandhi's address upon the “Jains" of India, and also of a brief personal conversation with him. He impressed me as one of the brainiest and most stirring of the representatives of the Far East. I know of no one from whom I would prefer to hear concerning the life and thought of the great people he represents.
ADDISON PARKER Buffalo Courier, Aug. 19, 1894.
Virchand R. Gandhi, the Jain Hindu of Bombay, has been accorded the greatest ovation ever granted to a speaker at Cassadaga. Saturday afternoon when he stepped forward in his silken robe of royal purple and goldencolored turban and sash, the auditorium fairly rang with applause, and when he finished his speech, which was announced as "Some Mistakes Corrected.” he was recalled again and again. Light of Truth, Cincinnati,
Aug. 11, 1894. Mr. Gandhi is a thorough student of the Vedic religion of India thoroughly conversant with the Brahminical tenets and the teachings of Buddha. He illumines them all with the spiritual balo and practical philosophy of his great teacher as well as his own luminous mind.
Buffalo Express, Aug. 14, 1894.
Mr. Virchand Gandhi, of India, was the platform figure in this immense gathering of interested people. Looking over the audience, it was easy to perceive that the inen and women from the outside world, as well as spiritis:s and Cassadagaps themselves, followed every word that the Hindu said with the closest attention.
Light of Truth, Aug. 18, 1894.
Virchand R. Gandhi, the Jainist, has opened a class for instruction in the ancient religions. The lecture-room is each day crowded to its utmost with brightest minds of the camp, eager to hear this wonderful Hindu scholar expound his religious theories.. The Evangelist, New York,
Aug. 23, 1894 Recently Cassadaga, the trysting place of heterogeneous creeds, has blossomed out with a new attraction, striking to the eye as well as to the mind. This new card is Mr. Virchand Gandhi of Bombay, a gentleman of noble presence, a trained scholar, 2 lawyer versed in Sanscrit lore and in English literature as well. He came to this country by invitation of Dr. Barrows, as a representative of the Jain religion. Mr. Gandhi is an abie exponent of all the religions of India. The Illustrated Buffalo Express,
Aug. 12, 1894. On Saturday afternoon one of the most enthusiastic audience ever known to the auditorium of Cassadaga listened to “ The Message of India to the People of America " by Virchand R, Gandhi,
[ Shree Atmaramji