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Foreword
When the conference of the world religions was held in 1893 in Chicago, the late Sri Virchand Raghavji Gandhi attended it as the representative of the Jain religion. At the conference Shri Gandhi gave a lecture on the central principles of the Jain religion. The lecture made a deep impression at the conference and as a result, Mr. Gandhi received an invitation to lecture in a number of cities in America. Virchand Raghavji Gandhi's fame as an exponent of the Jaina Religion spread fast, first in America and later in Europe as well. Mr. Gandhi, later, travelled to different centres in Europe and lectured on Jaina religion.
Mr. Gandhi also visited England. He gave a number of lectures on the practice of meditation as expounded in the Jaina tradition. It is of great interest to find that Mr. Warren, who was himself
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