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CWMG, Vol.29, M. K. Gandhi, YI, 21-1-1926, see M. K. Gandhi, op. cit., pp.411-2. For detailed discussions on Gandhi's concept of God as truth please see pp. 4.4 - 4.5 in chapter 4. All Men, p. 70, 72, Autobiography, p.xiv, cited in J. T. F. Jordens, "Gandhi's Religion and The Hindu Heritage in Sibnarayan Ray, Gandhi India and the World, op.cit., p.49. Ibid A Letter to Mahadeva Desai, 15-9-1919; as quoted from Ramesh S Betai, op.cit., p.225 These are called twenty-two Parishahas in Jainism, namely: Hunger, thirst, cold, heat, stinging insects, nudity, discontent, women, wandering, meditation in deserted place, lodging, abuse, injury, begging, failure in begging, illness, injury from thorns, un-cleanliness, kind treatment, knowledge, obscure,
ignorance, and right-belief-doubt. 67 Refer Appendix III for details on his life.
Satish Sharma, GTR, op. cit., p.89. Somdev Sūri, Yaśastilaka-campū, kalpa 34 verse 18(Bharatvarshiya Anekant Vidvat Parishad, Aligarh, 1989-90), P.378 : dvau hi dharamau grhasthānām, laukikah, pārlaikikah! Lokaśrayo bhavedadyah parah syadagamaśrayah. and kalpa 8 verse 34: Sarva eva ji jainānā pramāņam laukiko
vidhiḥ, Yatra samyaktvavanirna na cāpi vratadusaņam. 70 Svami Kartikeya, op. cit., 305, Shravaka-dharma-dohaka-10
Jinasena, Mahāpurāņa, xxxviii.24 devapujagurupastihsvadhyayahsadyamastapah/ danamcetigrihasthanamsatkarmani dine dinell Samantabhadra, RKS,3.5, (Vitarag Vani Trust, Tikamagarh, MP, 2006), p.116 Grhiņāmtredhātişthatyaņu-guna-śikṣāvratātmakamcaraṇam. Pañca-tri-caturbhedamtrayamyathāsankhyamākhyātam.
See Appendix 1 for Meaning of Spiritual awakening. 74 CWMG, vol. 78, p87-145, covers Gandhi's stay in Bombay from
9th to 29th September 1944 at Birla House for discussions with Jinnah. This reference relates to this period when Jain Mahasati Ujjawalaji used to meet him daily for food and talking and briefly
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