Great Warrior Of Ahimsa

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation

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FOR THE SEARCH OF TRUTH AND SELF-REALISATION WHICH SRIMAD RAJCHANDRA PROVIDED INDICATING THE MEANS OF NON-VIOLENCE, TRUTH, LOVE, SELF-CONTROL AND CERTAIN OTHER PRACTICES. ULTIMATELY GANDHI DERIVED HIS PATH OF NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE ON PUBLIC-BASE FROM THESE PRACTICES.....................HE ADOPTED THE PRACTICE OF NON-VIOLENCE FROM SRIMAD RAJCHANDRA AND RESISTANCE OR FIGHT AGAINST THE INJUSTICES FROM HIS BELOVED BOOK THE "GEETA". THUS THERE GREW A GREAT FORCE OF NON-VIOLENT RESISTENCE OR WAR AND GANDHI APPEARED ON THE STAGE OF THE WORLD IN THE FORM OF A UNIQUE WARRIOR.
"SRIMAD RAJCHANDRA, GANDHI'S SPIRITUAL GUIDE, A POET AND A JEWELLER OF BOMBAY WAS A YOUNG HOUSE-HOLDER AND NOT AN ASCETIC. HOWEVER HE WAS A REALISED SOUL AND HE USED TO PASS MOST OF HIS TIME IN SOLITUDE, CHIEFLY AT IDAR IN GUJARAT. OUT OF THE SIX OR SEVEN HILLS OF THIS PLACE, THERE WAS A SILENT AND SOLITARY HILL CALLED 'GHANTIA PAHAD'. NO HUMAN BEINGS STAYED THERE. ONLY A FEW FIERCE TIGERS USED TO STAY THERE IN THE CAVES BEHIND THE HUGE STONES..... THIS WAS THE PLACE OF THE PRACTICE OF NON-VIOLENCE AND MEDITATION FOR SRIMAD RAJCHANDRA..!..." [The Major impressed, looks at the Photographs of Gandhi and Rajchandra presented by Baba, sleeps...Music
and Dream
[Dream Sequence] (Indian Instrumental Music. Sitar, in the background, white clouds on the deep back stage where on the stones of the hill is seated Srimac Rajchandra, quite young, 24, cross-legged in lotus posture and close-eyed, deeply absorbed in Meditation. Two fierce Tigers are seated near him dim lights......) SRIMAD RAJCHANDRA (after steadily & silently meditating for long- here 2 minutesopens his eyes and finding the tigers without any fear talks the to the tigers-] . " IT'S GOOD THAT YOU HAVE COME MY FRIENDS!" (tigers sit as they were] YOU MIGHT BE HUNGRY AND MIGHT BE IN NEED OF THIS MORTAL BODY, AS IT IS YOUR FOOD. YOU MAY HAVE IT IF YOU NEED I DO NOT NEED IT........." [Tigers unmoved. he closes his eyes and again gets absorbed in deep Meditation)
(Effect : SITAR] [After some time appears the face of Gandhi-22 years old-it is shown on the other side and seeing him in meditation, Srimad Pajchandra utters without opening the eyes-) SRIMAD RAJCHANDRA: (about Gandhi's vision): "THIS IS THE SOUL I WAS WAITING FOR..."
(Effect : SITAR] [Again some time passes, the tigers roar and gradually disappear.......Srimad Rajchandra meditates) MAJOR (reacting in Dream]: Fierce Tigers and hurt this man in meditation, its surprising!
(vision of Srimad Rajchandra disappears, roaring of tigers is again heard and the Major gets up...]