Book Title: Jainism and Modern Thought
Author(s): M M Shroff
Publisher: M M Shroff

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________________ 136 move on foot from place to place throughout the length and breadth of our country, melted away like the heavy mist at the touch of the rising sun, I am certain the doubts and difficulties of whatever nature of one and all could meet the same fate at the touch of His feet. In Him I saw at my humble salutation a lovable friend, companion and guide, a man who could lift me and all from this worldly pit, full of sins, miseries and tortures of life. To speak the truth, a faultless flammen, every inch'a saint and a perfect saviour of the human soul. I heard the prayers held in the moon-lit night and the Acharaya's sweet, pleasing mellodious voice penetrated through my heart and I am sure through the hearts of all the listeners who sat in utter pin-drop silence , Next morning when I agun visited Him, I saw before me a resplendent figure, serene and noble, this time sealed on a pew in a quiet room on the third stage of a large building belonging to another devotee known as 'Gothijee' and with whom I was a guest. I felt in His benign presence a warm shivering of joy and happiness. He is the magic of personality, no power of learning nor the awe, of surrounding objects or circumstances. He is the direct approach of love, humanity and goodness It was a pleasant sight to see Hım 'seated on a pulpit in a big pandal surrounded by His followers ---Sadhus,

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