Journey Of Ahimsa

Author(s): Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Jaibhikkhu Sahitya Trust

Page 20

relief camps set up by him. He distributed enormous amount of grains among the people and roughly spent around Rs. 4 crore. The contemporary kings called him 'the savior of people'. He was not only generous but also full of compassion that is the other name for non-violence.
ASAN
PREPARE
W
Sheth Motisha, born in 1838, set up a cattle shed in Mumbai for stray animals, cows, dogs, oxen, goats and sheep and birds who were kept there for treatment and were fed. Stray dogs were killed but he set up kennels for them where they were taken care of.
Who gave the mantra of nonviolence to Mohandas K. Gandhi, the barrister, who had just returned from England ? How did he come to place so much trust in non-violence and who instilled in him love for truth, sense of spirituality and a strong belief in anekant philosophy ? It was none other than the spiritual guru Shrimad Rajchandra who was born in a small village Vavania in Saurashtra. In Vikram Samvat 1947 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi returned to India from England trained as a barrister. He arrived at the house
NA
A Journey of Ahimsa
19