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DADA GURU
The question is sometimes raised about how and why Guruji left India and came to the West. In India, Guruji was one of the most loved and respected of religious leaders. Leaders from all religious traditions were his friends and they trusted him as a leader. In fact, Guruji was the president and founder of the World Fellowship of Religions which had six world conferences. The first one had over a half million people in attendance. In the West, Guruji was comparatively unknown by the mass of people and most religious leaders. Some questions about Guruji's journey to the West may be answered by the following narrative.
M any people have asked me, Guruji, why
W did you leave India where you are needed and sought after by endless streams of disciples who are waiting to see you, to talk with you and to be healed by you? But in the United States and the West, I am not well known and it is difficult for me because of the language and customs. Yet there are over 30,000 Jains in the Americas who know who I am and who need me. There is a simple reason why I choose to go to America, and I will try to explain it.
It is my habit to visit holy temples and shrines when
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