Moksha Marg Prakashak

Author(s): Todarmal Pandit
Publisher: Kundkund Kahan Digambar Jain Trust

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About our Parents who initiated
us in the right path From the time our reverend father Shri Bhagwanji Bhại Kachrabhai Shah and mother Shrimati Dahiben Bhagwanji Shah came in spiritual contact of Pujya Gurudevshri Kanji Swami, a special urge towards true passionless Jain religion dawned in their hearts. In a way their life style itself changed. After taking off from their business in Mumbasa and Thana they built a house in Songad for living in close association of Pujya Gurudevshri for longer period. They lived in his close contact there for sixteen years. For evolving right faith they devotedly kept themselves engaged whole-heartedly in spiritual association, study of scriptures and development of right knowledge and passionlessness for 30 years. One of the objectives of their living in Songad was that we too would constantly remain associated with the path of self-realisation through nursing of spiritual and religious sentiments during our frequent visits there.
It is a tradition in the society that after the demise of mother-father people publish scriptures and render help in their publication for cherishing their memory. But keeping in view the spirit of our parents we have started this pious work in their lifetime itself. Consequently, we have decided to contribute significantly in the publication of this book. This is the result of the pious inspiration given by them.
We deem it our duty to write a few words about them by way of remembering their benevolence.
In the year 1924, at the age of 18 years, our father, an inhabitatnt of village Chapaberaja (Jamnagar), first went to the village Kitale in East Africa and latter on to Mombasa for strengthening his economic status. There he earned enough wealth and made us all its inheritors. This is all right. But the religious inspiration he gave to all of us is our real and most important wealth. He has accomplished several religious acts in his life.
First of all he got an opportunity to lay the foundationstone of Digamber Jain Temple in Jamnagar on 8th November,