Philosophy and Spirituality of Srimad Rajchandra

Author(s): U K Pungaliya
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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published articles and lectures delivered on the birth anniversaries of Srimad by some eminent persons, close associates, followers etc., biographies, memories etc., prefaces, introductions, commentaries accompanying the different editions of his works; critical essays by scholars, independent works by his disciples, and last but not the least a few Ph.D. theses.
Now let us take a brief survey of a few important and select works on śrīmad's life and writings. Perhaps one of the earliest books on Śrīmad and his writings seems to be a collection of lectures and articles delivered on Srimad's birth anniversary. It is edited by his younger brother Shri Manasukhabhai and published in V. S. 1970, nine years after the first edition of Śrīmad's collected works edited by him and just thirteen years after Śrîmad's death. It contains written lectures delivered on the first two birth anniversaries celebrated in V. S. 1965 and V. S. 1966 respectively. The speakers invited were close associates of śrīmad such as Shri Manikalal Ghelabhai Zaveri, Shri Manasukhabhai, Kiratachand Mehta, Śrīmad's younger brother, Shri Ravajibhai and other scholars and admirers such as Shri Govindaji Mulaji Mepani, Shri Sushil etc.. Most of the speeches are quite long, studied, informative, scholarly and valuable documents serving as a source