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Life And Works Of śrīmad Rajchandra 1901 A. D. He was a born genius, Yogī, ascetic and mystic. He was born in a traditionally religious family. His father was a Vaisnava, a devotee of Kysna, while his mother came from a Jain family. Thus Śrīmad came to be associated with both the systems of faith right from his childhood. His life was, outwardly, that of a layman.He was married and he ran his business. Nevertheless, he was an extraordinary person, born with unusual mould of mind and intellect and intuitive powers. Even in his adolescence, he had acquired so much of scriptural and philosophical knowledge and religious experience that he became a great spiritual person at a very early age. He performed all his worldly activities not out of desire, or attachment, but because they had to be performed as his prārabdha. He found that all worldly activities were nothing but hindrances in the pursuit of self-realization. His intelligence and memory proved that he was a unique student who learnt a lot of subjects quickly and efficiently and also digested them in no time. He joined school at the age of 7 and left it at the age of 12. There after, he continued his self-study. Simultaneously, at the age of 13, he joined his father in business. He got married at the age of 22. Nevertheless, being born with a spirit of detachment, he discharged his temporal duties and at
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