Philosophy and Spirituality of Srimad Rajchandra

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

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Life And Works of śrīmad Rajchandra thinking and delibarating on various systems, he came to his own interpretation and conclusions and thesis regarding religion and spiritualism, which were unique in the spiritụal and religious world. He also studied various sects of Jain Religion, e.g. Svetāmbara, Digambara, Sthānakavāsí etc.; and found that there was great rivalry amongst them because they had forgotten the welfare of their own souls and the principle of Anekānta preached by Mahāvīra. After his extensive and unbiased study and research, he came to the revolutionary conclusion that all religions preach only Atmadharma and therefore there is, in essence, only one universal religion of Ātmadharma and hence it is not necessary to belong to any particular religion or its sect or even to that one, in which one is born. He came to the conclusion that self-realization is the only aim or goal of religions and faiths and further preached that whatever helps one to achieve that goal is one's religion. We find that he is preaching only this thesis to the aspirants through all his correspondences, writings and poems.
Whoever has come in contact with him. has noted one thing about him that he was a bom ascetic and Yogi. He never had any attachment to mundane life: on the contrary he earnestly desired to renounce mundane
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