Philosophy of Soul and Matter

Author(s): Chitrabhanu, Clare Rosenfield
Publisher: Jain Meditation International Center

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response. It works like an echo. One side calls out and the other side answers."
Not until I went on a three-week pilgrimage to sacred Jain places of meditation in India with Gurudev and seventeen fellow students in November of 1975 did I fully grasp the meaning behind the analogy. There in the radiant Delwara Temples at Mt. Abu in Rajasthan and in the cluster of more than eight hundred snowy white shrines and temples of Palitana atop Mt. Shatrunjaya in Gujarat, I met face to face the deep peace and beauty-wordless and indescribable--- of pure vibrations.
Were they emanating from the finely wrought white marble statues, columns, ceilings, and walls of the temples or from the living rocks of the steep mountainsides? Were they silent songs of ecstasy still being sung by the ancient sculptors, patrons, and devotees responsible for these great undertakings? Were they outpourings from the sparkling eyes and melting hearts of the people meditating there or were they my own soul's invocations? I do not know.
All I can say is that the vibrations had such a smooth and harmonious flow, such an inviting, even beckoning power that it was impossible to distinguish between
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