Prabuddha Jivan 2016 10

Author(s): Sejal Shah
Publisher: Mumbai Jain Yuvak Sangh

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પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવત :
ઓક્ટોબર ૨૦૧૬ ઇ પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન : ગાંધીજી : ગઈકાલ-આજ-આવતીકાલ : સદા નિરંતર ધ્ર પૃષ્ઠ ૪૧ આવતીકાલ
someone whose Light, whose joys, and whose more permanent, making us seek and believe in the
music is that Anhad Naad within Him. That 'Aho vastness that is and actually easily accessible right 3 Bhaav, that conviction and love in us that makes here permanently residing within.
us- the kshanik celebrates the shashwat.What a For those few hours we were celebrating not only concept - the temporary, the momentary, the fleeting Him, but all that is higher of us, we were focusing on heralding the permanent, the unmoved and the firm. THAT which is us through Him. We were celebrating Why the need to celebrate?
that which is never born and thus will never die. The I wish you were there, I wish you see it. For those Unmoved Mover who through his moving form is who were there, no matter which state of mind and spending His entire life to make us realize the heart they came in, what they might have been unmoved and the formless. seeking, which aspect of themselves they were
Reshma Jain I working on, they and we all in unison felt something
The Narrators inside us shifting, firming our sights on something
Email : reshma.jain7@gmail.com Khadi : An intermeshed cluster of Truth and Serenity!
OPRACHI DHANVANT SHAH
ગઈકાલ-આજ-આવતીકાલ : સદા નિરંતર પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન : ગાંધીજી : ગઈકાલ-આજ-વતીકાલ : સદા નિરંતર ## પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન : ગાંધીજી : ગઈકાલ-જ-અવતીકાલ : સદા નિરંતર # પ્રબુદ્ધ
Mohandas Karamchanddas Gandhi / Gandhiji / and critics. Gandhibaapu/ Mahatma Gandhi, and many more G andhiji during his young age before he met * addresses, to a mentor who does not need any Raychandji, was not so influenced by principles of
introduction. A man who not only fought for the non-violence. He was a follower of violence. Now freedom of his own country but never stepped back here, violence just did not mean physical viciousness. from serving every enslaved personal around the According to Gandhiji, violence resided also in one's world. A fight for freedom with the sword of thoughts and verbal behavior. According to him, true Satyagraha, non-violence, and aparigraha.
Ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill-will, Ž Gandhiji, who was born with Hindu religion, but aggression, and disgust but just the true love for all. 5 pursued Jainism as his religion by action, perception This belief and serenity ensued within Gandhiji also and philosophies. The initial influence of Jainism on after reading Tolstoy's book "The kingdom of god is I Gandhiji, stemmed from his mother. She was very within you". Gandhiji was greatly influenced by much drawn to Jain values and followed Jain monks. Tolstoy's life and how simply he led his life with love Later, when Gandhiji became good friends with and compassion giving away all the luxuries of his famous poet Raychandji well known as Shrimad life. According to Gandhiji, Tolstoy was a true follower Rajchandra, Jain values and principles gushed of Non-violence. through his blood. Gandhiji in his Autobiography wrote According to Gandhiji, Ahimsa (non-violence) and 5 that he might have met many leaders and truth were deeply entwined and correlated to each philosophers in life, but the impact of Shrimad other. He believed that Ahimsa is the means and truth Rajchandra was simply mystical. "In my moments is an end. If we follow Ahimsa with its true essence, of spiritual crisis, therefore, he was my refuge." these the final destination of truth is abounded too. Using were the words of Gandhiji as taken from Young foreign clothes was a kind of Ahimsa in his India, January 21, 1926.
foresightedness. This strong belief of his, encountered Jain values when explained by Shrimad him to set the movement of Swadeshi (wearing cloth Rajchandra wrought undiluted and instantly to his - Khadi) produced manually by labour and not by heart and touched Gandhiji's soul. Jain Principles machine). He believed, Swadesh (freedom) would not such as Truth, Ahimsa (non-violence), Anekantvad be possible without being Swadeshi. Gandhiji 5 (Manyness), justified all his dilemmas and answered believed that being swadeshi by means of cloth is all his queries. Under the guidance of Shrimad being truthful to your own people. This is an action of Rajchandra, Gandhiji was deeply inspired by Jain Ahimsa of its kind. Being truthful and non-violent by » doctrines such as peaceful living and honesty. He means leads to being truthful and pure to your soul. made all these values an essential part of his own When your soul is pure and overwhelmed with love attitude towards life. Philosophy of Manyness for your own people, your life is at contentment and
(Anekantvad) enforced him to love even his opponent you are abounded to see truth leading enlightenment. પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવંત
"It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business. antedisia
8 પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવ : ગાંધીજી : ગઈકાલ-આજ-વતીકાલ : સદા નિરંતર # પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન : ગાંધીજીઃ ગઈકાલ-જ-વતીકાલેઃ સદા નિરંતર પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન : ગાંધીજી : ગઈકાલ-જ-આવતીકાલઃ સદા નિરંતર પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન : 8