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CHAPTER 10
Some Interesting and Instructive Incidents in
the Life of Santbalji
His Life Style :
Shri Manibhai Patel whom reference is already made in chapter 9 above, happened to see Santbalji in the year 1942 A. D. when he heard him addressing a public meeting on 'Manav Dharma' (Religion of humanity), he was so much impressed by his sermons that he decided within himself to devote his life to the cause pleaded by Santbalji and to move with him on foot at all places visited by him. Two years after he heard his sermons, he met Santbalji at Sanand where Santbal was passing his Chaturmans, and expressed his desire to move with him and to serve his cause. Santbal never pleaded for, or gave Diksha to, anyone in his life time, otherwise Manibhai would have willingly taken Diksha as his pupil. When he sought the permission of Santbalji to move with him, the Saint told him that he did not mind it provided he had taken the consent of his parents and was also prepared to remain pure in cases where Kamini and Kanchan (sex and gold) were concerned. Manibhai agreed. He then moved with him from place to place taking day-to-day notes of the daily events. These notes have been published in two volumes in Gujarati which shed good deal of light on how the Saint was living his daily life, solving public and individual problems of the
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