Santbal A Saint with a Difference

Author(s): T U Mehta
Publisher: Navjivan Prakashan Mandir

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Such a Saint, who was head and shoulders above the simpletons who ex-communicated him, served as a beckon light to the whole saintly order of India - Hindu, Jain, Buddha, Islam, and Christian, and showed the way to lead the nation to the path of real social reconstruction which can put this country at the top of the comity of nations.
Even those who ex-communicated him, ultimately realised their mistake, but then it was too late to reclaim him in their order because by that time he had already entered the universal order where people at large - irrespective of their caste, creed or religion - recognised him as their spiritual leader and guide.
The short biographical account of his life which follows here proves, through various incidents in his life, the magnitude, amplitude and intensity of the social and spiritual services which he has rendered to the Society.
T. U. Mehta
"Siddharth", 3, Dada Rokadnath Society, Narayannagar, Paldi, Ahmedabad-380 007 Dt. 25-6-96
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