Selected 100 Letters by Shrimad Rajchandraji

Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra,
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Prabhavak Trust Hubli

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One who has determined to be free from all sorts of miseries, should inquire thoroughly about the nature of his own self and such a person setting aside his faith in all means such as yoga or restraints and niyama or instructions give prominence to search for spiritual contact of an enlightened saint and getting it, should surrender to him completely and for this purpose he should never think of going after worldly life. Leaving aside all his personal beliefs and opinions and prejudices he should stick to the spiritual good contact by all power to his command and surrender to his spiritual master completely and follow his instructions unflinchingly. Tirthankara says that any one who follows such advices or instructions, masters the spiritual contact and in the end propitiates his self and the researcher of his self becomes free from all pain and misery.
Sambujaha Jantava Manusattam Datthuim bhayam Balisenam Alambho! Egantadukhe Jarie Va Loe Sakkamana Vippariyasu Vei !!
Even though I behave totally free, from all kinds of trouble agony and disease natural, spiritual and phenomenal, I still have devotion to spiritual contacts and leaving it, is difficult for me. The uniqueness of spiritual contact impresses me day and night. Still some times some obstacles come in my way and still though mostly in me. I do not feel sorry for any thing else but I do feel sorry for these obstructions to my spiritual contact. All lands, all men, all actions all talks etc. appear to me unknown to me, unattractive, not belonging to me, quite indifferent to me. non-beautiful to me, not evoking any infatuation in me, and totally and naturally uninteresting to me. Only the enlightened men the spiritual aspirants or those who are my camp followers on the path to liberation and their contact appear well
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known, my own, worth loving, beautiful, attractive and full of spiritual interest to me. Thus, my mind mostly enjoying freedom feels attracted to and affectionate to spiritual aspirants like you.
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Mumbai
Vaisakh, V.S. 1950
The work of my mind, speech and body has these days increased more than expected and therefore I am not able to write letters etc. I do not wish increasing this work still it comes to me and
I am going through it. It also appears that in some way this is proper because by such increase of work one day it will stop in its source and I shall be relieved of it well. In case I oppose it, such opposition may result in my dejection, if it does not slow down by my opposing it and as the pure self may not enjoy peace and manifest illumination as desired by me. Therefore I have decided to go through whatever work of mind, speech and body comes to me uncalled for and such attitude seems to me to be more proper to adopt.
It is a great good result that if owing to some present cause one recognizes correctly a spirtual saint well known in the past and if that is not accepted as true then to call such a saint as all knowing or self luminous, does not benefit a spiritual aspirant at all and this is quite experienced by me. If one has not recognized the spiritual saint in direct contact with him by one reason or another in thought, obedience or in right appreciation then such non recognition is not helpful to him in his path to liberation. In such a condition either service or want of service to the present spiritual saint does not put him on the right spiritual road i.e, his human condition does not