Selected Speeches of V R Gandhi

Author(s): Virchand R Gandhi
Publisher: Vallabhsuri Smarak Nidhi Godiji Jain Derasar Mumbai

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ciples and practice of the Jaina religion. He was requested by them to extend his stay in America and give them lessons in Jaina philosophy and practice. He delivered a series of illuminating lectures in important cities in America like Chicago, Boston, New York and Washington. Wherever he went he was very cordially received and he created an atmosphere of love and liking for the Jaina religion. Some persons were so much attracted that they began to practise Jaina ceremonies and observe rituals. He had established a Society for the promotion of Jaina religion which was called Gandhi Philosophical Society, where he conducted study classes in Jaina religion. He stayed in America for about two years and returned to India in 1895 A.D.
On his arrival in India, he was accorded a very cordial and enthusiastic welcome in Bombay. His mind was so much imbued with religion and social service that he did not think of his profession or any business for his material well-being. He devoted himself to further study of Jaina philosophy and other comparative philosophies. In Bombay, he started an institution called "Hemachandracharya Class” for the promotion and spread of the theory and practice of the Jaina religion. He delivered there various lectures on difficult and abstruse subjects like “The Doctrine of Karma", "Ultimate principles", etc. He was invited to deliver discourses under the auspices of the Arya Samaj, Buddhiwardhak Sabha and Theosophical Society. While he was doing such useful work here, he was again requested by his American friends to pay
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