Selected Speeches of V R Gandhi

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

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FOREWORD
Shri Virchand Raghavji Gandhi was a great exponent of Indian culture and religion, besides being a brilliant scholar of Jainism. His speeches at the Congress of World Religions held in 1893 A.D. in Chicago and other places in the United States and Europe echoed the true spirit and culture of India. The birth centenary of this outstanding celebrity is on 25th August, 1964. The memories sharpen, inspire or fade into oblivion. The deeds of great men always inspire the young; the fragrance never fades; it needs no rekindling.
Shri Vallabhsuri Smarak Nidhi has rightly decided to publish this booklet at the most appropriate juncture, bearing some of the speeches and bare outline of the life of Shri Virchand Gandhi. This will inspire the younger generation and rekindle in them the lofty ideas which the late Shri Virchand Gandhi preached and stood for. He died so young. It is aptly said that "Those whom gods love, die young'. This has been true of Shri Virchandbhai, Swami Vivekananda, Shrimad Rajchandra and others. His erudite speeches touched all aspects of Indian culture and its philosophies. He accepted high ideals of all religions and in his concluding memorable speech at the Congress of World Religions, he cited an interesting example of an elephant and seven blind men. Shri Virchandbhai concluded by saying, "Brothers and Sisters, I entreat you to hear the moral of this story and learn to examine
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