Shrimad Rajchandra And Mahatma Gandhi

Author(s): Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Raj Saubhag Satsang Mandal

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Shrimad Rajchandra's Life Sketch
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aside and unite as a spiritual community that would serve to benefit each and every one of its members.
From a young age, Shrimad had a great desire to revive the true nature of spirituality. This was the driving force behind his endeavors to focus on the true path to liberation and to contemplate on the supreme canons. He was therefore able to bring back the nectar of immortality to people of the world. He composed several texts that contained the entire essence of the ancient Jain philosophy.
So great was the emergence of philosophical thought, expressed through engaging and rhythmic poetry, that his wondrous compositions continually reverberate in the hearts of true seekers.
Shrimad's life was itself a great message, a living example of that which he preached. It was a calming and soothing influence for those souls around him who were tormented by daily troubles and worries of a mundane existence. Though himself a lay person, he pointed out the path for the soul's aspirants to scale the heights of spirituality. His words had the latent power to bring about a revolution in countless seekers' hearts. His deep soul-searching contemplations had the potency to inspire a similar inner search among those souls who were lost and wandering in the materialistic world.
Shrimad would often say, “No one has attained liberation by being a sectarian'. His aim was to inspire people to let go of their dogmatic beliefs and preconceived notions and instead focus only on their own spiritual development. Discouraging both scriptural knowledge without wisdom and blind ritualistic faith, Shrimad was a proponent of selfless dedication as the ideal path to reach one's goals. In order to stress the importance and the absolute necessity of a True Guru, Shrimad said, “Forget all else, just find a true enlightened Master”. He emphasised that a master who has not realised his soul is surely not a True Master. Shrimad's revolutionary thoughts and