Shrimad Rajchandra And Mahatma Gandhi

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

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Shrimad Rajchandra's Message 33
so calm that even a deer which approaches would watch my body and not run away with fear!"
In this context, Shrimad had written in a letter: "May my mind become so calm that an old deer wanting to itch its head may see my body as an inanimate object and use it to rub its head to relieve the itching!" (Vachanamrut Letter 850)
What an incredible message we get from Shrimad's life on fearlessness! Valour only arises when fearlessness has seeped into every pore of one's existence. Fearlessness can only emerge when one has overcome the fear of death. True victory over death only arises when an aspirant can win over the continuous emotional deaths that one experiences in the course of one's life, and thereby manifest the three jewels of right knowledge, right perception and right conduct within himself. The true aspirant of this three-fold path is one who's soul has attained a high degree of equanimity towards the transient nature of this materialistic existence and who can remain calm and composed even in the midst of being tortured. Shrimad had elucidated the path to attaining fearlessness to the world.
SATSANG
Association with self realised souls and virtuous seekers
In the Indian schools of philosophy, all great souls have laid strong emphasis on the importance of satsang, associating with virtuous seekers of liberation, regularly. Shrimad Rajchandra further developed the concept of satsang, that it is not only for acquiring religious knowledge or about devotional practise, but that it is meant to encourage the transformation of lifestyle by implementing the acquired knowledge into practise and making