Shrimad Rajchandra And Mahatma Gandhi

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

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Shrimad Rajchandra's Message:
precious and valuable than the very chintamani gem stone which is the most precious jewel in the universe.”
Every single moment of human existence is uniquely important and beyond measure. While addressing his gandher (chief disciple), Shri Gautam Swami, Bhagwan Mahavir repeated thirty-six times, “Samayam Gaoyam ma pamaye” meaning “O Gautam, waste not a single moment”. In Mokshmala, Shrimad Rajchandra has said in one of his famous poems -
બહુ પુણ્યકેરા પુંજથી શુભ દેહ માનવનો મળ્યો, તોયે અરે ! ભવચક્રનો આંટો નહિ એક્કે ટાળ્યો
By the fruition of a colossal reservoir of past good deeds,
having being incarnated as a Human Being, Yet alas! Not a single round of the infinite cycle of transmigration
could you overcome.
The reason this soul has not escaped this cycle of life and death is that it has not realised the importance and rarity of this precious human birth. It has not recognised the urgency with which it should engage with spiritual pursuits. No one can predict when their current life will end, thus one who has realised their inner truth before death comes is the only truly awakened soul.
The world we live in is full of grief and sufferings. Many a poet has said there is little happiness, and sufferings fill the world'. A human has both the ability and capacity to be rid of all sufferings and experience infinite bliss by attaining liberation. This liberation is achievable only through a human body and no other. Appreciating the importance and rarity of a human life and the uncertainty of its lifespan, once having attained the human life,