Shrimad Rajchandra And Mahatma Gandhi

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

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Shrimad Rajchandra's Message
should be used or not. Both agreed that one cannot do away with the use of leather totally, for instance, goods made from leather were essential for farming. Nevertheless, both concurred that one should not use leather for personal apparel. Gandhiji pointed out to Shrimad that leather had been used in the making of the cap which Shrimad was wearing at the time. Shrimad immediately tore off the leather lining in his cap.
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Gandhiji notes in the weekly magazine, Modern Review, issue of June 1930, "The foundation of Shrimad's principles on which he had based his lifestyle was undoubtedly ahimsa - nonviolence. His beliefs in ahimsa encompassed all living beings from the tiniest of micro-organisms to the entire human race.
It was from Shrimad Rajchandra that Gandhiji acquired the cultural seeds of ahimsa which he unflinchingly taught to humanity throughout his life. Gandhiji presented to the world the noble principle of ahimsa as a weapon against the practise of crude violence used for enslavement. He presented ahimsa as the royal path to save oneself from self-destruction. This principle of ahimsa has since been adopted in many countries to fight injustice and throw out the yoke of slavery. How great was the inspiration that Gandhiji had reaped from the life and teachings of Shrimad Rajchandra!
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Illusory Happiness vs Real Happiness
As an introduction to the right path for those seeking liberation, Shrimad drew a distinction between illusory happiness and true happiness. What is happiness in reality? A stone has no capacity to experience pain or pleasure. Nature does have such an ability