Vimala Thakar Life Sketch

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Jina Bharati

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VARDHAMAN BHARATI
An organisation spreading Ahimsa, Anekant & Atmavigyan
Vardhaman Bharati, an organisation established in 1971 in Bangalore, is dedicated to Spirituality, Meditation, Music and Knowledge. It mainly aims at spreading Jainology, but generally its object is to elevate the virtues of character, good conduct and higher values in our society and to lead the people towards wellharmonized life style. They have utilized the medium of Music to achieve this end. They have sacredly recorded the tenets of Jain Religious Scriptures in Cassettes through Music and Meditation. They have made Spiritual Devotional Music humming in every home.
Pioneering initiator of this activity is Professor Pratap Toliya. After serving as Professor of Hindi Literature and Principal, Prof. Toliya has settled down in Bangalore and is carrying on this work on large scale in a well-organized manner. Great personalities like PANDIT SUKHLALJI, GANDHIJI, VINOBAJI, etc., are his guiding forces. He tried to carry eternal principles of religion unto the masses by blending them with Meditational Music, i.e. Music and Meditation. Shri Pratapbhai had been influenced by Srimad Rajchandra also. He produced and presented in beautiful discs and cassettes from Srimad Rajchandra's books like ATMASIDDHI SHASTRA in pleasingly renderable way. Because of respect towards other Philosophies, in spite of Jain Philosophy & Religion being in centre, Prof. Toliya presented in recorded forms Geeta, Ramayana, Kathopanishada and especially Ishopanishada. The Gramaphone Disc of the latter was released by the then Prime Minister Sri Morarji Desai in 1979, Prof. Toliya conducts various Meditation Camps too.