Wave of Bliss

Author(s): N P Jain
Publisher: Jain Meditation International Centre

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A PIONEER SHOWS THE WAY
special occasions or conferences by distinguished Jain scholars like the speech of Virchand Raghavji Gandhi at the World Religious Conference in Chicago (USA) in 1983 and subsequently in Europe.
Dr. Hermann Jacobi had published translation in English of some Jain scriptures as early as in 1884. Herbert Werner, Dr. Zimmerman, Saletore, Glassluapp, Winternitz, Walther Shubring, R. Williams, Mrs. N.R. Guseva, Paul Marett, Kenoldfield are prominent among those who wrote books on Jain religion in the first half of the twentieth century. Vincent Smith, Fergusson, Percy Brown, Klans Fischer, Dr. C.R. Jain and James Burgess wrote books and articles on Jain art and architecture.
It is in this background that Gurudev Chitrabhanu undertook his pioneering mission to awaken the West to non-violence compassion and relativity of truth and to make Jainism known, appreciated, accepted and followed abroad.
Gurudev Chitrabhanu was born on July 26, 1922 in Rajasthan and received his education in Bangalore. He renounced the material world at the age of twenty and matured his consciousness as a Muni (Monk) through silence, meditation, fasting and deep study of scriptures for twenty-eight years. During this period as a monk, he inspired a large number of people with his scholarship, devotion and spirituality. His discourses were thoughtprovoking and brought out the relevance of Jain philosophy to the problems faced by individuals and society in the increasingly materialistic world.
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With ease and grace, Gurudev Chitrabhanu left a deep impact on the minds and hearts of many national and international personalities of outstanding stature. The late
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