Virchand Gandhi
Virchand Gandhi
Virachand Raghavji Gandhi was a Jain scholar who represented Jainism at the first World Parliament of Religions in 1893. A barrister by profession, he worked to defend the rights of Jains, and wrote and lectured extensively on Jainism, other religions, and philosophy...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth25 August 1864
CountryIndia
disastrous prove understand
We all understand that the debasement of a nation's coinage is very pernicious and must prove disastrous to its commerce. How much more dangerous is the debasement of the spiritual coinage!
spiritual dangerous prove
We all understand that the debasement of a nations coinage is very pernicious and must prove disastrous to its commerce. How much more dangerous is the debasement of the spiritual coinage!
sympathy revenge hate
If a person's mind is controlled by forces of revenge and jealousy, it cannot express love & sympathy. And even if they show love and sympathy to others it will yield no good result. The thought will not be reflected in love but in hate.
spiritual practice breathing
Pranayam is the right science of breathing where deep, regulated and rhythmic breathing is done along with mental purification. Its practice plays an important role not only in cure of physical ailments, but also for moral and spiritual progress.
religious land people
In Western lands there is a distinct division between the religious and the secular life. There is one rule of conduct for laymen and another for clergymen. This distinction has never found its place in the life of the people of India. There, all of life is included in the word 'religion.'
world india has-beens
Since the early beginning of history, India has been the Klondyke of the world
cutting soul progress
In the history of a soul’s evolution there is a critical point of the human incarnation that decides for us whether we stay there, go down or progress upwards. There is a knot of worldly desires impeding us; cut the knot by mastering desires and go forward. This done, progress is assured.
country october india
In international commerce, India is an ancient country-(19th October, 1899)
believe sunday past
We preach and practice brotherhood — not only of man but of all living beings — not on Sundays only but on all the days of the week. We believe in the law of universal justice — that our present condition is the result of our past actions and that we are not subjected to the freaks of an irresponsible governor, who is prosecutor and judge at the same time; we depend for our salvation on our own acts and deeds and not on the sacrificial death of an attorney.
heart flesh vegetarian
The heart of vegetarians is healed sooner than those of flesh-eaters.
wife india empresses
…the designation of wife in India, of the Hindu wife, is higher and grander than that of Empress. She is called Devi
country diversity soul
This is my country, that is your country; these are the conceptions of narrow souls - to the liberal minded the whole world is a family.
spiritual prayer men
We the Jainists of India say every day in our prayer, I worship all perfected souls, I worship all spiritual masters, I worship all spiritual instructors, I worship all holy men and women in the world.
loss soul may
The occult powers may be possessed by soul, but if they are not used in the right way it is a loss rather than a gain.