The Jaina Philosophy (2009) EMR Kathmandu A class of rich peasants

A class of rich peasants emerged in the countryside and the middle-grade and lower-grade cultivators who could not withstand the pressure of rack rent became impoverished

He emphasized that true spirituality is not about intellectual knowledge but about direct experience of the Divine through love and devotion

The book establishes that the religious art of the Indus Valley contains depictions of the fire god

The craving for edification is more manifest in it than the desire for truth

The Jaina Philosophy (2009) EMR Kathmandu A class of rich peasantsPrologue Shri Virchand Raghavji Gandhi (1864 1901) made his indelible mark not only as an ardent and committed champion of the vital concerns facing the Jaina community in India, but even more significantly as a distinguished exponent of Jaina religion and philosophy in particular and Indian philosophy and culture in general in the Christianity centered Western World. And all this in a short life span of 37 years only. His great moment of being