Guidelines to Mahavir Darshan

Author(s): Satshrutseva Sadhna Kendra
Publisher: Satshrut Seva Sadhna Kendra

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PREFACE
In 1975, a group of friends interested in spiritual development established Shri Sat Shrut Seva Sadhana Kendra at Ahmedabad under the inspiration of Dr. M. Soneji. The dedicated soul of the Kendra, Dr. Soneji, who has been a great inspiring Sadhaka himself led others on to the spiritual path through direct discourses, talks, shibirs and such other Satsang activities.
In about 8 years, over a dozen books on various facets of spiritual development were published, and equal number of Tirtha-Yatras and Shibirs were also conducted. The membership of the monthly Divya-Dhvani (Divine voice) crossed the mark of 1500 and thus more and more people have started taking interest in this pious activity.
Aspirants around Dr. Soneji are greatly impressed by the contrast of his earlier background and present position of a devoted sadhaka. Dr. Soneji is a vaishnava by birth and a physician by education holding a post-graduate degree from UK. He has pract sed in medical field for about three years in India. His early Samskaras from his young age of the literature of Shri Kund-Kund Swami and Shrimad Rajchandraji (spiritual Guide of Mahatma Gandhiji) led him gradually to become a firm disciple of Bhagwan Mahavir's sublime Teachings.
A need was thereafter felt to put up an Ashram affording various facilities to the aspirants and to centralise, reorganize, co-ordinate and expand the activities. Dr. Soneji inspired us to ignore our human and financial limitations and advised us to go ahead banking on "Yog Bal" of Shrimad Rajchandraji and other great Acharyas. Once the trustees decided to go ahead in putting up an Ashram, we received to our surprise, a donation of a suitable land plot at a suitable place, numerous financial donations of small amounts and a number of