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સર્વથી ઉપર જન્મ, જીવન અને મૃત્યુ – એ ત્રણેયને અજવાળી જનારી એમની આત્મચેતના એ બધા વિષે જાણ્યું, મનોમન વંદન કર્યું અને નજર સમક્ષ એમની ઊંચી, ઓજસ્વી, સૌજન્યશીલ મૂર્તિ આવીને ઊભી રહી. એમના ઉજ્જવળ
વ્યક્તિત્વના આભામંડળનો વ્યાપ દેહાતીત હતો-છે. આ લખતી વેળાએ – આ ક્ષણે એમના આશિષ અંતરીક્ષમાંથી મારા પર વરસતા હોય એવો ભાસ થાય છે ને આંખોમાંથી અશ્રુ આપોઆપ ખરી જાય છે. “પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન'ના ઉપાસક ને ‘પ્રબુદ્ધ મૃત્યુના હામી એવા પ્રબુદ્ધ પુરુષને મેં મારા ઘરના એકાંત ખૂણે આપેલી અંજલિ છે!
INDEED A VERY NOBLE SOUL After Chimanbhai Chakubhai's death .... so many years he carried on so well the responsbility as president of Jain Yuvak Sangh. His articles in Prabhudha Jeevan Covering various topics were so interesting to read. There was always so much of depth in all his writings. To hear him in Paryushan Vyakhayanmala was always an experience by itself. His knowledge of Jainism was so profound apart from all this, he was a great human being, so humble and unassuming. He was indeed a vary noble soul.
O JASWANT B. MEHTA, Mumbai
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A GOOD HUMAN BEING Meenakshi and I last met Ramanbhai and Taraben during the Paryushan Vyakhanmala and he did look very frail. But the news of his demise came as a blow. I still remember vividly Ramanbhai telling us on the first day of our B.A. Class: 'Friends, It is difficult to be a great scholar, but it is much more difficult to be a good human being. Let's strive to be at least a bit of both.'Ramanbhai himself achieved that so well He did become a great scholar of Jain literature and was a perfect gentleman. He imbibed the spirit of 'samata', equanimty, and had a detached attitude to life. To me, he assimilated the highest ideal of Jain philosophy, its `navakar mantra'. His death cannot diminish in any way the great memories of my many years of friendship with him.
O PRAKASH MEHTA
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