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Gurudev Shree Rakeshji

Jainism

Gurudev Shree Rakeshji, born in 1966 in Mumbai, is a spiritual teacher in the Jain tradition of Shrimad Rajchandraji, the 19th-century mystic and poet who was also a guide to Mahatma Gandhi. He holds a doctorate in philosophy for research on Shrimad Rajchandraji's Atmasiddhi Shastra. He founded Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur, with its ashram in Dharampur in southern Gujarat and centres on six continents, and teaches meditation, devotion and self-inquiry.

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Gurudev Shree Rakeshji

Gurudev Shree Rakeshji, born in 1966 in Mumbai, is a spiritual teacher in the Jain tradition of Shrimad Rajchandraji, the 19th-century mystic and poet who was also a guide to Mahatma Gandhi. He holds a doctorate in philosophy for research on Shrimad Rajchandraji's Atmasiddhi Shastra. He founded Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur, with its ashram in Dharampur in southern Gujarat and centres on six continents, and teaches meditation, devotion and self-inquiry.

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07NOV

Satsang Shibir 9: Natak Samaysaar

Dharampur, India · Satsang shibir

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14NOV

Jnan Pancham Aradhana

Dharampur, India · Deep dive

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03NOV

Sadguru Udghosh

Dharampur, India · Deep dive

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45 min
Talk

Going Beyond Good and Bad Desires

Why replacing a bad wish with a good one is not yet freedom, and what lies past both.

17 min
Talk

How to Rise in Hard Times

What to do with adversity when it cannot be changed, drawn from the teaching of Shrimad Rajchandraji.

17 min
Talk

What Makes Human Life Truly Meaningful?

On what a human birth is for, in the Jain reading of it, and what wastes it.

Path

The wider context.

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Harm nothing, and hold your view loosely

Jainism

A path of non-violence towards every living being, of truth seen from many sides, and of freedom from possessiveness.

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