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Vinobaji (the –ji suffix is a mark of respect …think “sir”) |
Vinoba Bhave was
an intelligent, gently single-minded, and philosophical boy from an extremely spiritual
family. He chose a life of celibacy
before most boys even know their own sexuality and during his teens instead of
travelling to Bombay for his national examinations, he told his father that he and
his friends were going “somewhere else” instead. That “somewhere” was Varanasi where he hoped
and failed to find a satisfactory depth of spiritual development. Having questioned by letter some of the inspiring speeches that Ghandi had been
making, he was invited to meet Ghandi face to face and so he left Varanasi to seek
him out at his Ashram in Gujarat.

Some of the
sisters on the walk decided that they wanted to lead spiritual lives in line
with Vinoba’s and so Vinoba, who firmly believed that the natural love within women
holds the key to a non-violent future for the world, founded the Brahmavidya
Mandir Ashram as a live “experiment” into non-violent society and how it can
work.
To have been sincerely
asked by the community members, many of whom lived Vinobaji to “please treat
the Ashram as your second home” and to return at least to visit “but preferably
for at least a year” is a true honour.
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