“Even the street-sweeper is frequently more profoundly versed in subtle metaphysics and divine wisdom than the missionary sent to convert him.”

—  Virchand Gandhi

Christian Missions: A Triangular Debate, Before the Nineteenth Century Club of New York (1895)

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Jain scholar who represented Jainism at the first World Par… 1864–1901

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