Jainism

In 1893 a twenty-nine year old Jain lawyer from Gujarat faced an almost insurmountable problem --- the monks of his tradition could not cross the ocean, yet the Parliament of World Religions was calling. Virchand Gandhi spent six months preparing himself to carry an entire tradition on his shoulders, crossed the water, and introduced the Western world to ahimsa --- the ancient principle of non-violence that would quietly reshape the moral imagination of the twentieth century.

A Jain monk of the 9th-10th century, Kumudendu Muni placed meaning beneath language itself, encoding wisdom in numbers rather than words. His work invites patience, restraint, and care-asking what it means to protect truth across time.