# Raychandbhai — The Story of My Experiments with Truth character guide

> Raychandbhai in The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Raychandbhai

**First appearance:** 0028-part-ii-i-raychandbhai

## Snapshot

A Jain jeweller and poet in Bombay whose quiet spiritual counsel Gandhi weighed against every Christian and theosophist he met.

## Who they are

Raychandbhai was no ascetic lecturer but a householder who spoke of religion the way others speak of weather, calmly and without performance. Gandhi brought him his hardest questions — about renunciation, about the soul, about whether to leave his family — and often left unsatisfied yet steadied. He matters because he represents the Indian spiritual tradition Gandhi never abandoned, even as he tested it against Tolstoy, the Bible, and his own restless conscience.

## Relationships

### [Kasturbai Gandhi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/characters/kasturbai_gandhi)

_social_

Kasturbai and Raychandbhai had a respectful acquaintance, as Raychandbhai was a spiritual mentor to Gandhi and a family friend.

## In the story

### [Raychandbhai](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-ii-i-raychandbhai)

A poet and jeweler whose spiritual passion and moral earnestness deeply impressed Gandhi, though he was not accepted as Guru.

### [Religious Ferment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-ii-xv-religious-ferment)

Corresponds with Gandhi, advises patience and deeper study of Hinduism, and sends religious books.

### [Comparative Study of Religions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-ii-xxii-comparative-study-of-religions)

Guided Gandhi in his religious studies through correspondence.

### [Brahmacharya—I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-iii-vii-brahmacharya-i)

Influential poet and thinker who challenged Gandhi's views on conjugal love, prompting deeper reflection on devotion and self-control.

### [XXX: Towards Self-Restraint](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-iv-xxx-towards-self-restraint)

First taught Gandhi that milk stimulated animal passion.

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