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Chapter Twenty Nine: Mohandas Gandhi
Brief Biography of Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi: Summary of Ideas, Portrait & Quotes
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Twenty Nine: Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi led the struggle for India's independence
from British colonial rule, empowered by tens of millions of common Indians.
He opposed any form of terrorism or violence, instead using only the highest
moral standards. His philosophy of nonviolence, has influenced national and
international nonviolent resistance movements to this day, including the American
Civil Rights Movement led by Martin Luther King Jr.. Mohandas Gandhi was, and
still is, a deeply popular icon and inspiration to many Indians since he took
charge of the freedom struggle and the Indian National Congress in 1918. He
was lovingly reverred as "Mahatma", or "Great Soul" by
millions of people. Apart from being considered one of the greatest Hindu and
Indian leaders of all time, he is revered by many in India as the "Father
of the Nation" or Bapu (Hindi for Father).
By means of nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi helped bring about India's
independence from British rule, inspiring other colonial peoples to work for
their own independence and ultimately dismantling the British Empire. Gandhi's
principle of satyagraha (from Sanskrit; satya for truth and agraha for endeavor),
often translated as "way of truth" or "pursuit of truth",
has inspired other freedom activists such as the Dalai Lama, Lech Walesa, Steve
Biko and Nelson Mandela. However not all these leaders kept to Gandhi's strict
principle of nonviolence and nonresistance.
Gandhi often stated that his principles were simple; drawn from traditional
Hindu beliefs: truth (satya) and nonviolence (ahimsa). As Gandhi said: "I
have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and nonviolence are as old as the
hills.". ... (see book for more)
All our philosophy is dry as dust if it is not immediately
translated into some act of living service.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I
am prepared to kill for.
The Truth is far more powerful than any weapon of mass destruction.
(Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi)
A lively and concise journey through the central
ideas of thirty famous philosophers. From ancient Indian, Greek and Chinese
Philosophy to modern Western Philosophy, this book explores the changing foundations
of human knowledge and their effect on how we think and live.
Includes full page portraits, brief biographies and selected quotes from some
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Reality, Nature, Cosmos, Wisdom, Morality, Mind, Education, Politics, Art,
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