Mahatma Gandhi
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Mahatma Gandhi
Throughout history most national heroes have been warriors, but Gandhi was a
passive and peaceful preacher of morals, ethics, and beliefs. He was an outsider
who ended British rule over India without striking a blow. Moreover, Gandhi was
not skillful with any unusual artistic, scholarly, or scientific talents. He
never earned a degree or received any special academic honors. He was never a
candidate in an election or a member of government. Yet when he died, in 1948,
practically the whole world mourned him. Einstein said in his tribute, “Gandhi
demonstrated that a powerful human following can be assembled not only through
the cunning game of the usual political maneuvers and trickery but through the
cogent example of a morally superior conduct of life”. Other tributes compared
Gandhi to Socrates, to Buddha, to Jesus, and to Saint Fancis of Assisi. The life
of Mahatma (great soul) Gandhi is very documented. Certainly it was an
extraordinary life, poking at the ancient Hindu religion and culture and modern
revolutionary ideas about politics and society, an unusual combination of
perceptions and values. Gandhi’s life was filled with contradictions. He was
described as a gentle man who was an outsider, but also as a godly and almost
mystical person, but he had a great determination. Nothing could change his
convictions. Some called him a master politician, others called him a saint, and
millions of Indians called him Mahatma or Bapu (father). I on the other hand
call him extraordinarily great. Gandhi’s life was devoted to a search for
truth. He believed that truth could be known only through tolerance and concern
for others, and that finding a truthful way to solutions required constant
attention. He dedicated himself to truth, to nonviolence, to purity, to poverty,
to scripture reading, to humility, to honesty, and to fearlessness. He called
his autobiography, My Experiments with Truth. Gandhi overcame fear in himself
and taught others to master fear. He believed in Ahimsa (nonviolence) and taught
that to be truly nonviolent required courage. He lived a simple life and thought
it was wrong to kill animals for food or clothing. In his religious studies, he
happened upon Leo Tolstoy’s Christian writings, and was inspired. It stated
that all government is based on war and violence, and that one can attack these
only through passive resistance. This made a deep impression on Gandhi. Gandhi
developed a method of direct social action, based upon ...
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