figures in the history of India‚ Mohandas K. Gandhi‚ also known as the Mahatma‚ or "The Great Soul"‚ was the spiritual and practical founder of active non-violent resistance‚ a concept called Satyagraha. Also known as ¡°soul-force¡± or ¡°truth-force¡±‚ Gandhi developed this revolutionary technique as a method of gaining political and social reforms against the injustices experienced by Indians under British Colonial rule. For most of his life‚ Gandhi devoted himself to perfecting the Satyagraha
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Mohandas Karmanchad Gandhi‚ who is also known as Mahatma Gandhi ‚was the pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism. Gandhi was born on 2nd October 1869 in Porbandar‚ a coastal town in Bombay. Gandhi was raised in a Hindu bania community in coastal Gujarat. During his life time he practised to be a good Hindu by obeying all the laws and helping others. As well his devotion‚ his goal was to help the poor and protest oppressive taxation and discrimination. Through his efforts he led India to independence
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thought. Thus Buddhism‚ Jainism‚ Yogic system‚ Sikhism are part of the great spiritual thought given by India from the time ages.Gandhiji’s writings and teachings of development and sustainable living is a continuation of that long tradition. To my mind Gandhiji’s greatest contribution to sustainable development was two sided. Firstly his experiments in simple living and high thinking. He believed that with simple living the resources of The planet earth can sustain us comfortably and his famous
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2nd October‚ every year is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti‚ the birthday of Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi‚ the most famous freedom fighter of our mother India. Mahatma Gandhi is also lovingly known as Bapu by all. Gandhi was one of the most humble and modest person‚ mother India could ever give birth to‚ however‚ in his biography‚ he admits that he did not find himself worthy of the title and was often pained and upset by it. Gandhi was the epitome of peace‚ non-violence‚ truth and duty. He practiced
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Descriptive Essay abot Mahatma Gandhi’s Principle Truth(satya) Gandhi dedicated his life to the wider purpose of discovering truth‚ or Satya. He tried to achieve this by learning from his own mistakes and conducting experiments on himself. He called his autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth. Gandhi stated that the most important battle to fight was overcoming his own demons‚ fears‚ and insecurities. Gandhi summarised his beliefs first when he said "God is Truth". He would later change
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God created everything out of nothing. He created the world and we are part of this creaton. We are created through his image and likeness. You cannot say that man is only a neither baby nor soul. These two elements constitute a man. One may exist without the other element but with a meaningless life. We must be grateful that we had these two elements. Although we have these two elements‚ we can’t say that we can survive or live alone. As the saying‚ “No man is an island”‚ God has given us life for
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2‚ 1869 in Porbander on the west coast of India. He came from a middle class family where his father‚ Karamchand‚ was prime minister of a small Indian state (Porbandar). At the age of 13‚ he married Kasturbai Makanji who was also 13. The fact that he finished middle school‚ high school and went to law school as a married man deserves some kind of recognition. In 1888‚ Gandhi sailed to London‚ England to continue his legal education. Gandhi became a lawyer
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believers to have a special regard for the poor‚ weak‚ and disadvantaged is" one of the main themes of the Bible‚ according to Sider (78). Gandhi‚ who was not a Christian‚ explored the idea of poverty in a more socially ethical way: "According to me the economic constitution of India and for that matther of the world‚ should be such that no one
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exemplary leader derived his power from the conscious citizenry. The leader I am referring to is Mahatma Gandhi. Instrumental in the Indian Independence movement‚ Gandhi’s influence extended beyond the borders of India to the rest of the world. Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence inspired millions‚ including the great American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. A simple‚ pious man‚ Gandhi identified with and won the hearts of India’s most politically and economically marginalized people. He
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Mahatma Gandhi‚ was an amazing speaker and cleared about the conflict between war and peace not only with our surrounding but also within ourselves. Mahatma believes that Gandhi’s theory is no longer being used in our modern times‚ that being positive attitude‚ love‚ and respect. On the other hand our modern times is just a display of negativity. He also believes that we should be a better person than yesterday; which we are far from trying to be today‚ as well as being civilized. Gandhi had three
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