Introduction Gandhiji not only gave India its freedom but also gave the world and us a new thought on nonviolence and sustainable Development. His teaching and his writings are more valid than before it was to overcome worldwide greed‚ violence and consumptive lifestyle which are giving very negative impact on the world’s resources. Through ages India has time and again given to the world a new thought. Thus Buddhism‚ Jainism‚ Yogic system‚ Sikhism are part of the great spiritual thought
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My fellow Indian people‚ I am Mohandas Gandhi. I was born into a middle class family in the small state of Porbandar. I have a wife who I have been married to for 48 years and have had four children with. I have studied law in London‚ but have had little success. I went to South Africa to do legal work and experienced prejudice for the first time there. Due to this discrimination I have become an advocate for the rights of all Indians. This is why I’m here to talk to you now. Our people
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Mahatma Gandhi is not known. Do you know why Gandhiji became so famous? It was because he dedicated his whole life to the service of the motherland‚ and service of humanity. Today‚ I am going to tell you in brief‚ the story of Mahatma Gandhi‚ the father of the Nation‚ or Bapuji‚ as he is affectionately called. In the early days our country was made up of a large number of small Princely Kingdoms. Porbandar in Gujarat was one such Princely Kingdom. Gandhiji’s father Karamchand Gandhi‚ popularly
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idea of living simply‚ living in nature‚ individualism over group‚ and self-reliance. Transcendentalism has affected the lives of many people‚ such as Gandhi‚ a major freedom fighter from India who helped defeat the British army without so much as picking up a weapon. There were many instances in Gandhi’s life that depicted Transcendentalism. Gandhi used to live in a house without his family and without electricity of any kind‚ which shows individualism and simplicity. Also‚ he used to make his own
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Friedrich Nietzsche and Mahatma Gandhi‚ two mammoth political figures of their time‚ attack the current trend of society. Their individual philosophies and concepts suggest a fundamental problem: if civilization is so diseased‚ can we overcome this state of society and the sickness that plagues the minds of the masses in order to advance? Gandhi and Nietzsche attain to answer the same proposition of sickness within civilization‚ and although the topic of unrest among both may be dissimilar‚ they
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An acquaintance of mine is a highly paid professional lacking none of life’s luxuries. He plays the violin as a hobby and frequently plays in a public space‚ placing a jar in front of him so that passers-by can contribute money to show their appreciation. Other musicians play in that space‚ but they move on if another musician is already there. His actions suggest‚ to me‚ that he’s a struggling musician in need of financial assistance‚ but he’s collecting dollar bills from people who may be less
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to these English medium schools. M.K Gandhi India’s most influential man at that time got an English education and even studied in London to become a barrister‚ but he had different thoughts on education now. Gandhi believed "Education means all-round drawing out of the best in child and man body‚ mind‚ and spirit." As such‚ education becomes the basis of personality development in all dimensions moral‚ mental‚ and emotional. Therefore quite evidently Gandhi wanted reforms in the education system
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In one of the masterpiece book about politics The Prince‚ Machiavelli defined the notion of politics as war and politics form an organic whole while war is a political instrument‚ politics itself is warlike activity. In this perspective‚ violence seen as an inevitable factor in politics. focus the unity of ends and means. This argument claims that the means creates the kind of end that ultimately is achieved; violence and unjust action as means will simply reinforce those kinds of behavior in whatever
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do not know what religion means” (Gandhi‚ 1957; 504). These words are only a glimpse of Gandhi’s revolutionary sight that changed Western intellectuals. As we continue to remember his blessings‚ Gandhi will be known as a leader of the successful freedom struggle and a representative of the highest level of thinking in the Hindu religious tradition. Mohandas Gandhi had many accomplishments throughout his 78 years of life. To briefly outline a few‚ Gandhi successfully accomplished to abjure
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Gandhi on Providence and Greed Y. P. Anand and Mark Lindley Although Gandhiji is often quoted as having said‚ “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need but not enough for any man’s greed‚” we would like to point out that he said something significantly different instead‚1 but that 15-20 years earlier‚ his view in regard to food had indeed amounted to what the famous alleged statement says. The alleged statement is a distorted version of a remark attributed to him by a first-hand witness
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