A Tribute To Gandhi A Man His Faith, Friends, Fearlessness And Becoming A Monk
He developed his own beliefs to teach others and left with three bullets in his chest.
Growing up he lived with very fixed values. They stayed with him throughout his journey. The journey took him from India, to England, and to South Africa.
He met and made many great friends. From Harman a German engineer, who helped him build the commune, Tolstoy, and Einstein who he wrote to,Lady Slaghieh, Anie Beseant. He inspired Mandela, and Martin Luther King Jr. He met King George in the attire of his Poor people, defying forced authority. Even today some in the generation that is shaping our tomorrow feels inspired by him.
His thought was universal on religion. He was an avid reader of the Bible in England.,when asked, he had said, “It has many good things to learn.” When asked again, “Then why don’t you adopt Christianity?” He said, “ There is nothing different from what my present belief has already taught me.
His awakening was far from the land of his birth, India. He found his true calling there, rising for Black miners, Indian women and in general for equality for all, including his own countrymen after he Returned home to India.
He spoke to people many times, yet one of His addresses said all that explained his message. He ha said, ‘We do need change, yet to what we must think. It should not be only change for change, change must be directed to a better tomorrow for people.
He launched Satyagraha, which means applied civil disobedience, or humble statement of truth. His message to the British was, “You as rulers have the right to, order and punish, yet we have the right to accept punishment and disobey. His campaign to break the salt tax law was one victory the British never could erase.
The campaign for the indigo farmers in Champaran took him near the preaching grounds of Buddha in Rajgir. Both had given up comfort, and changed focus from Me to them.
Gandhi seventy five years after his death still hovers like a good ghost over us. Showing us the path, and in our contradiction we remain have conflicting views about a man, who nearly had no conflict left in him when he decided to live with what life gave him.
Thank you dear reader for reading, and a thank you to Sahil Patel for bringing it to you.