What Are The Differences In The Life Of Mahatma Gandhi Essay

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immensely grateful to Mahatmaji for inducing, by his wonder working inspiration, freedom from fear and feebleness in the minds of his countrymen, feel profoundly hurt when any words from his mouth may emphasize the elements of unreason in those very minds — unreason, which is a fundamental source of all the blind powers that drive us against freedom and self-respect." Nehru during that time was in prison and was on the same page with Tagore and was also shocked by this unscientific statement of Gandhi. He wondered to rely on Gandhi anymore and hence wrote, "Of many hard lessons that I had learnt, the hardest and most painful now faced me; that it is not possible in any vital matter to rely on any one. One must journey through life alone; to rely on others is to invite heartbreak." But undaunted Gandhi stood by what he said and wrote that though they seem to have physical origins, somehow are connected with man 's morals. He confessed though that he could not prove the existence of God and hence the connection between the sins of untouchability and Bihar, but these are the instincts felt by him. These two men though differ in temperament and ideology, represented diverse aspects of multi-faceted culture of …show more content…

He said "when I first heard that an atom bomb had wiped out Hiroshima, he said to himself, unless now the world adopts nonviolence, it will spell certain suicide for mankind." For him nonviolence is the only thing that an atom bomb cannot destroy. Gandhi asked for life pattern to be based on three principles- simplicity, slowness and smallness. Modernity makes life complex and this complexity cannot lead to happy and peaceful life. Science and scientific research is another area on which Gandhi 's views are fascinating. In an article published in the magazine current science in 1988, the editor asked to imagine a scientist who is a follower of Mahatma Gandhi. What

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