Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma—applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa,—is now used worldwide. He is also called Bapuin India. In common parlance in India he is often called Gandhiji. He is unofficially called the Father of the Nation...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth2 October 1869
CityPortbandar, India
CountryIndia
It is necessary first to purify the drunken and dissolute worshippers in charge of some of these temples.
Confession of one's guilt purifies and uplifts. Its suppression is degrading and should always be avoided.
A spirit is not necessarily purer, because it is disembodied.
Temple going is for the purification of the soul.
To a pure heart all hearts are pure.
Purification is never for the selfishly idle, it accrues only to the selflessly industrious.
Never own defeat in a sacred cause and make up your minds henceforth that you will be pure and that you will find a response from God.
Pure motives can never justify impure or violent action.
The mundane use of the Gayatri, its repetition for healing the sick, illustrates the meaning we have given to prayer.
A congregational prayer is a means for establishing essential human unity though common worship.
Let us, by praying, purify ourselves and we shall not only remove untouchability but shall also hasten the advent of Swaraj.
Buddhism in one long prayer.
A complete fast is a complete and literal denial of self. It is the truest prayer.
Close the day with prayer so that you may have a peaceful night free from dreams and nightmares.