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
God has been described by all the scriptures of the world as protector and saviour of the sinner.
Those who are lacking in bhakti (devotion), lacking in faith, are ill qualified to interpret the scriptures.
The Gita has become for me the key to the scriptures of the world.
Self-realization is the object of the Gita, as it is of all scriptures.
The scriptures of Christians, Mussalmans and Hindus are all replete with the teaching of ahimsa.
Newspapers today have almost replaced the Bible, the Koran, the Gita and other religious scriptures.
A prayerful study and experience are essential for a correct interpretation of the scriptures.
The more I study Hindu scriptures, and the more I discuss them with Brahmins, the more I feel convinced that untouchability is the greatest blot upon Hinduism.
My respectful study of other religions has not abated my reverence for or my faith in the Hindu scriptures.
I call myself a Sanatani Eternal Hindu, because I believe in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, and all that goes by the name of Hindu scripture, and therefore in avataras and rebirth...
Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.
An eye for an eye and everyone shall be blind