…this seems also true of people in our own time who are great exponents of the power of non violence. One thinks of Gandhi, One thinks of the astonishing work of the quakers, and yet here too something has gone wrong, especially in the case of Gandhi.…

…One thinks of the astonishing work of the quakers, and yet here too something has gone wrong, especially in the case of Gandhi. Here is this extraordinary man who appealed to the conscience of the British in the most effective way by his whole policy…

…outcasts, but they are upper outcasts. Below them are the lower outcasts, known as the today the harijan the name that Gandhi gave them the untouchables. And the untouchables were the aboriginal peoples of India when the Aryan Invasion occurred, at a rather…

In 1925, mahatma Gandhi wrote the following words: I find a solace in the bhagavad Gita that I miss even in the sermon on the mount, when disappointment stares me in the Face and all alone I see not one ray of light. I go back to the bhagavad Gita.…

…on me, I owe it all to the teachings of the bhagavad Gita. In this passage that I have just quoted to you, mahatma Gandhi was referring to what is perhaps the most famous of all the spiritual classics of India, the bhagavad Gita, or bhagavad Gita B h…

…epitome of the whole central doctrine of Hinduism known as the vedanta. It's a very fascinating and to us puzzling fact that Gandhi Pre eminently the man of non violence in modern times, was so devoted to this book, because the scene with which the…

…than a war enjoined by duty. I think it is just at this point that we puzzle about this book in relation to mahatma Gandhi. Let me explain the passage that I've just read. A kshatriya is a member of one of the three great castes of Hindu Society,…

…the duty of fighting. I think the clue to the problem of the Gita, Especially in relation to that great non violent man, Gandhi, is this: primarily, arjuna's objection to taking part in war is a sentimental one. He is unwilling to fight in the battle…