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We live in a time of too much bloodshed in too many places, when too often, sorrows flourish and hope withers.

But in the Peace Walk organised by the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Council of Ottawa, I saw people who had made the decision to join hands with one another to nurture hope together: Christians, Jews, and Muslims; Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs; people of many faiths and people of none.

I was touched that they invited me to walk with them, and to address the gathering on Parliament Hill.

So basically RW are spreading this letter of Gandhiji, and quoting everywhere.

Gullible people abusing Gandhiji for that

I am pretty sure they haven't read the whole letter .

He is known as scientist of RW , I am sure he must have known that fact what Gandhiji preaching in that letter

Still why he choose to malign it .

What do you guyz think of that letter?

I have seen this many times yesterday by anti gandhi people on different subs that tried to portray him biased,weak by this statement......Can anyone tell it's context???

I have been trying to understand Gandhi’s ideas of Satya (Truth) and Ahimsa (Non-violence) beyond the usual behavioural or political interpretations.

A lot of what is popularly associated with Gandhi is something like:

• Non-violence means not physically harming another person, even when resisting them.
• Non-violence is demonstrated through things such as fasting, civil disobedience, accepting suffering, etc.
• Truth means being honest — if I cheated, I should admit that I cheated.
• Satyagraha means peacefully protesting or resisting injustice.

All of these may be legitimate expressions of Gandhi’s thought, but they seem to describe the practice rather than the philosophical foundation behind it.

It also seems important to me that these concepts did not originate with Gandhi himself. Ahimsa has much older roots in Indian philosophical traditions, including Buddhism and Jainism, while Satya and the inquiry into Truth are deeply present in the Upanishadic tradition. These traditions themselves place such ideas within much larger philosophical frameworks — for example, questions about the nature of the self and reality in Vedanta, and questions of self, suffering and emptiness in Buddhist philosophy.

So I am curious about something more specific: What did Gandhi actually mean by these concepts, and what philosophical foundations did he inherit, reinterpret, or depart from?

Happy Gandhi jayanti.

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Yesterday Gandhi jayanthi. Our Tamilnadu CM requested citizens to celebrate Gandhi jayanthi, participate in Gramasabha. I wanted to celebrate it too. But i am not familiar with Gramasabha. There was one photo walk and cycling to celebrate oct2nd. i tried to participate but couldn't.

Then i found a simple way. Gandhipuram Sarvodhaya sangh. Yes, from childhood onwards, buying things in Khadi sarvodhaya is my favorite shopping experience. Over period of time it has become a ritual. When other shops are working hard to feed the economic engine, their each action will be ipurely commercial. But in Sarvodhaya ambience is clean, silent, sales people will talk only if there is a need, traditional and exclusive products, and most importantly if you are a regular customer you will become one among them over period of time.

So yesterday i participated in their morning special Bhajan. "Raghupathy ragava rajaram..." It was good. And after the Bhajan, they called me to offer flowers for Mahatma. I felt so happy and emotional. Then i thought of buying a cotton saree on this special occasion. The sales manager guided me to the silk section as there is a sale going on. For one cotton saree price, i bought 2 printed silk sarees. Hapiness doubled.

By the way, Coimbatore capital is GANDHIPURAM. After Gujarat, i think we have capital city in his name.

Pranam Mahatma!!

do you have Gandhi jayanthi celebration story?

On this day, for honouring Gandhi Ji, let’s remember he did not descend from the sky; he rose from the earth. He undertook a laborious and long journey from “Man” to “Mahatma”. And he rightly said that his life is his message - what was possible for him is possible for all. When someone devotedly moves forward, challenging their past, their tendencies, and their limitations, their presence infuses a unique consciousness into the entire world.

Read more on this from famous Author and Philosopher Acharya Prashant -

https://acharyaprashant.org/en/articles/gandhi-an-earthly-journey-not-a-divine-destination-acharya-prashant-on-the-sunday-guardian-1_048a399