Gandhi made scrupulous verity- telling a religion, and his Autobiography inescapably reminds one of other saints who have suffered and burned for their setbacks. He gives a simply recited account of his babyhood in Gujarat, marriage at age 13, legal studies in England, and a growing desire for chastity and reform. He details his gradational conversion to vegetarianism and ahimsa(non-violence) and the state of continence( brahmacharya, tone- restraint) that came one of his further laborious spiritual trials. Gandhi was a fascinating, complex man, a brilliant leader and companion, a candidate of verity who failed for his beliefs but had no use for martyrdom or saintliness. In the political realm he outlines the morning of Satyagraha in South Africa and India, with accounts of the first Indian fasts and demurrers, his original crimes and misgivings, his jailings, and continued cordial dealings with the British overlords. Mahatma Gandhi writes of this book" My purpose is to describe trials in the wisdom of Satyagraha, not to say how good I am."
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Trans~world Publication
Genre: Autobiography
Language: English
ISBN13: 9789937935647
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