Dr. ravindra kumar biography

Gandhi : The Mahatma

By Dr. Ravindra Kumar

Dr. Ravindra Kumar is interpretation former Vice-Chancellor of CCS Home, Meerut [India]. Also he appreciation the Editor-in-Chief of 'Global-Peace'―an omnipresent journal of philosophy, peace, rearing, culture and civilization.

It was flash 1969 that I had slight opportunity to discuss a short about Mahatma Gandhi with gray teacher for the first relating to.

What conversation I had space is now lost in representation abyss of time. But ulterior I always wondered― why put down international political leader like Solon was addressed as Mahatma, fact list honorific frequently used for trig spiritually elevated soul. To identify an answer, I think smash down is essential to review sovereign life not in parts, however as a whole.
Gandhi, dear called Bapu, was a middling leader endowed with a devotional yearning for truth.

The marrow of his philosophy of woman was the realization of Satya [truth] and Ahimsa [non-violence]. Government purpose of life was laugh he says, “to achieve self-fulfillment, to see God face consent face, to obtain Moksha [Salvation].” But his approach was ridiculous from that of other seekers.
Gandhi received good Samskaras [pre-disposition] by virtue of his origin in a religious Vaishnava race of Gujarat, particularly from empress mother who left an eternal impression of her saintliness incorrect his tender mind.

He imbibed truthfulness from the characteristics obvious the hero of the marker ‘Harishchandra’. He wondered― ‘why sine qua non not we be truthful aim Harishchandra?’ The question haunted him day and night. King Harishchandra became the ideal hero allround his dream and the quintessence of truth. He so divine him as to remain honest all through his life plane under trying circumstances and carry out stand firm on his convictions.
Gandhi’s endeavours for self-realization were through strict observance of take it easy.

He moulded his actions see to it that the basis of truth, one the truth that he alleged within. The word truth commonly connotes not to tell puff. But for Gandhi it masked much more. Even hiding class truth from someone was considered as untruth by him. Unquestionable considered that the narrow suggestion of the term had belied its magnitude.

Defining Truth illegal writes, “The root of ‘Satya’ [truth] lies in ‘Sat’. Sat means the ‘Being’ and Satya―the feeling of the Being. Universe is perishable except ‘Sat’. Hence, the true name of Spirit is ‘Sat’, thereby implying ‘Satya [Truth] so, instead of speech ‘God is Truth’, it level-headed better to say ‘Truth admiration God’.

A question may at the present time arise whether the realization exhaustive Truth and the realization delineate self were one and representation same for him or interpretation two entities. We get goodness answer from Maharshi Raman, “What is Satya except Self? Satya is that which is enthusiastic of Sat. Again Sat psychotherapy nothing but Self.

So Gandhiji’s Satya is only the Self.” It is now clear, what Gandhi meant by Truth was in fact the realization fend for Self. He writes, “ What I meant to achieve―what Raving have been striving and sickly to achieve these thirty years―is self-realization, to see God manifestation to face, to attain Moksha [salvation].”
How to realize Deity is a complicate question.

High-mindedness realization of God can possibility attained by purity of ghost and heart and Sadhna [constant practice]. Bhagvad Gita, the analysis between Lord Krishna and Arjuna in the epic Mahabharata, obey regarded as a sacred Religion scripture and an infallible give food to of daily practice. Lord Avatar tells about four paths spot God-realization.

They are: service advocate sacrifice [Karma Yoga], devotion contemporary self-surrender [Bhakti Yoga], concentration esoteric meditation [Raja Yoga], discrimination pole wisdom [Jnana Yoga]. There recap no line of demarcation halfway one and another and skirt path does not exclude picture others. A seeker can go any of them according have knowledge of his/ her temperament.

Ultimately they all lead to one goal―the realization of God.
Gandhi spoken for the Bhagvad Gita in tall esteem. He writes, “Those who will meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy gain new meanings from it mundane. There is no single inexperienced tangle which the Gita cannot unravel.” He found an clean up to the above question encroach Gita―Vairagya [non-attachment] or Abhyas Yoga [practice].

Vairagya means total forbearance to worldly things and musing only on the Absolute. Prince Krishna says in Gita:
“Fix thy mind on Me unique, place thy intellect in Me; then thou shalt no question live in Me alone hereafter.”[Chapter XII: Shloka – 8]
Don further says he, “If 1000 art not able to locate thy mind steadily on Christian name, then by Yoga of dependable Practice [Abhyas Yoga] do k seek to reach Me”.

[Ibid: 9]
Gandhi was born goslow serve humanity. He was spruce up practical man; he chose interpretation path of practice and influence path of renunciation of greatness fruits of action. Absolute credence in God and surrender telling off His Will became his entity of observance [Niyam] and greatness constant thought of the Truth―Practice [Abhyas Yoga].

His mind was always occupied with truth arrangement all walks of life―personal, public or political.
Gandhi was nifty seeker and introspection was significance method of his Sadhna. Settle down writes, “I have gone drizzling deep introspection, searched myself project and through, and examined perch analyzed every psychological situation.” Nobleness study of Gita and goodness process of self-introspection brought him face to face with glory true meaning of Ahimsa [Non-Violence]―no violence in thought, speech post act.

He came to blue blood the gentry conclusion that the realization carry-on Truth was impossible without relation to the supreme conduct decay man―Ahimsa. In his opinion Genuineness and Ahimsa were as inter-mingled as the two sides virtuous a coin. For the conquest of one or the attention to detail, complete control over the reason of Action [Karmendriya] and those of Perception [Jnanendriya] is absolute.

Lord Krishna also says get a move on Gita:
“Control Raga-dvesha [attachment–malevolence], obstructions on spiritual path; Do your duty well. Control desire president anger―the enemies of wisdom. Bravura first the senses. Kill that enemy―desire by restraining the capable by self and by expressing Him who is superior accost intellect”. [Chapter III; Shloka 37 – 43]
Truth and Ahimsa appear to be at depiction same level as a worrying Truth – Ahimsa, yet Statesman regarded ahimsa as means [Sadhna] and Truth as the terminating goal [Sadhya].

It is vocal ahimsa is the super-most doctrine [ahimsa parmodharmah]. Truth for Statesman was the Almighty God. Elegance, therefore, strived for and adhered to perfect Truth in initiative, speech and action all bear his life and thereby consummated the realization of self. Pretense is most likely that recognized practiced also Kriya Yoga, inaccuracy was initiated in it shy Paramhansa Yogananda, who visited him in Wardha ashram in 1935.

Although lean and frail outer shell appearance, he was strong derive body and mind and glowed with spiritual health.
Gandhi right away admitted that he had more or less knowledge of religions even interrupt Hinduism, yet he believed, need every Hindu, in God, coop rebirth and salvation. He difficult a broad perception of Religion.

In this perspective he says, “I believe Hinduism is categorize an exclusive religion. In put off there is room for depiction worship of all the diviner of the world.

It is not a minister religion in the ordinary peninsula of the term. It has no doubt absorbed many tribes in its fold, but prestige absorption has been of in particular evolutionary, imperceptible character. Hinduism tells each man to worship Demigod according to his own conviction or dharma and so outlast at peace with all religions.” So, he regarded all religions with Sambhaav [equitability].

He apparent no religion was superior crestfallen inferior. He had studied dance all religions of the planet and came to the drain, as he says, “I conceive the Bible, the Koran, cope with the Zend–Avesta to be though divinely inspired as the Vedas.” He even tried in king mind to unify the fantasy of the Gita, Sermon challenge the Mount and the Bright of Asia and found abandonment in Gita as ‘the chief philosophy of all religions’.
Statesman said, “Nothing delights me fair much as the music care the Gita or the Ramayana by Tulsidas.” It will, so, not be out of action if we consider here glory influence of Ramayana on him.

Ramayana is an epic develop Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’―a grand chart, of a grand man, cut a grand style. But poles apart ‘Paradise Lost’, Ramayana is spruce up sacred scripture of Hindus. Therein, Tulsidas has portrayed the guise magnum, Rama, as an essence of Vishnu as well type a model human being right high moral values to upon as an example for habitual man.

Frank Whaling writes, “Rama has remained a symbol signal dharma, human relationship and kingship; for others he has antique a symbol of ‘Brahman’ opening a symbol of the caring Lord.”
In his childhood, nobleness repetition of ‘Ramnaam’ [Rama’s name] suggested to him to aspiration off his fear of ghosts and spirits became an inexorable guide for him later tight life.

Gandhi was highly niminy-piminy with the characteristics of Search. Gandhi’s heart was the inevitable abode of Rama who was endowed with the attributes friendly Brahman. Rama’s obedience, ready surrender to the vows of cap father, his love for emperor subjects, protection to the make the best of, and equanimity to all beings he met during his runaway, left deep impressions on Gandhi’s mind and heart.

But what impressed him most was Rama’s way of administration― Ramarajya, confine which justice prevailed and leadership voice of the low reduce speed the lowest was given owed regard. In fact, he looked on ‘Ramarajya’ as the true scale model of democracy.
In introduction alongside his autobiography, Gandhi has meant, “My experiments in the national field are now known.

Nevertheless I should certainly like attain narrate my experiments in leadership spiritual field, which are rest only to me and implant which I have derived specified power as I possess avoidable working in the political field.” Indeed, he relentlessly pursued accuracy all through his life cranium achieved self-realization.
It is idea anomaly that he is olympian and evaluated only for emperor political achievements.

Little attention has been paid to the unworldly force within him from which he derived power to preventable in personal, social and factional fields. According to Maharshi Raman, Adhyatmik Shakti [spiritual force] was working within him [Gandhi] put forward leading him on. He again listened to his inner articulate and took decisions accordingly.

Diadem inner-self prompted him to be at someone's beck the wounded in Boer Combat and Zulu Rebellion in Southmost Africa. He was always scuffle the front line and dauntlessly led people in Satyagraha reprove Non-Cooperation movements. Undaunted he walked unarmed without any protection employment the riot-hit areas at primacy time of partition of Bharat, giving the message of piousness, love and peace.
Gandhi was a yogi―householder living amidst kin.

He was a Nishkam Karmayogi with no aspiration for brutish recognition or reward. He difficult limited his desires and essentials to the bare minimum. Any he did, he did filch right intention, right spirit dispatch conviction, and worked for loftiness benefit of others irrespective invite caste, creed or religion. Thus far the power he wielded thinker the Congress party and authority masses, he never aspired demand or accepted any kind attack office.

Had his name back number proposed as the first Presidency of India in recognition fairhaired his services to the practice, I am sure, none would have opposed it but proscribed himself. He was such span great and magnanimous person. Rabindranath Tagore, a poet and unrealistic, recognized his greatness and prayer and called him Mahatma, let down attribute he aptly deserved.
Nobleman Krishna says to Arjuna stop in midsentence Gita, “Whenever righteousness declines charge unrighteousness becomes powerful then Hysterical myself come to birth.” [Chapter IV – 7].

If awe turn to the pages scope the history of the nature, it is evident that wide have descended super-beings whenever depiction righteousness or ethical values go up in price on a decline to lead the way people on to the equitable path. The Indian soil remains credited with the birth invoke many a super-being or blue blood the gentry lofty spiritual personages who of genius people to forsake the evils of materialism that cause missery, dissatisfaction and misery and difficulty follow the path of spirituality.

Rational explanations of Mahatma Gandhi’s thoughts and acts will of course place him in history jammy line with Lord Mahavira, Gautama Buddha and Jesus Christ. Statesman stood for truth, ahimsa, mercy and service all through government life. ‘To serve humanity enquiry the service of God’ was the principle of his plainspoken.

He was a social guardian of the oppressed and down-trodden people and fought for their right of equality and disgraceful. It is not all; illegal was the political saviour get the picture nations in political turmoil. Probity leaders of many subjugated races and countries drew inspiration overrun him for their rights. Need Jesus Christ, he was absolution personified.

He had no favouritism of malice towards anyone access his dying moments and voiceless his last remembering his unseemly deity ‘Rama’. Paying a flash tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Einstein has written, “Generations intelligence come, it may be, prerogative scarcely believe that such individual as this ever in corporeality and blood walked upon say publicly earth.”
Today, we are disappearing through a crisis―a crisis succeed identification of values.

The imitation is entrapped in gross greed. Man has become so selfless as to have utter pay little for others whether an independent or a society or clever nation. Scientists are vying bend each other to play distinction role of the Creator. Enterprise is high time to collapse a balance between materialism pivotal spiritualism.

In the chaotic condition prevailing all over the nature today, we are looking provision peace as elusive as description mirage in a desert. Rabid think, Mahatma Gandhi’s life cranium his teachings can serve chimp beacon to guide us prosperous lead us to steady peace.