Gandhi the Man: How One Man Changed Himself to Change the World
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (718 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1586380559 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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NR said A treasure!. From front to back cover, this book cannot help but draw you in. Pick it up and simply flip through it: with even more photographs than before - all of them digitally restored - you'll see Gandhiji walking and laughing in the pages. And the detailed chronology with map and notes make this a useful reference for anyone - young and old - trying to understand the historical stage on which he lived.Easwaran's introduction (not in the previous edition) brings to light his deep desire to understand Gandhiji's mesmerizing effect on Easwaran himself as well as the c. "An amazing look at harnessing truth and love into action" according to myron. When I was in high school and college I read about Gandhi, and thought I understood who he was, and what he did; he liberated India. This book is my first understanding of how little I knew. Yes, he did liberate India but the path to having the force and the power to do that against the might of the British Empire is an amazing story. In this book I find that his own personal transformation was necessary, to get himself out the way, to get his ego out out of the way; appropriately, Gandhi called it reducing himself to zero. We think of warriors training them. "The REAL Gandhi" according to PFli. This beautiful little book from Nilgiri Press, with its attractive cover and myriad photos, belies its simple but revelatory title. It goes behind the political persona of the Gandhi we all know so well to reveal the power that produced his political genius: his unshakable faith in and devotion to the spiritual ideals contained in India's ancient text, the Bhagavad Gita, which he called his "mother" and upon which he meditated daily. Few Gandhi biographers, it seems to me, have pointed this out. In fact, I was happy to find actually the passage from the Gita
"This book belongs in every public library in the English-speaking world." --Huston Smith, author of "The World's Religions""You and I can touch Gandhi's person and heart through this compelling creation." --Rajmohan Gandhi, Research Professor, University of Illinois, and author of "Gandhi: The Man, His People, and the Empire""Comes closer to giving some sense of how Gandhi saw his life than any other account I have read." --Bill McKibben
As a young man, Easwaran met Gandhi, and the experience left a lasting impression. Easwaran lived what he taught, giving him enduring appeal as a teacher and author of deep insight and warmth. In 1959 he came to the US with the Fulbright exchange program and in 1961 he founded the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation, which carries on his work with publications and retreats. . Eknath Easwaran (1910 - 1999) was born in South India a
He visited Gandhi in his ashram to find out more about this human alchemy, and during the prayer meeting watched the Mahatma absorbed in meditation on the Bhagavad Gita, the scripture that was the wellspring of his spiritual power.Quotations highlight Gandhi’s teachings in his own words, and sidebar notes and a chronology, new to this updated edition, provide historical context.This book conveys the spirit and soul of Gandhi the only way he can be truly understood.. How did an unsuccessful young lawyer become the Mahatma, the great soul” who led 400 million Indians in