| Description |
1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Contents |
Gandhi: Then & Now -- The transformation -- The way of love -- Mother & child -- Gandhi the man -- Chronology, maps, & notes --Afterword: How nonviolence works -- Ahimsa -- Satyagraha -- Satyagraha today -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Summary |
Designed for the iPad, with more than 70 photographs, this is the moving story of a nonviolent hero, told by a highly respected author who grew up in Gandhi's India. Gandhi's extraordinary life continues to inspire and baffle readers today. How did an unsuccessful young lawyer become the Mahatma, the "great soul" who led 400 million Indians in their nonviolent struggle for independence from the mighty British Empire? How did he find the strength to endure so many terrible hardships, and to do so joyfully, with love for all? What exactly is nonviolence, and how does something that seems so counterintuitive actually work?. Eknath Easwaran offers authentic answers to these questions. As a young man he witnessed how Gandhi inspired ordinary people to turn fear into fearlessness, and anger into love. 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948
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| SUBJECT |
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 fast |
| Subject |
Statesmen -- India -- Biography
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Nonviolence.
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Nonviolence
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Statesmen
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India
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781586380670 |
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1586380672 |
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