Mahatma gandhi autobiography truth
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An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
"Service without humility is selfishness and egotism."
My Experiments with Truth, the widely acclaimed autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi marks my next stop in the list of autobiographies. This one took a lot longer than I had anticipated, but it was a nice change of pace.
"All training without culture of the spirit was of no use, and might be even harmful."
"It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honored by the humiliation of their fellow-beings."
Very little introduction is required as to who Mahatma Gandhi was: Born in , he was a leading character in India's struggle for independence, who employed a most remarkable approach to resolve all conflicts. Even though I had already known certain aspects on his non-violence campaigns, the experiences described here delivered a far deeper understanding on the basis of his principles. Just l
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Gandhi&#;s Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth.
GANDHI, Mahatma [Mohandas K.].
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Washington, D.C: Public Affairs Press,
First edition of Gandhi&#;s revealing autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. nära fine in a good dust jacket. Translated from the original Gujarati bygd Mahadev Desai.
John Haynes Holmes states in his introduction to this revealing work, "This autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, of India, fryst vatten a document of the first beställning of importance as the intimate revelation of the life and thought of a man who must be ranked as one of the supremely great personalities not only of his own but of all time One may search the pages of history in vain to find any man of any age - religious teacher, military conquerer, political statesman - who has held at one time so vast a power over so many millions of human beings during his own lifetime."
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The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
The Story of My Experiments with Truth (Gujarati: સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા, satyanā prayogo athavā ātmakathā, lit.&#;'Experiments of Truth or Autobiography') is the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to It was written in weekly installments and published in his journal Navjivan from to Its English translation also appeared in installments in his other journal Young India.[1] It was initiated at the insistence of Swami Anand and other close co-workers of Gandhi, who encouraged him to explain the background of his public campaigns. In , the book was designated as one of the " Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century" by a committee of global spiritual and religious authorities.[2]
Starting with his birth and parentage, Gandhi gives reminiscences of childhood, child marriage, relation with his wife and parents, experiences