Strategies And Uses And Methods Of Gandhi By Mahatma Gandhi

The essential of Gandhi is anthology of his life. It is separated into two parts. One as Gandhi the man and the other as the Mahatma meaning Great Soul. I was very much well interested in the readings of The Essential Gandhi. What I was most interested in was that he spoke with so much determination and compassion. His firm belief in nonviolence was presented very strongly. “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. Gandhi believed strongly in non-violent civil disobedience, so he states that violence provides only temporary relief or satisfaction, but the pain it causes people and societies is much greater. There is so much violence in the world today and some believe you have to fight violence with violence but Gandhi was very successful with his method of not acting upon violence in such of as in a hatred way. He solely helped India become independent with his method of nonviolence. Before I read this story I knew very little details of him, but the main thing that always puzzled me, what gave Gandhi the courage to make such a difference in the world?

How does one free themselves from the hold of another? More importantly, how does one accomplish this without the use of violence? A revolutionary leader whose name was Mahatma Gandhi discovered and implemented a way of how this should be done and did so successfully. His methods included the use of economics to rebel against the British rule while maintaining he religious position. Although Gandhi’s plan of gaining independence for India and all of its people being united was never truly met. He still managed to help India break away from the British and allowed India to gain independence from them. The main principle of Gandhi’s economics was that it required human rights for all and was not about wealth at all. Although Gandhi was successful

British rule was tough on many Indians. Gandhi, an Indian born lawyer, believed in freedom and peace for his people. He once experienced racism when he was kicked out of a train in Europe. He changed people’s point of view without breaking the law, which was tough for him. Gandhi made his nonviolent movement work through the use of determination, peaceful civil disobedience, and being a powerful leader.

Chapter 4 of the book “Gandhi and Beyond” was pretty interesting and fascinating to read and learn about. One of the sections of the chapter that impacted me the most was the section titled Learning about Gandhi found on page 76. In this section, Chavez began to learn about Gandhi and his principles of nonviolence. Chavez admired Gandhi because of his success, his commitment, and his methods of nonviolence such as boycotting and fasting. In Gandhi Chavez found a leader who inspired him to help the poor defeat the rich. Another interesting fact that I learned on this section was that Chavez began to develop nonviolent ideas and believed that in order to practice nonviolent acts one must be prepared for sacrifice. One of the quotes that I really liked on this section was Chavez’s quote found on page 79 which states “Love is the most important ingredient in nonviolent work… Love the opponent… If were full of hatred we can’t do work” (Cortright 79). Using this word Chavez says that in order to become successful and win one must love the opponent. If people begin to use acts of nonviolence against the opponent’s one must not become successful in the movement being created.

Aroused by the massacre of Amritsar in 1919, Gandhi devoted his life to gaining India’s independence from Great Britain. As the dominant figure used his persuasive philosophy of non-violent confrontation, he inspired political activists with many persuasions throughout the world (Andrews 23). Not only was Mahatma Gandhi a great peacemaker, but also his work to achieve freedom and equality for all people was greatly acknowledged. Gandhi’s unconventional style of leadership gained him the love of a country and eventually enabled him to lead the independence movement in India.

When we think about the concept of Gandhi ahimsa or the way of nonviolence, just like the apostle John who wrote “anyone who loves god must also love his brother” is something that many conservative Christians could follow. We see that ahimsa is about having the greater good of all. Gandhi looks at suffering as being the “law of human beings” stating that suffering opens the inner understanding of man. This is something that conservative Christians probably don’t follow, being able to see that someone else is suffering and being able to understand their pain, makes for a better and nonjudgmental world. To better understand someone and not judge them you must be able to see their point of view. I think that many conservative Christians forget that we all come from the same creator. Like Gandhi states “to slight a single human being is to fight those divine powers”.

“Generations to come, it may be”, Einstein once said about Gandhi, “will scarcely believe that such one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon earth.” Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more commonly known as “Mahatma” (meaning “Great Soul”) was a spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement, who was born on 2 October 1869. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha – resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total nonviolence – which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is known as the Bapu (Father) and also referred as the father of nation in India.

It’s clear that Gandhi’s campaigns of non-cooperation and attending political meetings with high ranked British officials during the early 1930s, were hugely significant as they mounted pressure on the Raj, leaving the British with no other alternative than to make concessions towards the nationalists. However, Purna Swaraj wasn’t achieved by Gandhi’s campaigns in the 1930s, due to the limitations of his methods as he was unable to cooperate and negotiate with the British. Conversely, demands for nationalism increased across India and the British began to lose any moral authority they had over the Indians.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as Mahatma Gandhi, was a prominent Indian leader who was influential in India’s struggle to gain independence from Great Britain. Gandhi led India to independence through non-violent methods of protesting. Gandhi’s peaceful approaches were later copied by great leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. retaught by peace experts like Sissela Bok, and followed by ordinary people like Madeline Slade, which attested how powerful his legacy was. Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership and non-violent methods in India’s fight for independence influenced many great leaders after him, proving that Gandhi’s legacy lives on.

On August 15, 1947, India gained it’s independence from the British rule and became its own nation. Several different factors played into the independence from british rule. But the Indian independence movement was much different than normal revolutions that have happened in history, the independence became one of the only successful non-violent revolutions in the history of the world. Although their independence was non-violent in the end, it was not always that way. In the 1800s multiple revolutionaries tried to revolt against the British using violent tactics but in the end they always failed

Father Damien is a priest from America that volunteered to care for Hansen’s disease or the leprosy patients that were shipped to the isolated island of Kalaupapa, Moloka’i in 1873. He was a very altruistic and an hard-worker for those who had the leprosy disease. It was very important to learn about Father Damien and his life-story about his dedication.

1.269 million people view only one person as their father Gandhi, he is the father of India and many citizens follow his philosophies to this day. Gandhi campaigned against violence so he could solve problems through words instead of war. He was a very influential man and changed many people's point of views about many world problems. Gandhi is defined as a leader all around the world, he tries to bring out the good in everybody he has ever met and believes nothing will be solved with violence, but at the end of the day Gandhi achieved great things for his country and affected the world in a positive way. According to gandhi civil rights can only be achieved by peaceful protests.

Mahatma Gandhi was an influential person who stood up and gave the people a voice in the British ruled supremacy. Then sadly, Gandhi was assassinated on January 30 1948, He was assassinated by Nathuram Godse by shooting him in the chest three times at point blank range. Some people thought that Gandhi was a disruption to the British and was causing problems. The assassination of Mahatma gandhi was unjust because he was a Civil Rights Activist , and an Indian Independence Activist, however some people thought he was a disruption to the government under British rule.

Gandhi believe that all men are brothers and that non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of humankind because Gandhi, inspired the non-violent movements for civil rights leaders and social change all over the world. Gandhi believed in non-violence, even when they tried to oppress him and put him under harsh conditions as he faced many other difficulties. The non-violence principle, known as the non-violent resistance, will not allow the use of physical violence to start social or political change. Commonly known as the politics of ordinary people, this form of social struggle has been embraced by many people across the world within the framework of campaigns for social justice. One of the major non-violence theory’s is that leaders draw power spiritually from people’s consent. Non-violence aims to undermine their power by removing consent and cooperation.

Gandhi’s religion was uniquely his own, just like he claimed everyone’s religion is. Gandhi believed that “Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads, so long as we reach the same goal? In reality, there are as many religions as there are individuals” (“Hind Swaraj,” 35-36). He further went on to state, “I believe that all great religions of the world are true more or less. I say "more or less" because I believe that everything that the human hand touches, by reason of the very fact that human beings are imperfect, becomes imperfect.” (“Young India, 22-9-1927”). Gandhi found even Hinduism imperfect; although, Gandhi claimed Hinduism because to him, Hinduism was the “most tolerant of all religions known to me. Its freedom from dogma makes a forcible appeal to me” (“Young India, 20-10-’27,” 352). Through Hinduism, Gandhi learned to love everyone like family. When discussing Hindu beliefs, he said, “Indeed, Hinduism teaches us to regard the whole humanity as one indivisible undivided family” (“Way to God,” 19). This love for everyone guided all of Gandhi’s beliefs. He never claimed to be perfect, but he always strived to help everyone—Hindu, Muslim, or otherwise—despite the malice of the day. This love helped Gandhi develop characteristics of self-restraint, service, and nonjudgement.