Mohandas K. Gandhi: Thoughts, Words, Deeds: His Source of Inspiration: Bhagavad - GitaRamnarine Sahadeo, (Ramji) B.A. Pomona, California, LL.B Ontario, Canada, has been practicing Law in the Greater Toronto area since 1980. He was born in Leguan, Guyana (formerly British Guiana). One year later, his father Jahaji died leaving his widowed mother with six infant children. His ancestors came from India as Indentured servants, starting with the arrival of the ships, Whitby and Hesperus, on May 5, 1838. Concepts like karma, seva, truth, non-violence, and belief in reincarnation all helped his late mother, who could not read or write, to fulfi ll her duty to her family and the community. |
Contents
Thoughts Words Deeds | 11 |
South Africa 18931914 | 17 |
Gita Reaches the West | 23 |
The BhagavadGita The Gita According to gandhi | 29 |
Arjunas Gloom and Question | 37 |
Karma Yogathe Method of Work | 49 |
The Yoga of Knowledge and Renunciation of Work | 56 |
The Yoga of Renunciation of Work | 63 |
The Supreme Person | 109 |
The Godlike and the Demoniac | 113 |
The Three Kinds of Faith Food Sacrifices | 116 |
The Yoga of Release by Renunciation | 120 |
Part III | 127 |
Gandhi comments on BhagavadGita | 129 |
Comments on Gita | 131 |
Quotations from Mohandas K Gandhi | 133 |
The Yoga of SelfControl | 69 |
The Imperishable Supreme | 78 |
I Am Everything and the Best | 87 |
Behold My Cosmic Form | 91 |
The Yoga of Devotion and Contemplation | 97 |
The Field and Its Knower | 100 |
The Three Basic Kinds | 105 |
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abandonment acts ahimsa Atman attachment attain austerity behold bhakti Bhishma birth body bondage born brahmacharya called the Bhagawadgita Christian converse of Lord death dedicated delusion desire for fruit devotion Dharma discourse divine doer Drona Drupada duty earth eternal even-mindedness evil faith fire freedom fruit of action Gandhi Gita goal gods Gujarati gunas Guyana heart heaven Hindu Hinduism imperishable Ishvara Jiva Karma Karma Yoga knower knowledge of Brahman Krishna and Arjuna Kshatriya live Lord Krishna lust Mahabharata Mahatma man’s mankind means nature nonviolence one’s Pandava peace perfection perform practice prakriti purity rajas rajasa refuge religion renounced renunciation of fruit sacrifice salvation Sanjaya sannyasa sattva sattvika satyagraha science of Yoga seers Self-realization self-restraint senses shastra shloka slay soul spiritual Supreme tamas tamasa teaching thee Thou art thou shalt three gunas thyself transcends translation truth understanding universe Unmanifest Upanishad called Vedas Vedic words worship yogi yogin Young India