Religion, Gandhiji......

 Congress was formed by an Englishman. The main motto was to avoid any mutinies like 1857.  The govt. wanted to appease Indian masses and congress was addressing problems faced by masses due to British administration and its officers. Independence was not its agenda.

Gandhiji had accepted the situation in India as it is. He had no hatred towards Englishmen.  The vision of Gandhiji was broad. He did not limit himself. 

His experiments on food and acceptance of Brahmacharya, equipped him with courage and selflessness.  Hence Gandhiji was truthful only to his conscience.  

Wherever Gandhiji worked, he had two weapons. Truth and non violence. The transparency with which he worked with Britishers completely knocks us down. When ever working for people's cause, if legal provisions were unfavourable for his course of action, he was capable of making the judge understand his intentions and convince why he could not follow law in the particular issue. All his actions were always open. Even if policemen or CID were suspociously lurking around, they were welcomed to see their activities. 

Inshort, Gandhiji did two things simultaneously. Knocking Britishers conscience and also awakening Indoan masses.  

Be it Champaran or Kheda satyagraha, Gandhiji was successful in pointing Britishers their atrocities and need to fix the situation.  Also, he made the locals understand that atrocities against them should not be tolerated. They could raise their voices in honest and non violent but firm way.  

Gandhiji acted as ray of hope of Indian people.  He made them understand that atrocities against them should not be tolerated. He led them and guided them in their fights.  

Gandhiji was a phenomena.  The work which Ga dhiji did was deeper than that done by revolutionaries.  He gave Indian masses the necessary morale boost and self confidence.  My words fail.  

Will write more if God wills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Religion, Gandhiji and freedom struggle

Earliest known Hindu King about whom we have proof is Chandragupta Maurya.  The dynasty lasted only for close to 140 years. 

If we read epics like Ramayana, lineage of Lord of Rama  (Raghu Vamsam) is stated clearly.  Wikipedia says Lord Rama belonged to 81st generation.

Any dharma can be passed on to next generation only when religious duties are performed meticulously. A person himself may be a great warrior. He can make his son a warrior only if his religious duties are performed with fervour. 

As we saw earlier in case of Chandragupta,  dharma could not be transfered even before 2000 years. Hindu dharma was already declining during his period.

Decline in Kshatria dharma only caused invasions in Bharath.  Or we can say, non inherence to dharma was cause for decline of sanatana dharma, for every foreign invasion was a blow to our religion.

150 years ago, Hindu society was in a pathetic state. Skeleton of dharmic rituals were held tightly, forgetting the heart of our religion, dry rituals and beliefs were held tightly.

Savarkar narrates how easily a Hindu got converted. In Andaman jail, mohammadeans forced Hindus to dine with them. Only that was needed for other Hindus to banish him. He was not accepted as a fellow Hindu. Thus he automatically, had no choice but to become a muslim. 

This only shows that Hindu society had lost its discretion and humanity.  

Women were illtreated. Atrocities on harijans were at its peak.  Mutual respect among human beings were long last.  

Spiritual leaders of that time were interested in establishing dharma among Hindus. They cared less about freedom struggle.  

Very few seers participated in freedom struggle like Aurobindo.

Gandhiji was a saint. Our freedom movement was guided by this great saint.

I will try to place the facts as to why he should be considered a saint.