RE321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nonviolent Resistance, Hindu Philosophy, Dharma
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Re321 lesson 3: gandhi"s religious thought (2): core themes. Devotion to truth is the sole justification for our existence. All our activities should be centered in truth. Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this stage in the pilgrim"s process is reached, all other rules of correct living will come without effort (my. Pure love: not only a refusal to harm others (whether humans or any other conscious beings), but also demands that we do our best to care for others. Gandhi to include any form of coercion or denigration. I. e. charitable work (such as tending to the sick), working to improve the social and/or economic conditions of traditionally marginalized groups: deemphasized elements of hindu piety that had long been widely popular. Gandhi"s illustrative text: the bhagavad gita: gandhi found his religious goal and means best illustrated in a sacred hindu text called the.
