PLCP 3630 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Moral Authority, Skype
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Pankaj coming in next thursday -- readings are going to be moved around. Other speakers are going to be skyping in. Not seen as elite // connected to the people. Not a great orator -- he didn"t really move people with his speeches. Able to reach across religious lines towards common goal. The way he lived his life: his lifestyle reinforced his convictions. Reached out to a broader spectrum of the indian population: the masses. Professor: he was like a shrewd political boss -- very calculated. I have drawn the distinction between passive resistance as understood and practised in the west and satyagraha before i had evolved the doctrine of the latter to its full logical and spiritual extent. Moreover, passive resistance does not necessarily involve complete adherence to truth under every circumstance. Therefore it is different from satyagraha in three essentials: