Mahatma Gandhi - Man of the Millennium

 Mahatma Gandhi - Man of the Millennium

Lives a man forever revered, not by faith or creed, 

but the way he lived.

Researched by Dr Abe V Rotor

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Born 2 October 1869(1869-10-02)
Porbandar, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died 30 January 1948(1948-01-30) (aged 78)
New Delhi, Union of India
Cause of death Assassination (three bullets in the chest)

Mahatma Gandhi, man of the last millennium, interprets the seven Deadly Sins as follows:

1. Wealth without Work
2. Pleasure without Conscience
3. Science without Humanity
4. Knowledge without Character
5. Politics without Principle
6. Commerce without Morality
7. Worship without Sacrifice

After viewing the film, Gandhi, with my students, I presented a comparison of Gandhi's interpretation with Vatican's Seven Cardinal Sins, which are as follows:

1. Pride 
2. Gluttony
3. Wrath
4. Sloth
5. Lust
6. Greed
7. Envy

Lately the Vatican added three cardinal sins, namely

8. Destroying the Earth
9. Tampering Life (playing God)
10. Indifference to humanity

Gandhi has built a bridge of understanding not only between the Christians and the non-Christians - but among different faiths - that goodness is universal. His way to the Truth, his way to Peace through non-violence, in fact the way he lived and died - truly make him the Man of the Millennium.

Here are beautiful passages from the Man of the the Millennium.

o "Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man."

o "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."

o "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

o "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

o "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

o "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

o "Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding."
Man should forget his anger before he goes to sleep.”

o "A man is but the product of his thoughts and what he thinks he becomes."

o "Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is a daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart."

o "The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different."
 

o "It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."

o "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."

o "In a gentle way, you can shake the world."

 Here are beautiful passages about Truth from the Man of the the Millennium.

o "Truth is what the voice within tells you."

• "Truth is the right designation of God."

• "Truth and nonviolence will never be destroyed."

• "Truth is like a vast tree which yields more and more fruit the more you nurture it."

• "Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time."

• "Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit."

• "Truth is the first to be sought for, and Beauty and Goodness will then be added unto you." ~