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My Experiments With Truth Mk Gandhi History
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This is an Autobiography of one of the most Inspiring person in the History of India; he was also known as the Father of the Nation (India) and affectionately known as bapu. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Mahatma Gandhi. He was born at Porbandar, otherwise known as sundampuri, on the 2nd October 1869. The book- My Experiments with truth was originally written in Gujarati language later it got translated into English by Mahadev Desai. In this book he shared about his life experiences and his valuable concepts of Non-violence, Satyagraha, and many more revolutionary techniques, that he used in the India struggle for Independence. His main motive of writing this autobiography was that, he wanted to convey his numerous experiments with the truth to the outside world; his experiments consisted of his struggle against racism, violence and various other aspects of his life. The main objective of this book was to let the people know about ahimsa, which means non-violence. He also wanted the readers to know about his experiment in the political field. From this book one can learn a lot about the struggles that Indians went though under the British rule and how they overcame those.
While Mahatma Gandhi was in jail he decided to write his autobiography. Gandhi’s autobiography was memories of Gandhi’s experience or experiments of trying to make him better and others. He decided to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took the privilege to explain himself more into details. Although accepting of his position as a great leader in the struggle against the violence, racism, celibacy, and other principles of conducted believed to be different from truth, but for him he said truth is sovereign principle which includes various other principles. Gandhi was a god fearing person and for him there were innumerable definitions for God and He worshiped god as truth only. He believed after getting more devoted to God, he believed success was achieved in his life. He feels when he got more affectionate towards the god; it leaded him to seek simple living and life without violence.
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Answer: I deal with truth first of all, as the Satyagraha Ashram owes its very existence to the pursuit and the attempted practice of truth.
The word satya (Truth) is derived from Sat which means 'being'. Nothing is or exists in reality except Truth. That is why Sat or Truth is perhaps the most important name of God, In fact it is more correct to say that Truth is God than to say God is truth. But as we cannot do without a ruler or a general, such names of God as 'King' or 'Kings' or ' The Almighty' are and will remain generally current. On deeper thinking, however it will be realized that Sat or Satya is the only correct and fully sign fact name for God.
And where there is Truth, there is also is knowledge which is true. Where there is no Truth, there also is knowledge which is true. Where there is no Truth, there can be no true knowledge. That is why the word Chit or knowledge is associated with the name of God. And where there is true knowledge, there is always bliss. (Ananda). There sorrow has no place. And even as Truth is eternal, so is the bliss derived from it. Hence we know God as Sat-Chit-ananda, one who combines in Himself Truth, Knowledge and Bliss.
Devotion to this 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 progress is reached, all other rules of correct living will come without effort, and obedience to them will be instinctive. But without Truth it is impossible to observe any principles or rules in life.
Generally speaking observation of the law of Truth is understood merely to mean that we must speak the Truth. But we in the Ashram should understand the word Satya or Truth in a much wider sense. There should be truth in thought, truth in speech, and truth in action. To the man who has realized this truth in its fullness, nothing else remains to be known , because all knowledge is necessary included in it. What is not included in it is not truth, and so not true knowledge; and there can be no inward peace without true knowledge. If we once learn how to apply this never failing test of Truth, we will at once able to find out what is worth doing, what is worth seeing, what is worth reading.
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