Question

gandhiji says that silence is essential for spiritual growth. why does he feel so?​

Answer 1

It is true that Gandhi was actively engaged in dealing with problems that related to the material conditions of life. But he has spared no effort to explain that his activities in the mundane or material fields of life were only meant to serve his spiritual goals, and to prove that even problems that one faced in one's day to day life could be solved only with means that were consistent with the principles and methods that ruled in the realm of spiritual endeavour. In fact, he claimed that whatever competence or power he had acquired to deal with material conditions and problems had come to him from spiritual practices.