how did Gandhi ji give up the thought of committing suicide
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Answer:
In his autobiography “My Experiments With The Truth” Gandhiji described a childhood incident when he attempted to commit suicide.
Explanation:
Once in his childhood, Gandhiji and one of his relative became fond of smoking. It is not according to him that they saw a good thing in smoking or they were very fond of the smell of cigarette or they Or he had a passion for tobacco addiction. But they simply imagined a sort of pleasure in emitting clouds of smoke from their mouths.
Gandhi's uncle had the habit of smoking, and when thy saw him smoking, they decided to copy him. In that time of child Gandhi ji had no money to purchase a cigarette for smoking. So he and his relative fellow began to collect stubs of cigarettes thrown away by his uncle.
The stubs of cigarette was not always available and could not emit much smoke either so both of them got an idea. They began to steal coins from the servant’s pocket money so that they can purchase cigarettes. On the other hand they started the stalks of some plant as a cigarette.
Shortly afterward, they started getting remorse with their actions. They regretted that they should not do this work without the permission of their elder and hiding the elders. This guilt had great effect on their mind and both of them decided to commit suicide.
But the question was how did they do it? Which method to adopt? Gandhi's and his relative heard about the seeds of Dhatura and its poisons effect. So they went to the forest to find out these seeds, and they got them.
They go to the temple and pray the God and after pray they started trying to eat Dhatura seeds, but their courage started leaving them. They did not get the courage to eat Dhatura seeds and commit suicide.
They thought, what is the advantage of killing themselves like this? Why not face the situation. They realized that suicide was not as easy as it was easy to think about. They had swallowed two or three seeds by then, but they did not eat more seeds. And in this way they abandoned the idea of suicide. Gandhiji also gave up smoking for factors that succumbed to suicidal thoughts.
Hey there,
Gandhi Ji gave up in the idea of committing suicide because he was a man of wisdom and critical thinking. He did partially go through with the idea of it but in time realized that committing suicide is a sin and they cannot go back.
It was his better judgement that made him come to the conclusion that running away from the situation is not a solution to any problem. Instead they should stay and face the problem with courage and dignity and come above it.
This thought gave them inspiration to lose the idea of suicide and stay alive and face his problems,
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