The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi, called Mahatma ("great soul"), was the father of modern India, but his influence has spread well beyond the subcontinent and is as important today as it was in the first part of the twentieth century and during this nation's own civil rights movement. Taken from Gandhi's writings throughout his life, The Essential Gandhi introduces us to his thoughts on politics, spirituality, poverty, suffering, love, non-violence, civil disobedience, and his own life. The pieces collected here, with explanatory head notes by Gandhi biographer Louis Fischer, offer the clearest, most thorough portrait of one of the greatest spiritual leaders the world has known.
"Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. . . . We may ignore him at our own risk." –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
With a new Preface drawn from the writings of Eknath Easwaran
In the annals of spirituality certain books stand out both for their historical importance and for their continued relevance. The Vintage Spiritual Classics series offers the greatest of these works in authoritative new editions, with specially commissioned essays by noted contemporary commentators. Filled with eloquence and fresh insight, encouragement and solace, Vintage Spiritual Classics are incomparable resources for all readers who seek a more substantive understanding of mankind's relation to the divine.
Table of Contents:
| About the Vintage Spiritual Classics | ||
| Preface to the Vintage Spiritual Classics Edition | ||
| Foreword | ||
| Pt. 1 | The Man | |
| 1 | Beginnings of a Great Man | 3 |
| 2 | Gandhi in England | 21 |
| 3 | Gandhi Fails | 27 |
| 4 | The Method Is Born | 31 |
| 5 | The Struggle | 58 |
| 6 | Victory in South Africa | 75 |
| Pt. 2 | The Mahatma | |
| 7 | Facing the British in India | 101 |
| 8 | Segregation in India | 116 |
| 9 | Civil Disobedience Succeeds | 121 |
| 10 | Murder in an Indian Garden | 128 |
| 11 | Non-Violence | 133 |
| 12 | Gandhi's Road to Jail | 142 |
| 13 | The Power of the Mind | 156 |
| 14 | National Independence Is Not Enough | 164 |
| 15 | Gandhi's Message to All Men | 173 |
| 16 | Gandhi's Political Principles | 182 |
| 17 | Belief and Human Welfare | 198 |
| 18 | Sex, Sanitation, and Segregation | 207 |
| 19 | The Liberty March | 224 |
| 20 | How to Enjoy Jail | 236 |
| 21 | Fast Against Indian Prejudice | 241 |
| 22 | Blueprint for a Better Life | 246 |
| 23 | Gandhi on Socialism and Communism | 264 |
| 24 | Gandhi About Himself | 268 |
| 25 | Gandhi's Advice to Negroes | 280 |
| 26 | Love Versus War and Dictators | 284 |
| 27 | "Quit India" | 295 |
| 28 | Independence and Sorrow | 307 |
| 29 | Last Victory | 322 |
| Suggestions for Further Reading | 325 | |
| Index | 329 |
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