RE321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Brahmacharya, Dharma, Nonviolent Resistance
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(cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:895) to su(cid:373)(cid:373)arize ga(cid:374)dhi"s religious thought as (cid:272)e(cid:374)tred o(cid:374) the goal of truth and a means that include non-violence, ameliorating service and renunciation; (2) to introduce. Ga(cid:374)dhi"s illustrati(cid:448)e te(cid:454)t, the bhagavad gita; and (3) to outline three (cid:272)orollaries (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) ga(cid:374)dhi"s religion: pluralism, experimenting with truth, and its unifying quality. Here (cid:449)e shall (cid:272)o(cid:374)sider the (cid:272)ore the(cid:373)es of ga(cid:374)dhi"s religious thought. Gandhi regarded religion to be very important in his life. For gandhi, religion is not an element of life that o(cid:374)e (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:272)ategorize(cid:863) or (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)part(cid:373)e(cid:374)talize. (cid:863) religio(cid:374), rather, is the all- encompassing and unifying element of life. Ga(cid:374)dhi"s hi(cid:374)duis(cid:373) (cid:449)as disti(cid:374)(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e, it (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:271)i(cid:374)ed the(cid:373)es that had hitherto (cid:374)ot (cid:271)ee(cid:374) (cid:449)idely significant in hindu tradition: For this philosophy, though, gandhi preferred somewhat distinct images and vocabulary. Ga(cid:374)dhi, the (cid:373)ost appropriate (cid:374)a(cid:373)e for god (cid:449)as (cid:374)ot (cid:862)god(cid:863) or (cid:862)brah(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:271)ut truth, and o(cid:374)e"s goal must be to understand and live as closely as possible in accord with truth.
