Mohandas Gandhi

Last class as you all know we watched Gandhi, and we were able to see first hand how he worshiped instead of having to imagine it. He was born on October 2, 1869 in Purbandar in Gujarat. He was at one time before he became a preacher a lawyer. Mohandas Gandhi was able to untie his religion without using any type of violence. He practiced civil disobedience and non-violence to overcome the British. He was known as the “Father of the nation“.
He was an extremely religious man who believed in the higher power, as did most Hindus. One problem however in the Hindu religion they believe in the caste system; which Mohandas Gandhi did not. In fact he tried to do away with the system altogether. He believed that everyone is equal and it shouldn’t matter the class your in. For example in the movie he told his wife to set an extra place setting for a man she considered to be an “untouchable” and she refused. But Mohandas Gandhi didn’t see it the same way he simply viewed him as a man/person instead of an untouchable.
Mohandas Gandhi was a very powerful man, although he never used his power for his own benefit nor did he abuse his power or take advantage of it. Instead he tried to bond both the Muslims and the Hindus together.
He often would put the needs of others before his own. For example he fasted for a long period of time due to the fact that there was a violent protest causing the death of a police officer, causing him to want to end the protests altogether. He was a very determined man and refused to eat until everything was completely stopped. He did this for both self-purification and the protest. He nearly died of starvation and was willing to do it again if need be.
When everyone finally surrendered and he began to recover the British police arrested him as they’ve done in the past and took him to jail. He spent many days, nights and years in jail for what he believed in; and regardless of all the time he spent there, away from his friends, family and followers he never got discouraged or gave up, he merely continued his fight.
Although he was treated horribly at times he never stopped preaching non-violence. I think that he would consider himself a good Hindu considering the only thing he really disagreed with was the caste system. I too think he was a good Hindu. Gandhi had the opportunity to travel all over to educate people about his beliefs, and truly try to bring everyone together.
Unfortunately due to the his pure dedication to his religion it cost him his life. He was assassinated on January 30, 1948 in Delhi by a Hindu extremist. To leave behind his strong beliefs and well educated followers.
Hinduism is a very hard religion to follow and practice from day to day. Mohandas Gandhi was a well respected man that many Hindus looked to for guidance. He never took the respect he gained for granted and would never guild his people to harm. He was a committed leader to his followers and to his own beliefs.