Gandhi’s Mysticism
As an educated Hindu, Gandhi knows European life as well as an Oriental mind can know it; and it is because of this knowledge, reinforced by the hard facts of his own experience—and not through ignorance —that he has chosen a critical and hostile attitude. It is in the method by which he pursues his aims, and the kind of philosophy by which his ideas are regulated, that the inherent mysticism of Gandhi’s nature reveals itself. In this characteristic undoubtedly resides the secret of his appeal to India’s millions and of the devout homage rendered to him. The Indian people are proverbially religious, and Gandhi is a deeply religious man according to his light—hence his supremacy is primarily moral in character. India has produced greater men in the realm of statecraft but none with such marked spiritual ascendancy.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 15, 23 January 1948, Page 2
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140Gandhi’s Mysticism Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 15, 23 January 1948, Page 2
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