• Dr. Karan

Mahatma Gandhi came on this earth with his message of truth and non-violence (Ahimsa) at a time when the forces of aggression and violence reigned supreme on earth. Mahatma Gandhi taught us what Christ and Buddha had longed ago. He became an immortal spirit who guides us through the path of peace and non-violence. Gandhi was born in a middle class orthodox Hindu family of Gujarat, at Rajkot. Having received his early education in India, he went to London where he qualified himself as a barrister-at-law. Mahatma Gandhi was the exponent of the cult of Ahimsa or Non-violence. Like the Buddha, Christ and Chai Tanya he too believed in the ultimate violence. Like the Buddha, Christ and him, is madness which cannot sustain. ‘ultimately force or violence will bow down before non-violence’. He had waged war not only against British imperialism; rather he declared war on all the forces of unrighteousness, untruth and injustice, all over the world. The idea of truth and non-violence is at the core Mahatma Gandhi’s political thought. But he himself confesses that non-violence or ‘ahimsa’ was not his inborn virtue. He simply states: “In the journey searching for truth I fine ahimsa. I have only retrieved it, never discovered a new.” Actually truth and ahimsa are closely integrated with his philosophy of life. He used to believe that ahimsa lies truth is God. So, he named his struggle ‘Satyagraha’. The Satyagrahi will be the worshipper of non-violence which will be his life and duty.

Truth or Satyagraha, Non-Violence or Ahimsa, Characteristics of Non-Violence, Qualities and Characteristics of Satyagrahi, Identification of Truth and God

"Concept of Non-Violence Movement of Gandhi", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 5, page no.210-216, May-2016, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701430.pdf

"Concept of Non-Violence Movement of Gandhi", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 5, page no. pp210-216, May-2016, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701430.pdf