Encyclopaedia Of Gandhian Philosophy

Mahatma Gandhi Motivated The Indian And The World At Large By An Astounding Amount Of Written And Spoken Words. The Voluminous Work Left Behind By Gandhiji For Posterity Is At Once Enlightening, Enriching But Mind-Boggling. Gandhiji Has Asked Us To Understand The Spirit Of His Writing And Not Merely Find The Meanings. For, Every Term Gandhiji Uses, Has Different Connotations In Different Contexts. Gandhian Thought Processes Promote A Heightened Historical, Political, Spiritual And Of Course An Academic Interest Through A Simple And Direct Language.The Author Has Delved Deep Into Gandhiji S Colossal Collection Of Writing To Compile The Six Volumes Of Encyclopaedia. It Is A Great Job Of Discerning Mind That Has Done The Judicious Selection. More Than 1000 Subject-Headings Have Been Arranged In An Alphabetical Order So As To Facilitate An Easy Reference To Any Subject One May Be Interested In Or Wish To Know Gandhiji S Opinion.The Volumes Will Be Definitely Of Perennial Value, As An Excellent Reference Material To Scholars Of All Disciplines Interested In Gandhian Thought.

In Indian context.

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy Beyond Occidental Tradition, grade: A, Hindu University of America (Hindu University of America), course: Term Paper, 9 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Formal gliedert sich die Arbeit in drei Teile. Zunächst werden die wichtigsten Konzepte von Gandhis Denken geklärt (Satya: Wahrheit, Ahimsa: Nicht-Gewalt, Satyagraha, etc.) Anschliessend wird der Einfluss bestimmter heiliger Schriften und bedeutender Persönlichkeiten auf Gandhis philosophisches und religiöses Denken aufgezeigt. Schliesslich wird Gandhi mit Sokrates, Aristoteles, Kant und Kirkegaard, etc. verglichen. Den Schluss bildet eine Sammlung von wichtigen Gandhi-Zitaten. Im Folgenden nur zwei: "The immediate service of human beings becomes a necessary part of the endeavour, simply because the only way to find God is to see him in his creation and be one with it. I know, that I can not find him apart form humanity." "It is possible to recognise the existence of God to a certain extent through the use of reason. There is a scheme of things in the universe, an irreversible law that governs everything. In the midst of death, life continues; in the midst of untruth, truth continues to prevail; in the midst of injustice, justice endures; in the midst of darkness, light continues to exist. Whereas everything that sourrounds me is subject to eternal change, at the same time an active living force exists that does not undergo alteration. As far as I believe, there is no encounter within the beyond, as we have it in the present. When a single droplets vanish, they participate again in the majesty of the ocean where they belong. They die seperately, to be reunited with the ocean." (Die Arbeit ist auf Englisch.)