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God as a remedy against the fear of ghosts and spirits and used the same even at time of his death.22 Gandhi also once went to a brothel in the company of a friend and recalls that he was saved only by God's grace. He admits that although he did not commit any actual sin; but the carnal desire was there and hence moral lapse had occurred. Gandhi had two close friends. One of them forsook him which Gandhi considered as a tragedy. The other namely Sheikh Mehtab was originally his elder brother's friend. He ignored warnings from his mother, elder brother and his wife about Mehtab of being poor company and kept him as a friend. Mehtab convinced him that the British would rule India because they ate meat which gave them the necessary strength. So Gandhi, even coming from an orthodox vegetarian family background, decided to try eating meat for purely patriotic reasons. However, when he swallowed a piece of meat, he felt that a live goat was bleating inside him. He later stopped eating meat in order to avoid lying to his parents as well. He never went back again to it again.25 While he was still in high school, he got married at the age of thirteen to Kasturbai who was also of the same age. He learned about married life through loose pamphlets floating around which misled him to treat the wife arrogantly. However his interactions with the wife gave him lessons in treating his partner with dignity. Such interactions helped him later on to appreciate his wife. He also felt the impact of sex which he described with admirable candour in his autobiography. Gandhi was giving a massage to his bedridden father. He also nursed him as well. He prepared and administered Ayurvedic medicines to his father and remained there until he slept. Once, his uncle offered to relieve Gandhi which he accepted and went straight to the bedroom. Five minutes
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| SR No. | 007798 |
| Book Title | Gandhi And Jainism |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Shugan C Jain |
| Publisher | International School for Jain Studies |
| Publication Year | 2017 |
| Total Pages | 339 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 120 MB |