Bharatiya Chintan ki Parampara me Navin Sambhavanae Part 2

Author(s): Radheshyamdhar Dvivedi
Publisher: Sampurnanand Sanskrut Vishvavidyalaya Varanasi

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भारतीय चिन्तन की परम्परा में नवीन सम्भावनाएं
march towards the great destiny of mankind, a destiny of peace, harmony and happiness as is the trend of the urge of the evolution of man on earth.
Gandhi found the solution in the simple formula; Many deny God, none can deny Truth to which one is himself witness. So, he said, 'Truth is God'. As long as Gandhi spoke about God, it was familiar ground, even though the word 'God' meant different things for different people. One aspect was common and that was, God was the supreme power and the highest reality. But by declaring that ‘Truth is God' he lifts us from our ancient moorings of theism, theology and all they mean, and ranks us afresh with every seeker of Truth, with radical thinkers, with rationalists and so on. Truth, arrived at after observation of facts, after controlled experiments is the 'god of modern science. Laboratory is the temple of scientists, and the test-tube is the sanctum sanctorum. Gandhi too had a scientific approach in arriving at 'God. His laboratory, his experiments were with Truth itself, several saints & spiritual seekers were witness to the finding of 'God', the supreme reality. But when he found people denying 'God., he was same and said, well, let us begin afresh; we are sure to come to the same conclusion, that Truth itself is the highest value in life and pursuit of it is worth ones whole life; and if found necessary, one should hold ones life cheap in that pursuit. To seek Truth, to find and see Truth, to declare Truth to try to live Truth and establish Truth in life and daily living was after all Gandhi's passion throughout. He pursued the path of Truth as earnestly and persistently as he pursued his search for God. The terms, Truth and God were synonyms of each other for Gandhi. When Gandhi
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