Gandhi And Jainism

Author(s): Shugan C Jain
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies

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'sections of the Baniya community are knit together by social ties and in north Gujarat, Kutch and Kathiawar they generally eat together and sometimes intermarry." My.Ex. op.cit., p.20 MGRR p.3 Dr. Ramesh S Betai, Gita and Gandhi(New Delhi:Gyan Publishing House, 2002), p.145 A good teacher cares for his students like the Sanskrit teacher who spent convincing and helping Gandhi; bad teacher who rebuked him for not lying during inspection; and headmaster, a disciplinarian and so on as shown in earlier part of the chapter. To differentiate friends: Influence of bad company resulting in his eating meat due to the influence of his Muslim friend, smoking, stealing and visiting brothel etc as discusses earlier in the chapter. He got married at the tender age of thirteen, on which he reflects, 'I learnt of married life from pamphlets going around. I tried to impose authority on her by putting restrictions on her movements which she did not agree. These made me realize that she also has equal rights. I was very fond of her which became a problem in my school studies. I also developed a feeling of guilt at the time of my father's death due to my lust for her. I was truthful to her as she was to me.' Later in his life, he did disagree with child marriage. Discussed earlier in the chapter. Stephen N. Hay, "Jain influences on early Gandhi thoughts”, in SN Ray,Gandhi India and the world, ed. (Philadelphia USA:Temple University Press, 1970),p. 30 See Appendix I Jainism (Page 16 Conclusions) Mahadeva Desai, The Gita according to Gandhi (Ahmadabad: Navajivan Publishing House, 2010), p.187 My.Ex. pp 45 Bal Gangadhar Tilak (23 July 1856 - 1 August 1920), was an Indian nationalist, teacher, social reformer, lawyer and an independence activist. He was the first leader of the Indian Independence Movement. The British colonial authorities called him "Father of the Indian unrest." He was also conferred with the title of "Lokmanya", which means "accepted by the people (as
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