Hajarimalmuni Smruti Granth

Author(s): Shobhachad Bharilla
Publisher: Hajarimalmuni Smruti Granth Prakashan Samiti Byavar

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पंचम अध्याय : ७३
clear violation of the laws of justice,25 and that the duty of a soldier is to be considered divine, even though that duty involves killing. Gandhi's arguments in support of his ethic, based on his understanding of the Gita, are very convincing. His life is a testament to the sincerity of this understanding of the Gita. The Gita's message is still a moot question, and the ethics of the Gita has been understood differently by different commentators. The diversity of interpretation is possible because the philosophy of the Gita is not a system, but rather there is "a wide, undulating, encircling movement of ideas which is the manifestation of a vast synthetic mind and a rich synthetic experience."26 Though Gandhi's understanding of the Gita is simply another interpretation, it can be considered a legitimate one. There is no doubt that it is an appealing one.
BIBLIOGRAPHY "Bhagavadgita," A Source Book in Indian Philosophy, edited by Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli,
and Moore, Charles A., Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1957. Bhave, Vinoba, Talks on the Gita, Macmillan Company, New York, 1960. Desai, Mahadev, The Gita According to Gandhi, Navajivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad,
1946. Fischer, Louis, Gandhi, His, Life and Message for the World, New York American Library
(Signet Key Book), 1951. Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand, Hiudu Dharma, Navajivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad,
1950. Jones, Marc Edmund, Gandhi Lives, David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1948. Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli, The Hindu View of Life, Macmillan Company, New York, 1962. Sarma, D. S., The Gandhi Sutras : The Basic Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, Devin-Adair
Company, New York, 1949.
REFERENCES 1. M. K. Gandhi, Hindu Dharma, p. 3. 2. Ibid., p. 171. 3. "Young India," 5-3-25, quoted in M. K. Gandhi, Hindu Dharma, p. 61.
Radhakrishnan says so beautifully: "Those who have seen the radiant vision of the Divine protest against the exaggerated importance attached to outward forms. They speak a language which unites all worshippers as surely as the dogmas of the doctors divide. The true seer is gifted with a universality of outlook, and a certain sensitiveness to the impulses and emotions which dominate the rich and varied human nature. He whose consciousness is anchored in God cannot deny any expression of life as utterly erroneous. He is convinced of the inexhaustibility of the nature of God and the infinite
number of its possible manifestations." The Hindu View of Life, p. 27. 5. M. K. Gandhi, Hindu Dharma, p. 63. 6. Ibid., p. 64.
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