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being first ever remainings thriving outside of India. furious with distress. But he had the courage to accept Although this factual but calamitous existence of his mistake. He had the will to confess and seek Mahatma Gandhi enthralls several controversies and forgiveness from his father rather than hide the fact criticism considering Hindu cremation rituals and and lie about it. His stern decision of confession was beliefs. This being said, this paradigm is just to not overtaken by freight. He was amidst with his actualize the enchanting charisma of Mahatma Gandhi. decision of confession and hence, finally when he
Mahatma Gandhi, entitled as a politician, freedom informed his father about his misconduct, to his fighter, a spiritual person, and many more which we surprise his father did not utter a single word but was all know. But along with his spiritual being and deeply just distressed with agony. His father's pain and love engraved alluring principles, he discerned mystical for his son, reflecting through his tears simply charm and allurement. Mohandas was a young man convulsed Mohandas's heart and soul. Allow me to put with an appealing personality, although he wasn't gifted
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forth his own words quoted from his autobiography: with the so-called 'natural charisma'. Neither was he a “wrote it on a slip of paper and handed to him myself. born orator, but his slik and profound words expelled In this note, not only did I confess my guilt, but I asked straight from his heart embarked people's hearts, adequate punishment for it, and closed with a request leading to a mystical admiration.
to him not to punish himself for my offence. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, as a schoolboy was trembling asl handed the confession to my at some point, also landed up doing mistakes. As his father. He was ill with fistula and was confined to bed. I biography reveals, under the unexpected dreadful sat beside him. company he indeed fell out conducting amiss acts He read it through, and pearl-drops trickled down which would have never been accepted by his family his cheek, wetting the paper. For a moment he closed culture and father. You might be aware, in his path of his eyes in thought and then tore up the note. He had life, when he was a young growing schoolboy, he did sat up to read it. He again lay down. I also cried. I could get distracted and got carried away by youthhood and see my father's agony. I still vividly remember the entire it's sternness. He misconducted himself by eating scene today. meat, smoking and even stealing. But his roots of Those pearl-drops of love cleansed my heart, and culture and upbringing were so deep seeded that his washed my sin away. Only he who has experienced conscious left him with a strong guilt. Every human is such love can know what it is. This was for me an object abounded to do mistakes in life and Gandhi was no lesson in Ahimsa. When such Ahimsa becomes alldifferent than a normal human being when he was embracing, it transforms everything it touches. There young. He was a common young boy being attracted is no limit to its power. by the lust of society just like any young boy would This sort of sublime forgiveness was not natural today. But then, at this point of time in life, if your to my father. I had thought that he would be angry, say upbringing and grooming are stern enough, your harsh words and strike his forehead. But he was so conscience would not allow you to do misguided or wonderfully peaceful, and this was due to my clean awry acts. Just as Mohandas being sunk with guilt went confession. A clean confession, combined with a and confessed about his inaccurate acts to his father. promise never to commit the sin again, when offered Mohandas's mother was a strong follower of Jain before one who has the right to receive it, is the purest principles and hence nurtured her son on the same type of repentance. I know that my confession made grounds. He indeed was afraid and disturbed, believing my father feel absolutely safe about me, and increased that hearing about his amiss acts his father would get his affection for me beyond measure."
ઑકટોબર- ૨૦૧૮) પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન : ગાંધી સાર્ધશતાબ્દી વિશેષાંક
(સત્ય-અહિંસા-અપરિગ્રહ) (૧૮૧
