Vaishali Institute Research Bulletin 4

Author(s): R P Poddar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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said Gāndhi, "If we would serve him, our activity must be as unwearied as His". Work changes society : idleness degenerate it. We must, therefore, work and work in a spirit of service.
Gāndh saw Hinduism as a "grand evolutionary process and not a narrow creed'. He found in it a variety of creeds, religious insights and philosophical doctrines that had survived from ancient times. He saw in it animistic cults alongside the most developed theological systems. He was pleased to note that Hinduism had no official crced and the approach to truth was broad-based on progressive discoveries of every expanding vision of the Divine; and each person was exhorted to pursue salvation in the light of his own faith and experience. However, Gāndhi reminded the Hindus their responsibility in the context of the variety and the multiplicity of religions that have always existed in India. He urged to take the initiative and make advances to settle all the disputes with the minority communities in India. He also emphasized to underlying unity of all religions and the importance of spiritual search to find the eternal behind the trivial and temporary. In this he saw the practical meaning of tolerance.