Monday, September 19, 2011

"Hind Swaraj" in Hand

One of the Gandhian School intellectuals from India, with whom I interact, suggested I read "Hind Swaraj," by M. K. Gandhi to understand his ideas in more depth. I have it in hand today, and I see that Gandhiji interacted with Leo Tolstoy a good deal. Tolstoy authored, "War and Peace" and is seemingly the central mind of influence behind the non-violence concept practiced by both Gandhiji and Martin Luther King Jr.

As I read the chapter on "Education," I noted that the central purpose of education is to make one "in harmony with Nature," according to Gandhiji.

Gene