On Mahatma Gandhi.....

[niranjan]

Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this walked upon this earth in flesh and blood.

----Albert Einstein





Later in his life when Gandhi was asked whether he was a Hindu, he replied:

"Yes I am. I am also a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist and a Jew."


Very sound wisdom, if you ask me.

 

[Francis king]

still, he was only a man though, like the rest of us...

 

[niranjan]

still, he was only a man though, like the rest of us...

Of course he was only a man like the rest of us. He was not an alien or something.

 

[Francis king]

makes me wonder what we might also achieve... as humans... if we tried...

 

[wil]

makes me wonder what we might also achieve... as humans... if we tried...

if we tried.

why does this make me think of Peter Piper and woodchucks??

How much could a human achieve if a human tried to achieve?
A human could achieve as much as a human could concieve if a human tried to achieve.

 

[niranjan]

makes me wonder what we might also achieve... as humans... if we tried...

Definetely, there is a gandhi, buddha, jesus , bahaullah, in each one of us and we have to exert to bring them out.



Stand up and manifest the divinity within you.

--Swami Vivekananda

Ye divinities on earth --sinners ! It is a sin to call a man so; it is a standing libel on human nature. Come up , O lions, and shake off the delusion that you are sheep , you are souls immortal , spirits free , blest and eternal ; ye are not matter, ye are not bodies ; matter is your servant, not you the servant of matter.

---Swami Vivekananda