Gandhi, Mahatma
1869-1948 79 years
1869-1948 79 years
aka: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (original full
name)
name)
born Gujarat, India
law school, lived in England and S. Africa
led the Indian independence movement against the
British.
married at 13 to wife Kasturba, 5 sons
assasinated in New Delhi
law school, lived in England and S. Africa
led the Indian independence movement against the
British.
married at 13 to wife Kasturba, 5 sons
assasinated in New Delhi
| ...Up until now the enemies have always repeated this same mistake – those who gave poison to Socrates, those who murdered Mansoor, or Godse, who shot Mahatma Gandhi. Godse was unaware that none of Gandhi’s followers could have been as successful in prolonging Gandhi’s memory to the extent that he did by his act of assassinating Gandhi. Gandhi folded his hands in a gesture of offering respects when he was shot and was dying. That namaste, that folding of hands, was very significant. It was expressive in the sense that Gandhi’s last and best disciple had finally come: the man who would make Gandhi immortal. God had sent the needed man... --Osho From Sex to Superconsciousness, ch. 5 |
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