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]

Originally Posted by Francis king

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]

Originally Posted by Francis king

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]

Originally Posted by Francis king

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