100 Zitate von Mahatma Gandhi: Sammlung 100 Zitate

Geschrieben von Mahatma Gandhi

Erzählt von Elodie Colin

Mahatma Gandhi ist eine weltberühmte pazifistische Persönlichkeit, der es gelang, die indische Unabhängigkeitsbewegung gegen die britische Herrschaft durch gewaltlosen zivilen Ungehorsam anzuführen. Seine Ethik und seine unerschütterliche Haltung inspirierten Bewegungen für Bürgerrechte und Freiheit auf der ganzen Welt, lange nach seiner Ermordung im Jahr 1948. Diese 100 Zitate wurden sorgfältig ausgewählt, um Sie mit seinem Charakter und seiner Denkweise vertraut zu machen und Sie zu einem ganzheitlichen, ethischen und engagierten Leben zu inspirieren.

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: Astorg Germany
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1. Jan. 2020
• ISBN: 9782821166257

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) was an Indian lawyer, nationalist, and civil rights activist. Born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, he was first given the honorary title of Mahatma—Sanskrit for “great-souled”—in 1914 while living in South Africa. Raised in Gujarat in a prominent Hindu family, he travelled to London and studied law at the Inner Temple. Called to the Bar in 1891, Gandhi returned to India for a brief time before settling in South Africa. There, he started a family while perfecting his style of nonviolent resistance grounded in civil disobedience. In 1915, he returned to his native country to join the fight against British rule, organizing peasants across India to take a stand against taxation, racism, and other forms of colonial oppression. He became the leader of the Indian National Congress in 1921 and increased his involvement with the movements for women’s rights, religious and ethnic equality, and the elimination of India’s caste system, which unjustly effected Dalits deemed untouchable from birth. His central cause, however, was Swaraj, which can be translated as self-governance or democracy. As his popularity increased, he simplified his lifestyle in solidarity with the Indian poor, wearing traditional clothing, eating vegetarian food, and fasting as a matter of personal hygiene and protest. In 1930, he led the twenty-five day Dandi Salt March or Salt Satyagraha, in response to a British salt tax, inspiring millions of Indians to take direct action against British rule. A proponent of religious pluralism, he lamented the interfaith violence between Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims that broke out following independence and the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. At 78 years old, he was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist for his outreach to the Muslim community.