Gandhi Jayanthi 0n 2nd Oct...

[venkatakailasam]

Two songs on this occasion..

A rare song by KBS..

Gandhi oru parama ezhai-KB Sundarambal.flv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDyWloxJsLQ

MMI Gandhi mozhi vazhi nadappom..RTP

http://mfi.re/listen/n34bojqur6yq81c/p- ... 38+mts.mp3

Know about him..
Family
Kasturba
Harilal
Manilal
Ramdas
Devdas
Samaldas
Arun
Ela
Rajmohan
Tushar
Gopalkrishna
Ramchandra
Leelavathi

nfluences

Ahimsa
Ashram
Bhagavad Gita
Henry David Thoreau
Civil disobedience
Fasting
Hinduism
Jainism
John Ruskin
Leo Tolstoy
The Kingdom of God Is Within You
The Masque of Anarchy
Pacifism
Sermon on the Mount
Shrimad Rajchandra
Unto This Last
Vegetarianism

Life
Civil rights movement in South Africa
Bardoli Satyagraha
Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha
Non-cooperation
Chauri Chaura
Purna Swaraj
Salt March
Vaikom Satyagraha
Poona Pact
Quit India
Assassination

Philosophy
Gandhism
Economics
Sarvodaya
Satyagraha
The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Swadeshi
Swaraj

Associates
Vinoba Bhave
Vallabhbhai Patel
Acharya Kripalani
Mirabehn
C. F. Andrews
Narhari Parikh
Ravi Shankar Vyas
Mohanlal Pandya
Mahadev Desai
Abbas Tyabji
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Dada Dharmadhikari
J. C. Kumarappa
Hermann Kallenbach

Legacy
Artistic depictions
Gandhigiri
Gandhi Peace Prize
Gujarat Vidyapith
Jamia Millia Islamia
Kashi Vidyapeeth
Memorial Hospital
Seven Blunders of the World

Influenced
James Bevel
Steve Biko
14th Dalai Lama
Morarji Desai
Eknath Easwaran
Maria Lacerda de Moura
James Lawson
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nelson Mandela
Aung San Suu Kyi
Lanza del Vasto
Abhay Bang
Vinoba Bhave
Sane Guruji

Memorials
Physical

Gandhi Smriti
Gandhi Memorial
Kirti Mandir, Porbandar
Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site
National Gandhi Museum
Pietermaritzburg
Rajghat

Observances

Gandhi Jayanti
International Day of Non-Violence
Season for Nonviolence

The Seven Social Sins, sometimes called the Seven Blunders of the World, is a list that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi published in his weekly newspaper Young India on October 22, 1925.
Later, he gave this same list to his grandson Arun Gandhi, written on a piece of paper, on their final day together, shortly before his assassination.

The seven sins or blunders are:

Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle

[Rsachi]

After Gandhiji's meeting with the British king in 1931, a press report:
British Reporter: Did the King give any encouragement to your hope for Indian independence?
Gandhi: Only God gives encouragement, not Kings.

[Rsachi]

Wonderful, sir.

[venkatakailasam]

R sachi..

Unfortunately, in the list, the name of Mahaperiva has not been included..

I consider him as the greatest of this century...Any way he is beyond this kind of assessment.

Here was a meeting by by Ghandhi and Maha periva




MAHATMA GANDHI was touring the South in the latter half of 1927. He had heard about the Sage of Kamakoti Peetha, and wanted very much to meet him. The Sage was camping at Palghat at the time in the course of his vijaya-yatra. The Mahatma went there on the 15th of October, 1927; the meeting took place on that day at Nellisseri village, Palghat, Kerala.
His, Holiness received the Mahatma in the cattle-shed situated in the backyard of the camp. It was a unique experience for the Mahatma. Here was an authentic successor of Sankara, dressed in a piece of’ ochre cloth made of khadi, and seated on the floor. The Acharya too appreciated the occasion provided for getting to know, at first hand, the leader of the nation who had adopted voluntarily the mode of a simple peasant’s life. At the very first sight, the Mahatma was drawn to the Perfection Incarnate that was seated before him. The atmosphere was surcharged with spiritual silence. After a few moments the Acharya spoke in Samskrit and invited the Mahatma to take his seat. Gandhiji offered his obeisance and sat near the Acharya. He said that, as he was not used to speaking in Samskrit, he would use Hindi if that was permitted, and that he could understand what is spoken in Samskrit. So, the conversation took place without the need for an interpreter-the Acharya spoke in Samskrit, and Gandhiji in Hindi.
This was purely a private interview; there were no reporters; and except for one or two attendants of the math, no one was present. The conversation, which took place in a most cordial atmosphere, lasted for over an hour.
On taking leave of the Acharya, the Mahatma gave expression to the immense benefit he had derived from this unique meeting. How profoundly he was drawn to the Acharya will be evident from an incident that occurred during the interview. It was 5.30 in the evcning. Sri C. Rajagopalachari who had accompanied the Mahatma had been waiting outside, went inside the cattle-shed and reminded the Mahatma about his evening meal; for the Mahatma would not take any food after 6 P.M. The Mahatma made this significant observation to Sri. C. Rajagopalachari: “The conversation I am having now with the Acharya is itsclf my evening meal for to day” As thc Mahatma was leaving ,after a very fruitful interview, the Acharya gave him a pomelo fruit with his blessings. The Mahatma received it with great reverence, remarking that pomelo is a fruit which he liked best
Later in the evening, Gandhiji addressed a public meeting in Coimbatore. Some people in tbe audience were eager to know about the interview Gandhiji had had earlier with His holiness. Gandhiji replied saying that they discussed points of mutual interest, that the interview was a private one, that because of this, news paper reporters were not present there and that there was no point in his disclosing the details of the interview. Nothing more was known about this historic meeting.

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Above, you can see the house at Nelliseri Village, Palghat, Kerala, in which Mahatma Gandhi and H.H. Jagadguru Sankaracharya met on October 15, 1927.
A request was made to His Holiness in November 1968 for a message of the Seminar on The relevance of Mahatma Gandhi to the world of thought held at the University of Madras. Out of his abundant grace, jagadguru, the preceptor of the World, sent a message in which he recalled the meeting in 1927 with Gandhiji the Father of the Nation and paid the following tribute:
“We wish to place before this Seminar one of the’ many things which Gandhi and I we discussed when we met at Palghat, Kerala in the last Prashava year.
“Before Gandhiji arrived at Palghat there came the news of the assassination of Sraddhananda of the Arya Samaj. Referring to this incident Gandhiji remarked as follows:
“I have an apprehension in my mind that assassination of this kind would occur more often than now [in the coming years] Let not there arise in me hatred even in a small measure against the present assassin. There arises a desire in me that I should able to embrace with love even so cruel a man who commits a heinous crime, as this one, an atatayin. But it is extremely difficult to cultivate such heartfelt affection. Yet I shall make an honest attempt in this direction.”
All that we wish to point out that in this, world it is very rare even to hear about such a feeling expressed

[kapali]

Great collection , Sri VK. and appreciate your initiative for posting this on Oct .2. Incidentally the names of Nehru and Rajaji are missing in the list of Gandhiji's associates. Gandhiji used to call Rajaji as his conscience keeper.
The list of seven social sins outlined by Gandhiji in 1925 (mentioned at the end of your post on Gandhiji) are more relevant for India in our politics , economy, governance and business today than ever before. Let us all " Mahatma mani mozhi vazhi nadappom" !

[venkatakailasam]

Shri kapali..
thank you..

I have noticed it..
I thought that the reason can be that Nehru was not an associate..as he was considered his heir..
As for Rajaji, as you say he is conscience keeper as well as his Sambandhi...

[venkatakailasam]

Another leader, simple and unassuming , perhaps greater than others..his Birthday also falls to day..

But forgotten by many..




Born: October 2, 1904, Mughalsarai
Died: January 11, 1966, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Education: Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth (1926)
Spouse: Lalita Shastri (m. 1928–1966)
Awards: Bharat Ratna
Children: Anil Shastri, Sunil Shastri, Suman Shastri, Hari Shastri, Kusum Shastri

[venkatakailasam]

This is an old song ..

Gandhiyai pol oru santha sorupanai kanuthal....

MK. Thyagaraja Bahavathar...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... ARpQSTJRlU

[arasi]

Thank you Venkatk!
Hearing this song after ages...

ahimsaiyilE buddhanavan, Atma sOdanaiyilE ESu nAdanavan!

In MKT's voice, so agreeable to hear...

[venkatakailasam]

Here is a song by SKR. on Gandhiji

Manilam Vazhntha-Begada - SKR..

https://soundcloud.com/sairaam/skrsongongandhiji

[mahavishnu]

Sri Kailasam: Could you please fix the title header? Thank you.
His name is Gandhi not Ghandhi (Gh is a common and sometimes insensitive western/British misspelling of his name).

[arasi]

Thanks, Venkatk.
That bEgaDa rAgA sketch is worth it too. Wonder whose composition it is.

[maduraimini]

V.Kailasam,

Thank you so much for those old songs by KBS and MKT. I remember hearing my mom sing these songs. Good to remember Gandhi , an apostle of non-violence during these turbulent times, on his Jayanthi.