Unknown Lessons from the Mahatma

       Unknown Lessons from the Mahatma

We are not at all critisizing Mr Gandhi these are just few Personal thoughts. Kyuki  hamara y mat h ki bhut se krantikariyo ke tayago ko vo ahmiyat nhi di gyi h jo di jani chahiye.

Isme koi shak nhi hona chahiye ki Mahatma Gandhi Mahaan h Or unhone rajnitik or personal jeevan m bahut se tyag kiye. Per keval Mahatma Gandhi ko hi AAzadi ka pura shrey de diya jaye y bhi uchit nhi hoga. AAzadi ke liye kewal Mahatama Gandhi n hi tyag nhi kiye bhut se or Senani rahe jinhone apni Jaan ki bazi lga di desh ki aazadi ke liye. Y Sabhi Senani bhi Is samman ke barabar hakdar h.

It doesn't really feel good to critisize Mahatma Gandhi But this supporter of democracy and Ahimsa was himself one of the biggest Undemocratic Person and violent in his own way. But because the first Prime Minister of Bharat was  Pt. Nehru and he seized his personal intension with the name Gandhi, So we are not much aware about the negative sides of Mahatma Gandhi. And today he is a really vary big personality in the society that no one dare to say something against his image. But note one thing he was great no doubt, but he was a Humen Being. So he can not be without limitation or he can not be perfact. One is my personal thinking that he was a supporter of Hindu- Muslim Unity , but he was baised towards Muslim's for being a leader of muslim's also, but muslim's never accepted him as a leader of their own. No doubt he was a Hindu that is the whole sole reason that he wasn't accepted as a leader,what he was for  other commmunities.

Few of his  doings: -

1.          He forced  Indian Government through his fast policy to pay a one time payment of 55 crore to Pakistan even after freedom which was not at all democratic . Indian government was not in the support of paying that money at that time of freedom but mahatma was Mahatma. And what Pakistani leadership done with that money every body knows.( Pakistan attacked on India). Thousands of people died. This is a violent move in my openion if you are forcing some one in any means Then you are violent, Only slapping or hitting some one is not violence. Ahimsa can be defined in much bigger sense.

2.             He was so rigid that he wants every one to follow his foot steps and wasn't ready to accept any ones openion. One thing i personally feel is that if Mahatma was that big supporter of Unity then why didn't he ever united with other Krantikari's and why didn't he supported them, if he would have done that Our country might have get his freedom much before.

Given below is something that Shri Shri Ravi shanker had shared :--

Gandhi Jayanti is an occasion to reflect on what we can learn from Gandhiji. Everyone’s life teaches us both what to do and what not to do. The ideals that Gandhiji set are an inspiration for generations – a sense of sacrifice, acceptance for everyone, an unbroken faith in satsang and dedication to the higher cause of the country and the welfare of people. But there were aspects of his life that teach us what not to do as well.

Shri Shri RaviShanker's Teacher, Pt. Sudhakar Chaturvedi, who is still alive at 118 years stayed with Gandhiji for a long time. Bangalori, as Gandhiji would call him since he hailed from Bangalore, used to teach him the Bhagavad Gita. They were together on the day Kasturba passed away in Yerawada Jail. Watching her in the throes of death, Gandhiji said, “Bangalori, your Bapu has to face the test of fire (agni-pariksha) today.” Panditji saw tears in Bapu’s eyes for the first time. As he read the second chapter of the Gita for Kasturba, she breathed her last. Gandhiji remarked, “I realize that I gave her a lot of pain and no happiness.” Kasturba supported him in his mission till the end. Perhaps he would not have been so remorseful had he honored and agreed to some of her wishes once in a while.

Gandhiji was also deeply pained when his son converted to another religion. He spoke a lot against conversion and admitted his regret that he could not give his children an education of values and respect for their own religion. He came to be regarded as the Father of the Nation but could not be a good father to his own sons. While aspiring to bring freedom to an entire country, he gave none to his own wife. Due to his rigidity, Gandhiji put his family through a lot of distress and his own children rebelled against him. Approaching every aspect of life with a fixed attitude is not practical. One needs to have different yardsticks for dealing with different people and situations.

During the partition, Gandhiji received news of riots in Pakistan, but refused to believe such violence was going on there. To take stock of the situation, he sent Bangalori who was attacked no less than seven times with knives in Pakistan. On one occasion, he was captured and buried in sand up to the neck. The mullah was to come and strike him with the first stone before the mob finished him. Somehow the army reached on time and he was able to escape. When he shared his experience showing his wounds, Gandhiji accused him, “You are saying all this because you are a Hindu yourself. My Muslim brothers can never do anything like this.” Bangalori was taken aback on being suspected and left Gandhiji in dismay. The Mahatma was assassinated three days later. Panditji used to tell me, “I left that old man in the last three days of his life”, a fact that always pained him.

Shri Ravishanker's grandfather also spent twenty years with Gandhiji in Sevashram. One of the rules observed there was to have bitter neem chutney with everything, even sweets like kheer. On one hand, such an austere practice, though strange, can help people overcome their small attachments like taste etc. and is good for a sannyasi, but it is undue to force everyone, including children, to follow it.

Gandhiji was quite uncompromising about his opinions often compelling everyone to accept his verdict. Considering everyone’s viewpoint and weighing the pros and cons of a situation did not feature in his style of functioning. On several occasions, he would unreasonably go on a fast to put pressure and prevail over others. When the issue of who the first Prime Minister of India was going to be was put to vote in the Congress, all the votes favoured Sardar Patel, except one. Disregarding this outcome, Mahatma Gandhi declared that Nehru would be Prime Minister. The man who laid the foundation of our democracy was very undemocratic in his ways.

Mahatma Gandhi had an indelible impact on the world. He remained committed to non-violence at a time when world wars were raging and rose to command a nation while living as a renunciant. His life will remain a lesson for all in more ways than one.