How Did Gandhi Use His Hindu And Religious Beliefs?
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“Gandhi was a good man who used his Hindu and religious beliefs in a brilliant way” To what extent do you agree with this statement?
Some people loved Gandhi and prayed for him every day. However, some had a huge grudge against him – hating him and everything he did. Good or bad, Gandhi had his fair share of haters in his lifetime, and still does to this day…
A Hindu belief that Gandhi used was one named an eye for an eye. This was a belief where Gandhi had showed people that everyone was equal and the so called untouchables were just people being classed to slavery based on wealth. Before Gandhi had used this to his advantage – even his wife told him that the untouchables could clean their toilet. Gandhi responded with anger towards his wife telling her that everyone was equal and that she should not treat anyone that way. Gandhi used this to his advantage making the untouchables support him with a lot of love. It was a very …show more content…
Although he had been exposed to hating Natives while in prison, he had loved equality between the earth and knew that everyone was equal. Gandhi had hated the idea of the phrase ‘the untouchables’. To him it really didn’t make much sense and just showed him how cruel the world can be at times. The untouchables were a group of people that were basically slaves for normal human beings. They were people that cleaned toilets for the rich. And homeless people who had no place in the world at the time. They were more of an it then a he/she, all of them were labelled the untouchables and didn’t have a whisper of voice for India. However, when Gandhi came along it all changed. As exampled above, Gandhi had a lot of respect for the untouchables and hated people who called them the two words; even when his wife said to clean the toilet – he insisted she did to show respect and show the public that Gandhi wasn’t a man who could spit words in public and make everyone clap. He had a
“Gandhi was a good man who used his Hindu and religious beliefs in a brilliant way” To what extent do you agree with this statement?
Some people loved Gandhi and prayed for him every day. However, some had a huge grudge against him – hating him and everything he did. Good or bad, Gandhi had his fair share of haters in his lifetime, and still does to this day…
A Hindu belief that Gandhi used was one named an eye for an eye. This was a belief where Gandhi had showed people that everyone was equal and the so called untouchables were just people being classed to slavery based on wealth. Before Gandhi had used this to his advantage – even his wife told him that the untouchables could clean their toilet. Gandhi responded with anger towards his wife telling her that everyone was equal and that she should not treat anyone that way. Gandhi used this to his advantage making the untouchables support him with a lot of love. It was a very …show more content…
Although he had been exposed to hating Natives while in prison, he had loved equality between the earth and knew that everyone was equal. Gandhi had hated the idea of the phrase ‘the untouchables’. To him it really didn’t make much sense and just showed him how cruel the world can be at times. The untouchables were a group of people that were basically slaves for normal human beings. They were people that cleaned toilets for the rich. And homeless people who had no place in the world at the time. They were more of an it then a he/she, all of them were labelled the untouchables and didn’t have a whisper of voice for India. However, when Gandhi came along it all changed. As exampled above, Gandhi had a lot of respect for the untouchables and hated people who called them the two words; even when his wife said to clean the toilet – he insisted she did to show respect and show the public that Gandhi wasn’t a man who could spit words in public and make everyone clap. He had a