Gandhi on Non Violence

by Mahatma Gandhi

Book Overview

"One has to speak out and stand up for one's convictions. Inaction at a time of conflagration is inexcusable."--Mahatma Gandhi The basic principles of Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence (Ahimsa) and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811200973
• ISBN13: 9780811200974
• Release Date: January 1965
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

A very useful intro to Gandhi's thought

This collection of brief selections of Gandhi's thought has proved to be an exceptionally useful and concise intro to his amazing insight. There are only a couple other books I've found to be as useful -- the brief biographies of Richard Deats and Eknath Easwaran -- and either of which would serve as helpful companions to this volume. The Merton intro is wonderful; I'm looking forward to see what Kerlansky adds.

Powerful

I truly enjoyed this book. It does exactly what it is supposed to; it discusses important writings of Mahatma Ghandhi. There are tons of additional books for further reading, however this book is a concise and powerful collection of the writings of Ghandhi. Truly an inspiration that should be a required reading for every human being on this earth. Highly recommended.

could've been longer....

...but it's a good selection of Gandhi's thoughts on the topic, and Merton's intro is wonderful.

A good book to begin with

If you want to start with Ghandi's experience on non-violence, this is a good book to begin with. Altough brief, the thoughts and feelings of Ghandi are clearly shown.