Name: Seema Sethi
Country: India

Year: 2018
Volume: Volume-3, Issue-2 (July-December)
Page Number: 54-59

Though deeply religious, Gandhi cannot be categorized as belonging to any particular sect or creed. Like all great messiahs and masters, he rose above the practices of the day and brought out the essence from each faith, beautifully interweaving various religious traditions to create a mosaic of spirituality that was uniquely his own. Gandhi firmly believed that it is useless to preach something without practising it. To him, practice always came first. He lived a life where his mind, thoughts and actions were always in synergy with the principles he subscribed to, the ultimate goal of spirituality. During his 21 years in South Africa, Gandhi's way of thought and life completely changed. His thought and life were in complete synergy with each other, his actions were based on his thinking, were interwoven like lock and key. He was convinced that human actions sprang from both the head and the heart; and that individuals could not be shaken out of complacency on issues of vital importance by sermons and arguments alone. One had to touch their hearts and activate their conscience which can be done on the basis of religion.