Mahatma Gandhi

M. K. Gandhi: An Autobiography is the story of Gandhiji's, covering his life from early childhood through to 1920. It gives an authentic account of the personal life of a man who led millions into independence. Gandhiji wrote in his autobiography that the three most important modern influences in his life were Leo Tolstoy's The Kingdom of God Is Within You, John Ruskin's Unto This Last and the poet Shrimad Rajchandra. In the last chapter, he notes that his life from this point onward became so public that there was hardly anything about it that people did not know. Being a proponent of Ahimsa or nonviolence, Gandhi diligently stuck to a set of practices from early on in life. The book gives us a better understanding of the habits that Gandhi rigorously inculcated into his daily routine. His childhood, his journey to England, his life in South Africa and the non-cooperation movement in India are all discussed at length in this mind-opening book.

ईश्वर सर्वदा सत्य में ही है। वेद, शास्त्र एवं पुराणों में कहा गया है कि सत्य के समान दूसरा धर्म नहीं है। सत्य बोलने का सबसे बड़ा लाभ यह है कि हमें याद नहीं रखना पड़ता कि हमने किससे कहां क्या कहा था। झूठ में क्षणिक आकर्षण हो सकता है, पर वास्तविक आकर्षण तो तो सत्य में ही है। महात्मा गांधी ने कहा है कि सत्य से अलग कोई परमेश्वर है, ऐसा मैंने कभी अनुभव नहीं किया। उन्होंने तो अपनी आत्मकथा का नाम ही 'सत्य के प्रयोग' रखा। मनुष्य लालच में पड़कर झूठ बोलता है। बालक अपने शैशवकाल में सत्य ही बोलता है, पर हम अपने स्वार्थवश उसे असत्य की राह पकड़ा देते हैं। सत्य का मार्ग तलवार की धार के समान है। उस पर चलते समय बहुत सावधानी रखनी पड़ती है। सत्य का अर्थ सिर्फ दूसरों की कमी निकालना नहीं होता। बहरे को बहरा और काणे को काणा कह देना तथ्य हो सकता है, पर सत्य नहीं हो सकता। तथ्य जब पीड़ादायक होता है, तब वह असत्य बन जाता है। लिखना, बोलना और बातों को उसी रूप में अभिव्यक्त कर देना सत्य नहीं है। सत्य के प्रति अनुराग, भावना, प्रेरणा और चिंतन भी होना चाहिए। सत्य को संसार में सर्वोपरि समझें। सत्य सिर्फ आचरण में ही नहीं, भावना में भी प्रकट होना चाहिए।

The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written in weekly instalments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929. Its English translation also appeared in installments in his other journal Young India. It was initiated at the insistence of Swami Anand and other close co-workers of Gandhi, who encouraged him to explain the background of his public campaigns. In 1999, the book was designated as one of the "100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century" by a committee of global spiritual and religious authorities. Tamil translation of Gandhi's autobiography, My Experiments with Truth, was published as Satya Sothanai done by Kalki Krishnamurthy.

This is the extended edition of Mahatma Gandhi's original and unabridged autobiography titledThe Story of My Experiments with Truth, with a new Foreword from The Gandhi Research Foundation. The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written and published in his journal, Navjivan from 1925 to 1929. It was initiated at the insistence of Swami Anand and other close co-workers of Gandhi, who encouraged him to explain the background of his public campaigns. The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the personal account of the life of the man who freed India from colonization through the Satyagraha - nonviolent protest - movement. His early boyhood life, legal studies, purification, and ultimate salvation of his homeland is carefully recounted in this inspiring and critical work of insurmountable importance. In 1999, the book was designated as one of the "100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century" by a committee of global spiritual and religious authorities.