On 13 April, 1923 on the occasion of National week a procession was taken out in Nagpur with national flag (Congress flag) held aloft symbolically. The police tried to stop the procession but the Congress workers pushed on. The police charged on the workers and the workers were arrested en-masse and the flag got trampled […]
Vinoba returned to Satyagraha Ashram on dot at the completion of one year break; Gandhiji remarked, “You had gone on as one year leave to further your study of Sanskrit. Exactly after one year you come back as promised. I had even forgotten that you were supposed to be back at this hour to honour
Gandhiji used to call his place ‘Satyagraha Ashram.’ For some time Vinayak stayed on in the ashram. Then, an irresistible desire to learn Sanskrit seized him. He consulted Gandhiji about it and asked for a year’s break. Gandhiji agreed. There was also the fact that lately Vinayak had not been keeping well. He left ashram
During his stay at Kashi, the day of the inauguration of newly built Kashi Hindu University arrived. The funds for the university were provided by rich men, kings and princes of India. The inauguration ceremony was organised by Pundit Madan Mohan Malviya scheduled on 4 February, 1916. It was attended by the Viceroy Lord Harding,
In 1901, Vinayak grew up to six years of age. He went through the traditional sacred thread ceremony.The initial education started at home. To begin with Vinayak was orally told about the basic values of the religion he was born in. Then, he was taught the letters of his mother tongue, Marathi.His father Narhari and
Most of the great ones of our country come from humble backgrounds and rose to heights. Those who came from higher social backgrounds they went through severe humbling experiences to gain sublime heights.Early life & educationVinoba Bhave had a humble background.He was born to Narhari Bhave and Rakhumai on 11 September, 1895 at Gogada village
The rainy season was coming to an end.It was the year of 527 B.C. Half of the last month had also gone by. The tail fortnight was on.Bhagwan Mahavir was fasting. He was not taking water even. His body had gone through 72 summers. Most of his life was spent in spreading spiritual awareness among
Once Bhagwan Mahavir was preaching, “To see the truth one needs inner and outer eyes. The outer truth is seen by the physical eyes and inner truth by the eyes of the mind.”To illustrate his point he gave an example through a story—“In a village there lived five blind men. They were friends. Once they
Bhagwan Mahavir believed in the equality of all human beings. He never had any faith in casteism. In his sangha all the lower castes and untouchables were welcome. As sangha munis they enjoyed equal treatment and respect. Some upper caste munis had doubts about the theory of equality. If by becoming a muni the physical
Bhagwan Mahavir gave eight advices for the good of the entire mankind. The messages are :1. Hear what you haven’t : Mahavir advises us to inculcate the habit of listening to what others have to say. One who does not listen he does not learn anything. The spoken words carry with them the valuable information
For Mahavir killing was not the only violence. His definition of violence included emotional hurt, exploitation, abuse and psychological torment. He said that violence was not only physical thing but mental as well. He thought that mental torture was more serious violence than physical harm. He classified violence as under :Religious Violence : All the
Now Bhagwan Mahavir’s aim was to spread the spiritual awareness among the people to raise their moral values. For that propose in mind he set up Sangha (Union body). Its aim was to eradicate the social evils through the change of heart and to bring harmony, peace and brotherhood in the society.He divided Sangha into
Mahavir did hard penance which is supposed to be twelve and a half years and a fortnight. His no penance had less than two fasts. During his fasting Mahavir even avoided water. During his total penance period of 4577 days he ate food on 350 days only. The rest of the days he kept fasts
Mahavir had to go through a lot of adverse situations in his spiritual quest but he overcame all the adversities with extreme courage.Once he was touring the tribal area. The locals were half civilised, wild, illiterate and without any manner. They drew pleasure in using foul language, abusing and tormenting others.When Mahavir went into a
In the second year of his spiritual quest he shifted from South Vachal to North Vachal. He had chosen the Kankhal Ashram route. On the way some shepherds accosted him to warn, “Holy Swami, you must not take this route.”“Why dear fellows?” Mahavir asked in surprise. “Doesn’t this route lead to North Vachal?”“It does Swamiji,