According to Eric Sharpe – a professor of Religious Studies, though Gandhi was born in a Hindu family and later became Hindu by conviction, many Christians in time thought of him as an "exemplary Christian and even as a saint".
One specific incident often cited is his time at Valmiki Basti near Delhi in 1946-47, where he stayed and conducted prayer meetings in a temple. Gandhi was known to include readings from multiple religious texts, including the Quran, in these gatherings, reflecting his belief in the equality of all religions.
The letter, signed by Gandhi and dated 6 April 1926, was written to Milton Newberry Frantz, a religious elder in the US at the time. Gandhi wrote that Jesus was "one of the great teachers of mankind".
Gandhi believed, propagated and practiced the idea of one God found in truth and said 'Truth is God'. I found Gandhi's idea of God to be functional to the human society as a whole for Gandhi's God is not only universal but also boundless or limitless.
Generations to come, will scarce believe, that such a man as this one, ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth. This was said of Mahatma Gandhi by Albert Einstein on the former's 70th birthday in 1939.
I wanted to know the best of the life of one (Muhammad) who holds today an undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind. I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life.
Some said that he cried out, 'Ram, Ram' ('God, God'), though others did not hear him say anything. In the confusion there was no attempt to call a doctor or get the dying man to hospital and he died within half an hour.
Among the 6,487 books that soon traveled north, Jefferson's 1734 edition of the Qur'an is perhaps the most surprising. Historians have attributed the third president's ownership of the Muslim holy book to his curiosity about a variety of religious perspectives.
Muslims believe that the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, was revealed to Muhammad over a period of twenty-three years, starting with the initial revelation at Mount Hira. After the Prophet's death, his successors compiled these divine revelations in a manuscript.
He had set up ashrams where he conducted his experiments, where boys and girls were to bath together, sleep together. But they were to maintain chastity, they would be punished if there were any sexual talks.
According to another investigation by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the first vice president of India, Jainism was in existence long before the Vedas were composed. The last two tirthankara, Parshvanatha and Mahavira ( c. 599 – c. 527 BCE) are considered historical figures.
Jawaharlal Nehru was very vocal about his views on religion. In his presidential address to the Lahore Congress in 1929, Nehru admitted that although he was born a Hindu, he does not know how far he is justified in calling himself one, or speaking on behalf of the Hindus.
Hinduism has monotheistic (one God) as well as polytheistic (many Gods) elements: the one Ultimate Reality or Supreme Being (Brahman) also exists simultaneously in the deities of the Creator (Brahma), the Sustainer (Vishnu) and the Destroyer (Shiva).
Gandhiji : This clears many of my doubts and my countrymens doubts. I always thought Quran and Prophet of Islam can never allow such things. Religion is a moral force and can never permit coercion, let alone violence, for its acceptance. The conqueror may coerce some to convert but a religious person can never.
The name "Muhammad" is mentioned four times in the Quran, and the name "Ahmad" (another variant of the name of Muhammad) is mentioned one time. However, Muhammad is also referred to with various titles such as the Messenger of Allah , unlettered, etc., and many verses about Muhammad refer directly or indirectly to him.
In the first passages ever revealed to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Allah said, Read [O Prophet] in the name of your Lord who created. [He] created humans from a clinging substance. Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous.
Tagore first called Gandhi a Mahatma or a great soul. He said at "Gandhiji's call India blossomed forth to new greatness, just as once before, in earlier times, when Buddha proclaimed the truth, of fellow feeling and compassion among all living creatures". Gandhiji called him the Great Sentinel or Gurudev".
The epigraph on Gandhi's tomb, in Devanagiri: Hey Rama, can be rendered as "O! Lord Ram." These are thought to be the last words he uttered before passing away.
Zelenskyy is the first Jewish president of Ukraine; with Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister, Ukraine became the first country other than Israel to simultaneously have a Jewish head of state and head of government.
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