Dr Abe V Rotor
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Born 2 October 1869(1869-10-02)
Porbandar, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died 30 January 1948(1948-01-30) (aged 78)
New Delhi, Union of India
Cause of death Assassination (three bullets in the chest)
Mahatma Gandhi, man of the last millennium, interprets the seven Deadly Sins as follows:
1. Wealth without Work
2. Pleasure without Conscience
3. Science without Humanity
4. Knowledge without Character
5. Politics without Principle
6. Commerce without Morality
7. Worship without Sacrifice
After viewing the film, Gandhi, with my students, I presented a comparison of Gandhi's interpretation with Vatican's Seven Cardinal Sins, which are as follows:
1. Anger
2. Gluttony
3. Wrath
4. Sloth
5. Lust
6. Greed
7. Envy
Lately the Vatican added three cardinal sins, namely
8. Destroying the Earth
9. Tampering Life (playing God)
10. Indifference to humanity
Gandhi has built a bridge of understanding not only between the Christians and the non-Christians - but among different faiths - that goodness is universal. His way to the Truth, his way to Peace through non-violence, in fact the way he lived and died - truly make him the Man of the Millennium.
Here are beautiful passages from the Man of the the Millennium.
• "Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man."
• "Truth is what the voice within tells you."
• "Truth is the right designation of God."
• "Truth and nonviolence will never be destroyed."
• "Truth is like a vast tree which yields more and more fruit the more you nurture it."
• "Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time."
• "Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit."
• "Truth is the first to be sought for, and Beauty and Goodness will then be added unto you."
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