Mahatma Gandhi Funeral

On Friday 30 January 1948, Gandhi woke up at his usual hour, 3:30 a.m. After the morning prayer he put the final touches to the new constitution for Congress which he had been unable to finish the previous night. The rest of the morning was spent answering letters. Someone mentioned the fact that despite his poor health he was working incessantly. ‘Tomorrow’, he explained, ‘I may not be here’. Gandhi would not permit those who attended the prayer meetings: ‘If I have to die I should like to die at the prayer meeting. You are wrong in believing that you can protect me from harm. God is my protector.’ Mahatma Gandhi’s body lay on the pyre with his head to the north. In that position Buddha met his end. At 4:45 p.m., Ramdas, the third son of the Mahatma, set fire to the funeral pyre.

The logs burst into flames. The vast assemblage groaned. Women wailed; men wept. The wood crackled and seethed and the flames united into a single fire. Now there was silence. Gandhi’s body was being reduced to ashes and cinders. A nation’s father was dead. The information and any attached documents contained in this message may be confidential and/or legally privileged.

 

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.  

Mahatma Gandhi

 

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

Mahatma Gandhi

 

 A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. 

Mahatma Gandhi

 

 A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people. 

Mahatma Gandhi

 

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.  

Mahatma Gandhi

 

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.  

Mahatma Gandhi

 

Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.  

Mahatma Gandhi

 

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. 

Mahatma Gandhi

 

 Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.  

Mahatma Gandhi