VIDEO 4.17. Mahatma Gandhi. (16:07)

   

Mahatma Gandhi was probably the most powerful and influential moral voice of the twentieth century. He always functioned in the worldview of Brahmanism. That worldview enabled him to borrow insights from many sources. In this segment of the lecture David Shenk looks at three sources of influence: ahimsa, Leo Tolstoy and Jesus. Watch this video to learn what kind of problems Mahatma Gandhi had with Christian faith and why he was disappointed by the division of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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