Re: americans know gandhi better than brown indians do
and/or www.mantra.com/jai
statues and memorials are in every major city, including here in
Honolulu. where a parade and ceremonies take place every October to
honor him.
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
In article <4b7a22e3$0$12465$bbae...@news.suddenlink.net>,
"harmony" <a...@hotmail.com> posted:
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> Ahead of Mahatma Gandhi's [ Images ] 140th birth anniversary in October, a
> resolution has been introduced in the US House of Representatives to
> recognize Gandhi's 'visionary leadership that enhanced the rapidly deepening
> friendship between the United States and India [ Images ].'
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> The resolution introduced by Ros-Lehtinen (Republican, Florida [ Images ])
> and co-sponsored by five co-lawmakers, including Rep. Jim McDermott
> (Democrat Washington) notes that Gandhi was 'a great political leader,
> devout and spiritual Hindu and leader of India's nationalist movement.'
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> The resolution said that all his life Gandhi courageously supported, and
> gave his life for, the cause of Hindu-Muslim amity and helped make India the
> largest democracy in the world.
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> The resolution introduced by Ros-Lehtinen, the first Hispanic woman and
> first Cuban-American elected to Congress in 1989, June 26, said that
> Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolent civil disobedience has influenced people
> around the world for the betterment of mankind.
>
> It noted that Gandhiji developed the term satyagraha, meaning vindication
> of truth, not by inflicting suffering on others but through nonviolent and
> patient self-suffering and that his autobiography 'My Experiments with
> Truth' reveals the inner voice of one of history's most spiritual leaders.
>
> Ros-Lehtinen's resolution that has been sent to the sub-committee on Foreign
> Affairs, noted that Gandhiji counseled the humankind to 'hate the sin, and
> love the sinner' and urged people everywhere to 'be the change you want to
> see in the world' and reminded the world that 'freedom is not worth having
> if it does not connote the freedom to err.'"
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> Noting that as a result of his timeless legacy, Gandhi's name has come to
> symbolize freedom and justice around the world, the resolution urged the
> House to recognize the 140th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi and
> commend "Gandhi's unique and lasting role in the establishment of India and
> its democratic institutions which will be revered for generations to come."
>
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