Gandhi, the Mahatma.
Mahaputush or mahatman are terms we causally use for stature zandu Gandhi or the likes attained in history of mankind , but the actual import of the terms are rarely endeavoured to be traced.
The eighteen Yogas that the Gita defines includes a Yoga named Mahapurush Yoga, in the 15th chapter. Read in conjunction with other Sutras, into which Gandhi has aptly delved from a practitioner's standpoint, it tells us about an inverted sacred (peepal) tree having its branches spread all over, especially and notably on the downside even.
It refers to the human mind (consciousness) wherein that entity is seated , called Mahapurush, the Supreme Being.
The entire systems of Yoga, including those in the preceding chapters that Gandhi embraced as a way of life, promises emancipation.
The term emancipation has synonyms which different systems name as Nirvana, Samadhi, salvation, etc., approachable from that very point where the practitioner is presently stationed.
Karma Yoga, integrated with Bhakti and Gyan Yoga, Gandhi applied for himself, and visibly succeeded too.
However, failure lies in the perception of those who admire Gandhi , but oblivious his prime mover, hovering around the extrinsic moral codes that fell out, in isolation of or bereft of its intrinsic substance.
Any Yoga or practice or principle or philosophy has one and the only stuff to address, the human Mind. Nothing works, or can work, unless this tiny unit of the Universe is accessed and dealt with. Gandhi I did it for himself. What practices he followed is Yoga, but the moral code, perceived as a philosophy in its own right is unattainable unless the human mind is subjected to the practices Gandhi followed to tame the mind. All the Yogas target the individual mind of the practitioner. Being good, doing good, and states like equanimity, non-violence, tolerance, etc. , are impossible to be imposed on the mind, or even to be inculcated, unless the mind itself is tuned , trained , purified and tamed by the application of any of the eighteen Yogic principles, like some, just some and not all or even many, which Gandhi himself endeared.
Mahaputush or mahatman are terms we causally use for stature zandu Gandhi or the likes attained in history of mankind , but the actual import of the terms are rarely endeavoured to be traced.
The eighteen Yogas that the Gita defines includes a Yoga named Mahapurush Yoga, in the 15th chapter. Read in conjunction with other Sutras, into which Gandhi has aptly delved from a practitioner's standpoint, it tells us about an inverted sacred (peepal) tree having its branches spread all over, especially and notably on the downside even.
It refers to the human mind (consciousness) wherein that entity is seated , called Mahapurush, the Supreme Being.
The entire systems of Yoga, including those in the preceding chapters that Gandhi embraced as a way of life, promises emancipation.
The term emancipation has synonyms which different systems name as Nirvana, Samadhi, salvation, etc., approachable from that very point where the practitioner is presently stationed.
Karma Yoga, integrated with Bhakti and Gyan Yoga, Gandhi applied for himself, and visibly succeeded too.
However, failure lies in the perception of those who admire Gandhi , but oblivious his prime mover, hovering around the extrinsic moral codes that fell out, in isolation of or bereft of its intrinsic substance.
Any Yoga or practice or principle or philosophy has one and the only stuff to address, the human Mind. Nothing works, or can work, unless this tiny unit of the Universe is accessed and dealt with. Gandhi I did it for himself. What practices he followed is Yoga, but the moral code, perceived as a philosophy in its own right is unattainable unless the human mind is subjected to the practices Gandhi followed to tame the mind. All the Yogas target the individual mind of the practitioner. Being good, doing good, and states like equanimity, non-violence, tolerance, etc. , are impossible to be imposed on the mind, or even to be inculcated, unless the mind itself is tuned , trained , purified and tamed by the application of any of the eighteen Yogic principles, like some, just some and not all or even many, which Gandhi himself endeared.
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