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1
“Thus came into being” Ainslee Thomas Embree, Stephen Hay, William T. De Bary.
Sources of Indian Tradition: Modern India and Pakistan
. Columbia University Press: New York, 1988, p. 266.
2
“spiritual reference book” Eknath Easwaran.
Gandhi the Man
. Nilgiri Press: Novales, California, 1997, p. 8.
3
“Every moment of Gandhi’s life” Louis Fischer.
Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World
. Signet Classics: New York, 2010, p. 12.
4
“haunted by the fear” Easwaran,
Gandhi
, p. 12.
5
“Nonviolence and cowardice go ill” ibid., p. 84.
6
“It is perfectly all right” The author imagines this line.
7
“The mantra becomes” M. K. Gandhi.
Self Restraint v. Self-Indulgence
. Navajivan Publishing, 1947, p. 64.
8
“Whenever the mind wanders” Easwaran,
Gita
, 6.26, p. 107.
9
“When meditation is mastered” ibid., 6.19, p. 106.
10
“Krishna, the mind is” ibid., 6.34, p. 108.
11
“Just keep practicing” ibid., 6.35, p. 108.
12
“It went straight” ibid., p. 35.
13
“What effect this reading” M. K. Gandhi.
Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
. Dover Publications: Mineola, New York, 1983, p. 233.
14
“When doubts haunt me” Sabapathy Kulandran.
Grace in Christianity and Hinduism
. Lutterworth Press: Cambridge, England, 2004, p. 139.
15
“inner relish, distinctly” Fischer,
Gandhi
, p. 11.
16
“His feet barely touched” ibid., p. 11.
17
“I had learnt” Richard L. Johnson, ed.
Gandhi’s Experiments with Truth: Essential Writings By and About Mahatma Gandhi
. Lexington Books: Lanham, Maryland, 2005, p. 8.
18
“Without realizing it” Easwaran,
Gandhi
, p. 22.
19
“My study of English law” M. K. Gandhi.
Autobiography
, p. 233.
20
“He who devotes himself” M. K. Gandhi.
Non-Violent Resistance Satyagraha
. Dover Publications: Mineola, New York, 2001, p. 48.
21
“He will take only” M. K. Gandhi, Judith Margaret Brown.
Gandhi: The Essential Writings
. Oxford University Press: London, 2008, p. 77.
22
“Hope and fear are both” Mitchell,
Tao
, Saying 13.
23
“There comes a time” K. D. Gangrade.
The Gandhian Approach to Development and Social Works
. Concept Publishing: Columbia, Missouri, 2005, p. 18.
24
“Gandhi was the most bewildering” Easwaran,
Gandhi
, p. 65.
25
“the
satyagrahi
’s object” Jai Narain Sharma.
Rediscovering Gandhi, Satyagraha Vol. 3
. Concept Publishing: Columbia, Missouri, 2008, p. 91.
26
“Greater courage is required” Easwaran,
Gandhi
, p. 84.
27
“Have I that nonviolence” M. K. Gandhi, Louis Fischer.
The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work and Ideas
. Vintage: New York, 2002, p. 319.
28
“Death is the appointed end” Louis Fischer.
The Life of Mahatma Gandhi
. Harper and Row: New York, 1983, p. 81.
29
“Select your purpose” Easwaran,
Gandhi
, p. 49.
30
“Do not resort to” ibid.
31
“Abandon all supports” Easwaran,
Gita
, 18.66, p. 212.
32
“Cast off your dependency” Eknath Easwaran,
The Bhagavad Gita
. Nilgiri Press: Novales, CA, 2009, Kindle edition, Note #41, p. 275.
1
“Have you understood” Easwaran,
Gita
, 18.72, p. 212.
2
“You have dispelled” ibid., 18.73, p. 212.
3
“Free from self-will” ibid., 18.53-56, pp. 210-211.
4
“We cannot master” Thomas Merton.
No Man is an Island
. Harcourt, Brace: New York, 1978, p. 130.
5
“… the fulfillment of every” ibid., p. 137.
6
“… we cannot achieve greatness” ibid., p. 122.
7
“Whenever I remember” Easwaran,
Gita
, 18.76–77, p. 213.
8
“Wherever the divine Krishna” ibid., 18.78, p. 213.
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S
TEPHEN
C
OPE
is the director of the Kripalu Institute for Extraordinary Living in Lenox, Massachusetts. He is the author of three previous books, including the bestselling
Yoga and the Quest for the True Self
.