Vaman Hari Pandit (2) on Gandhiji

8/3/2019 Vaman Hari Pandit (2) on Gandhiji

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T}4 IJRDER OF IWA^VOF FEACE(By: Vaman H. panilii)Gandhijr had come and gone. I - The writer.. prcsents la bomb was thrown by aThere was nothing but agonyl I*:.an e-ye-witness r+co' lrourg man during the prayer-in'his heart. He could not ac- i Ilection of 2f Ve-ars ,qo, lmeeting. No oie *ui-lrrrt.cept the congratuiations trr: I when thb hand of the I ekout this rncident n"'l"l Ihatred and killing dagnaeed I murderer_,strugli the ilran I marked ilrat ,ro orru ,ioura Ithe plmosphere. In Beneal i of Peace-Itr{irp Gandhl. llook down upon ilris irrirsrld_ fGanclhijr tliecl to mainiain I ,*L" ir the last page. The luJ'yorrrg man.. on the .ther Ipeace but unhappi,"" ,i ,T I ::ljl-" *P *::.,._*1i111c I rrana rre tora ttru i".po.'t"crr_ |

i :l ,ti+:',"$'*' ffi Ji I ';"*: : t++ l; rhri"*: I *:'";:'r'*#11]i::,"],ffi iichcerfuly die at the ,]"lru.,:1 liT:"rtt to Pakisten irnnrcctra- luno ot legrslation ttrrt ,rcv rianyone who chose t,-r tako- his I tclv' . lf,J "o*. ' Iirirg u9 wourd then jra_vc flo1c L T.n,' c"'rII:,:" :1.: ],^111 ,;' 1" i," proceeded to rrarp rrponilrvhat he was advrsirrg all to llndia was highly, app:'eciat,ed- lthe decontiol of urr""i*f IIoi,, arr his pleacrinss ro res- I ff-:?:l .l[:,',,iif, ':; 'ff l:::l"on:s which n"..l1; IItore communrt tr.*n,,i i.rilrr""."' "#;;*;i i" r*a-i;;li"f;u'^:"d^^:ry1.,t^T c1l]ll^tilnr" communal harmo,v fctl I honour uno ,:ull'-,,'^"*1"-1u-l? I;it of corruption "g.r"ri II nrt. It was his vow tn "do" lan honourable setllcmeni. not l--:- he begged his listener"'1

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Puniab he could rrot do.,so.l outsiilo tlle Birre lrouse lceneral of poiice;,;;; t*,;:"He was ready to die ,so rhat I l:lld . th: -rlg,, news: I bt" th" vouns mar: i* anywe might live in peace". i "Bapu is no more", I wa.y. They should t.v to winmlgnl IIve In peace". i "Itaptr ls no more", I wa.y. They should try to Win41 the end of septembcr I .*l****. lni*'orr". and convert irr* i" iL947, Gandhi rstlrrnecl to lfor the last threg, days, Ttre l.igfrt thinking an6 doing.Delhr, lle stayed st.Birla |final conclusion tras- tiasl'redl"E""ruy 3 week later of thjsHouse. He addressed daily at I upon rre snd it ,nrskes lne lincideni 6n January-ZO. ,,In_his prayer-meetings. The peo- ,jr"ppy. No man, if he is pure, ! dependence Day', now thep1e of Punjab and Bengal ac-'has anvthing more precir,u,: to lRepublic Day Gancihrji askcdiepted the partiticn of their' 'giv6 than his hfe., I liope, ,ia I p"Jnrt what were they ce*r-homeland as a fait accornpli. 'pray that I havs ths.purity in llratingr he sai; ,,thatMrgration and counter.migra-,De to iiustify the stip". lwg have handled independ.encetion began between the two i r,es_r FAsr . l;: ;;; i"'n. i*ii,,ii"*0.,,ctomir.rios of India ancl pakis-l ,l: 1"., F.:_.r,^:.oiT",l:.-d li,l r""rr r am, qven if you aretan which resulted in mass on 13, January 1948. Hc ct.rr)- lr,o1r,.murders. He advised bolh the ltinued 'lo address the crowd I nut they were entit.tctt tocommuruties, Hindu ancl. -lVlus- ldaily st his 1:raycr-mt'etrns lho;e hat the worst rr.as over-'-, -' "'" lnope hat the worst \.,.aS Dverims. ihat thev sh.trlc not JAt that time ao"ulll-"r1-',]l , of ]u.,a tn"t they rverg on the.leat,e their homes. I India, had been lvith holr"lin.g i -^^, .^ ^L.,---..^ - .L - 1^-_-r: ^-1'e their homes. llndia,,,had been rvith l"ld:..s ir..rt'r" showrng the rowliestGoD's EscoRT from the Government of Paki- j,.,i rie vilagers that it mearrt .In one of his lrrayer'-nteet- lstan certain subst;r:rtral t,,tt,.'[i."]... n^,,^+ ...".=J"i|.1:),3].,=::1. his freedom trom seridonSlrr,.s--he said 1-re_.1t1nted to go iof money whi6h,thcv had pre. ,V1ol"r"u, veijecl or ""r]rit, 1;ro arl narts.of pakiitp., "*.1 lyhy:lv agreed .to .rl:n or_1.l,r,rrt be tabooed, strikes he IItrrr proractron 'rt..no escort lro tnem as part or --n{r jlrvl; idisapproved though he hun_ Ilsavc God. He would_ eo rherc l:i":, * 11ets of lh: *n"l*.,:i l#i, *r, responsible f"".#;i


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s e A,lone fs'?-Gandhi On God(.)n,-.-' .l C{)t lltsl-1,-rild'-'tr,- in',

\ It, J trj;ihl ila G;indltt tt)atr'. \, dr ,-.ortrc oI the cucstion:p0se{1 by hrm in hts' tur'li\G I.\DlA" abourGcrl. 't lrc cr-rrt'espondeut c1e-sirecl a ciari[icaiiofl frr-rmGanclhilt: '"1 read .!'our"Y0lJNq INDIA" of l2tttMrry. l!27. whtte l,otl $l'lte."I lhin( i[ l:i wrLrng t0 ex-Lree L ecrtainties in this worldlvhere all els,' but God, thatis 'Iruth, is ln u0cel'tarnty''. orvn L)clr a nrunu,menl lolThe follorvin{ lvere rhe himself, not in marbal buiquestion$ rn hrrr'f askcd by in words tmmortal. FIrs con-the eorrespttitdent:-- "God ur,rr',ng, argumellt:r. the writerIs n{Jt 'a ecrtainiy. Why rloes hooes,' for the cxl-qtcnce oihe allow the uorld to be po- 6u4 wouid g, a lo*g rvaypulated b-v bad peoplc of all 1o allieyate sorilre of the caresshades? ;;;"^';",'-.,,.-."'"t rr;r-l;;- hin rn as er eru clritn:irq cr e r ,WHY ALL0\4/ EVIL? ",*rt tJifr!';;.;1d

- ^ dving' there \\'ar un-i:--'slrgulil uot Go,l, k;li lvtsk- rI': *tot*"tt.tit the ilrgu- h.ins all that ci-tilllte 3 lir;rl3edness by Hts power thslg rnent- *" ot "iJ as alu*' |.u*"t that rvas chanqeless';rnd then nip all rascailrv in But t " p"ttiiit.d [in;;li il that held all toqethe r' thatthe bud and ror orr#'iutill *ii" *-[v n* rrii"r.J' - Hs created' dissoh'es and t'^cre-erl people to flour.isir? lwas oto..ri*-n "r"';; ;" i;- 1:.tt1 That lniornring pot'elotwhy should Clt.,t, be i.,ng-lliut" "i lti."t-'rtni*rta:"-that or spirit was Cod' A'd siric:i'suffering and bc patrent? - ltrrere *"'"'ru'n"g ';"; ;1;" ttttthinn else he sa'rv mett:lYrI God alr'i's , ,ili,lli;.," l;lJi*i:];,tJi; r,ii.ui.", Xf#ifn J,t"o,""ijlu"i".,Tlo,,l'ti,g Il15 Owll !',fave. wltY ullu uurtlgs'should he nor ou*.n't',r."'l"o - lr* wtit ot' and eln citing BENEvotENT

t1'rant before his tyrannv his reasons_ about the exl- And that ;r.,i..c| lvas r.r.ire-oppresses the oooi"? stence of Ccci to the said 16"r' benevol':u'. or rnale'o'lVhv hive - fail.h in 11.,11 corres0oroent thus:- lent" He saw it pul'elY dsGod rvhr-r does not uu. ff,i "There is an indefinahle beucvtrlent. Ir*ri' he ec'uidpo\r-erq t0 chanee fir" *orta mysterious Power that pef- see that in tht: lrrrdst , land make it 1 r,,-,-,11j--of er;J vades- everythins' t le"! il' death, life per,isrcd. r;r th;and righteous mcn? -. lhoueh I do not sec it. It is miclst i:f untruih tiuth per-Why- sirould no1 1,i6ieus this Un-seen Pcl''er which.rrl*6. is the rnrilst of dark-men die eariy as a result of mai(es .-itself lelt and Yc-t ness light per.isi:C. IJencetheir vicesi". -'-- "' refies all proof' because it n" gutfrbf-.d tir.t GoC is life,. The correspondegt begEed r;.so utrlike'rtl that of per- 11uth, i,r.ght. ile i5 love. i{eof Mahatma ,o -.nilsh?*n ceive througir mr' senses- It ir tlr. supre,me God.him through "YOUNG Ili- transcends the senses. , "But He is no Ged uhoDIA" anci to cll-lttlc his ciis- F,rr.r,,n mercly satisl ier the tt:bcirer inrc, belief. : his ciis-l LIMITED E*TENT [";t'-r:3]'1i'#-'%Jli.:X';:'

(By, Vnmxn H. Pandit)1''[g wri-er pfescn p fterean cxlract [rorrn onc of thcissues oI 'Y0UNG IN-DIA" cd trrl by MairatmaGandh,. lt I'allorrs the ori-ginal ar.icle nnly to thr ex-tent of ke$r,ins tht uattr11rough1 lrr{r rn iti' f ranksdlnt5siolr liti'l t0 u+ .( rrl)cGod '*is [.r artcrirp" iherlnpt 5sihlc,"

then, ,uhich s.or,erns all lifeis GodLaw and 1-hr: J,ar,,,' giver arcone. I mav not deny theLaw ur the L,aw'giver, be-

The fo]lolving wa.s the an:r" ijut it is pos:;ibie llr reason Ciorl must rultr tlte healt ilit'lwer to the above qucsurrrs rlut the cxistencc of Gorl to transform it, Ile trrust e>l-{ivern by ]\4aha.l.rna Gandhr. a li,mited exreili. Even in press I{imself itt e','en theIt offerrs an ovcirvhclmin|l rr1 rj16x1'12 affairs lve knolv smallest act cf His votarv.oroof of his full faith in Gocl. that people 5ls lloi knorv if,his call r-rnlv be dtlncIt also proved the grcai.ntrs:; wilo rules or t"hy and horv through ir dcfinitc re;ilisattoil


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Immouobie Faiththose who have felt ,the real rilv, to reiect all that wasoi"S"na Ut- God within- 'contrary 10' Trurh and Love.. Such , testimony is to i:c ,found in the:- sxperiences of ' Gandliii wroie that hean unbroken line of saf,es find no exact answer to the ,and prophets in all ssgllries correspondent's argulnent.and climes. To reiect lhis g" confessed to him thatevi$ence is to deny txeself . he, had no argur.lent to.'con:Mahatmaii ftrr"ther e>r ltnc9 him throug'h reasofl,";#f,Ti; b"1i;i.;^ cri-i 51i1tr fSnsceltlgd l',u'ol: 41,that realisalion wa; nrcccd- fie could . a(lvlse nlm to OOed. by an i66qovable iniitt. n" y:-t-,3:t to,,ltt:Tfj lt: T'who 'would ttt his ovvn ller- posslole' He could not ac-'son . test the turt "ii-'-Cias count for the existence ''" of;;;:"";;1;'rii o"':to-u'' 3 evil bv .anY tattonal method'''i*iri' rritrr ano since taith To 'want to do so was to be litself could not be B-r"a 6u co-e'ilral with God He wai'l.exrraneou* *u!d*nc"1'."tiril *- 119q"to.e, , unable biroush to,i;;;;;;;; *ui to betieve ,ri reco..nise evil as such. Andthe moral gou"ro,o"iri-of rh, he.called" God' lonE-suffering*iirfi' .' "ito-trr*.rnt* in . tt'* *d ',.1tlyi . orec'se1v. because

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rrni.rn".u of the moral law' he . .permitted evrl in thci;;'"L;; ot-rruih nno*t-ou-' l1orl! He k'rew..that He'"i*il:"li* .r:,taitrr iroula q*.!g:d] . $q,no er':i1 m Him:.#;ril*ir"i* tu"r.-*^ , und u:Ii-r*.ih*;':'yg1"J.ll H-"iclear deterrninationr' surmrua- (Cpntil,. on Page 3; I


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