#Aurobindo on #Gandhi:
June 22, 1926
1. "For instance Gandhi is a European-truly, a Russian Christian in an Indian body. And there are some Indians in European bodies! Gandhi a European!"
June 22, 1926
1. "For instance Gandhi is a European-truly, a Russian Christian in an Indian body. And there are some Indians in European bodies! Gandhi a European!"
https://twitter.com/karrama12/status/1488870120604594183
He is largely influenced by Tolstoy, the Bible, and has a strong Jain tinge in his teachings; at any rate more than by the Indian scriptures-the Upanishads or the Gita, which he interprets in the light of his own ideas.
Many educated Indians consider him a spiritual man. Yes, because the Europeans call spiritual. But what he preaches is not Indian spirituality but something derived from Russian Christianity, non-violence, suffering, etc (…)"
On June 23, 1926:
"When #Gandhi’s movement was started, I said that this movement would lead either to a fiasco or to great confusion. And I see no reason to change my opinion. Only I would like to add that it has led to both."
"When #Gandhi’s movement was started, I said that this movement would lead either to a fiasco or to great confusion. And I see no reason to change my opinion. Only I would like to add that it has led to both."
In 1940, Aurobindo calls Gandhi " Crack."
https://twitter.com/Aabhas24/status/1488921089493585920?s=20&t=x55PFXjpKyfJmOC1XcVtfg
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