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Becoming Ghandi : my experiment living the Mahatma's 6 moral truths in immoral times / Perry Garfinkel.

by Garfinkel, Perry.

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Sounds True, c2024.

Garfinkel, Perry.

Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Ethics.

Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Influence.

Spiritual biography.

Journalists -- United States -- 21st century -- Essays.

Peace-building.

9781683646921 (hc.)

xix, 229 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Mahatma Gandhi championed truth and nonviolence, led the struggle for India's independence, and staunchly stood up for the marginalized. 'When I despair,' he said, 'I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won.' In 'Becoming Gandhi,' veteran journalist and author Perry Garfinkel sets out on a three-year quest to examine how Gandhi’s ideals have held up in a world beset by troubling trends. 'As I saw myself and society moving further away from a moral point of view,' Garfinkel states, 'I wanted to see if an ordinary person living in the 21st century could, like Gandhi, follow a morally driven game plan.' While tracing Gandhi’s legacy through India, England, South Africa, and even American communities where his spirit endures, Garfinkel attempts to follow six of the key principles that guided the Mahatma's life: Truth, nonviolence, vegetarianism, simplicity, faith, and celibacy. To many, Gandhi was a beacon of hope; to others, a lightning rod for controversy. As Perry Garfinkel found, walking (and even stumbling) in Gandhi's footsteps can reveal how we each have a role to play in creating a more compassionate, peaceful world. 'Being Gandhi is unattainable,' Garfinkel observes. 'But becoming more Gandhi-like will continue to engage me as long as I live. How about you?'" --Jacket.

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