The Essential Gandhi

The Essential Gandhi

Infobox Book
name = The Essential Gandhi
edited_by = Louis Fischer
preface_by = Eknath Easwaran


image_caption = Cover of the second edition
author = Mahatma Gandhi
cover_artist = John Gall
country = United States
language = English
series = Vintage Spiritual Classics
subject =
genre = biography, essay
publisher = Ballantine Books
release_date = 1962
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = xxvi, 338 pp
size_weight =
isbn = ISBN 1-4000-3050-1 (reprint)
preceded_by =
followed_by =

The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas is a collection of Gandhi's writings edited by Louis Fischer. The book outlines how Gandhi became the Mahatma and introduces Gandhi's opinions on various subjects. It is split into two parts: The Man and The Mahatma.

The Man

. Throughout this part of the book, the reader is shown subtle glimpses of the part of the rather unremarkable Mohandas K. Gandhi that will become the spiritual leader of India. Part One culminates in Gandhi's march into the Transvaal leading thousands of Indian laborers on strike. The demonstration brought about reforms to the previously anti-Indian law code.

The Mahatma

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title = Mahatma Gandhi

group1 = Family
list1 = Kasturbai Gandhi· Harilal Gandhi· Manilal Gandhi· Ramdas Gandhi· Devdas Gandhi· Samaldas Gandhi· Arun Gandhi· Rajmohan Gandhi· Tushar Gandhi· Gopalkrishna Gandhi

group2 = Life
list2 = Kasturbai Gandhi· Civil rights movement in South Africa· Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha· Non-cooperation· Chauri Chaura· "Purna Swaraj"· Salt Satyagraha· Vaikom Satyagraha· Poona Pact· Quit India· Attempts to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi

group3 = nowrap|Influences and ideas
list3 = Gandhism· Gandhian economics· "Brahmacharya"· Vegetarianism· Fasting· "Ahimsa"· Hinduism· Jainism· "Satyagraha"· Pacifism· Civil disobedience· Sarvodaya· Ashram· "Swadeshi"· "Swaraj"· "The Story Of My Experiments With Truth"

group4 = Inspiration
list4 = Bardoli Satyagraha· Sarvodaya· Gujarat Vidyapith· Kashi Vidyapeeth· Jamia Millia Islamia· Vinoba Bhave· Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel· Mirabehn· C. F. Andrews· Narhari Parikh· Ravi Shankar Vyas· Mohanlal Pandya· Mahadev Desai· Abbas Tyabji· Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan· Dada Dharmadhikari· J. C. Kumarappa· Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize· Artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi· "Gandhi Jayanti"· "Gandhigiri"


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