Brain/Mind Bulletin
"The illustrations are stunning, the biography vivid. Easwaran places Gandhi within a spiritual as well as historic context."


Bill McKibben, New York Post
"It comes closer to giving some sense of how Gandhi saw his life than any other account I have read. . . . Gandhi mastered his own life took charge of his mind and his body. As a result he knew no fear, only great and undifferentiated love for the rest of creation. And so he was able to powerfully affect that creation."


Argus-Courier
"Gandhi the Man is a compelling and relevant account of the man many consider to be the most important figure of our age. It is perhaps the most accessible work on Gandhi that has yet been published."


Book Description
Gandhi the Man tells how Gandhi remade himself from a shy, tongue-tied, average little man to a Mahatma whose life can serve as an inspiration for our own transformation.


From the Publisher
In 1893, Mohandas Gandhi left India for South Africa at the age of 23 a man whose past was full of failure. Ten years later, called a saint even by those who opposed him, he grew to become the acknowledged leader of 400 million Indians in their struggle for independence. How did it happen? As a young man, Eknath Easwaran visited Gandhi not to observe his political style, he states, but, "because I wanted to know the secret of his power." It is this secret that Easwaran reveals to his readers. 192 pages


About the Author
Eknath Easwaran grew up in Gandhi's India in an ancient Hindu matrilineal family in Kerala state. He had not been long out of college when he made his first visit to Gandhi to discover the secret of his self-mastery the secret not of Gandhi the political leader, but of Gandhi the man.Years later, in the midst of a busy career as a writer and professor, Easwaran began to practice meditation earnestly in order to bring about a similar spiritual transformation in his own life. He was chairman of the Department of English at a large Indian university when he came to the United States on the Fulbright exchange program. In 1961, he established the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation in Berkeley, California. Since that time he has dedicated himself to teaching meditation to those leading active lives in the midst of family and community.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Many books have been written about Gandhi's nonviolent revolution. Here, Eknath Easwaran describes the astonishing personal revolution by which this simple, inarticulate man transformed himself into the Mahatma who ushered the British Empire out of India without firing a shot. It is an unusually personal story, for the book's concern is not with Gandhi's politics but with the way he lived.

SYNOPSIS

A vivid account of Mahatma Gandhi￯﾿ﾽs spiritual transformation from timid young man to world leader that can serve as an inspiration for our own transformation. In 1893, Mohandas Gandhi left India for South Africa at the age of 23 ￯﾿ﾽ a man whose past was full of failure. Ten years later, called a saint even by those who opposed him, he grew to become the acknowledged leader of 400 million Indians in their struggle for independence. As a young man, Eknath Easwaran visited Gandhi ￯﾿ﾽ not to observe his political style, but, ￯﾿ﾽbecause I wanted to know the secret of his power.￯﾿ﾽ Easwaran shares what he discovered in this book. The chapter by Timothy Flinders, ￯﾿ﾽHow Satyagraha Works￯﾿ﾽ shows how to use Gandhi￯﾿ﾽs nonviolent techniques to solve contemporary problems.

About the Author
Eknath Easwaran grew up in Gandhi￯﾿ﾽs India in an ancient Hindu matrilineal family in Kerala state. He had not been long out of college when he made his first visit to Gandhi to discover the secret of his self-mastery ￯﾿ﾽ the secret not of Gandhi the political leader, but of Gandhi the man. Years later, in the midst of a busy career as a writer and professor, Easwaran began to practice meditation earnestly in order to bring about a similar spiritual transformation in his own life. He was chairman of the Department of English at a large Indian university when he came to the United States on the Fulbright exchange program. In 1961, he established the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation in Berkeley, California.

FROM THE CRITICS

Argus-Courier

Gandhi the Man is a compelling and relevant account of the man many consider to be the most important figure of our age. It is perhaps the most accessible work on Gandhi that has yet been published

About the Author
Eknath Easwaran grew up in Gandhi's India in an ancient Hindu matrilineal family in Kerala state. He had not been long out of college when he made his first visit to Gandhi to discover the secret of his self-mastery – the secret not of Gandhi the political leader, but of Gandhi the man. Years later, in the midst of a busy career as a writer and professor, Easwaran began to practice meditation earnestly in order to bring about a similar spiritual transformation in his own life. He was chairman of the Department of English at a large Indian university when he came to the United States on the Fulbright exchange program. In 1961, he established the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation in Berkeley, California.

Bill McKibben

It comes closer to giving some sense of how Gandhi saw his life than any other account I have read. . . . Gandhi mastered his own life ￯﾿ﾽ took charge of his mind and his body. As a result he knew no fear, only great and undifferentiated love for the rest of creation. And so he was able to powerfully affect that creation.New York Post

Noetic Sciences Review

Provides an inspiring example of the reaches of human possibility when infused with spiritual insight

Noetic Sciences News

Provides an inspiring example of the reaches of human possibility when infused with spiritual insight

Brain/Mind Bulletin