THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GANDHI: An Enquiry into Core of Gandhi’s Mind

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Jaladhar Pal

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ABOUT THE BOOK

This book is designed to fulfil a historical necessity too. During the first half of the last century his magnetic personality cast a tsumani like commotion among the mass populace from Manipur to Karachi, from Kashmir to Cape of Comorin of India irrespective of caste, creed, race and religion etc. They ran after his heels madly, followed his commands
hysterically, even went to jails chanting his mantra, 'do or die'. But now in this first decade of twenty first century the mass populace, especially the youths because of thrusting electronic, ultra modern life style seem to be perplexed, hedged about Gandhian legacy.
To interprete Gandhi is to interpret the Himalayas. His Collected Works are not complete. It deals with the sentient self not spiritual one. To him mind is individualistic and hence defies universalisation, still we try to bring to light the uncultivated traits of Gandhi’s personality.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jaladhar Pal has graduated from Presidency College, Calcutta; had his Master's and Ph.D. degree from Calcutta University. He has contributed some articles in renowned journals of national repute. His doctoral dissertation: The Moral Philosophy of Gandhi was highly acclaimed as a masterpiece by Gandhian scholars and reprinted to cater their
demand. The present book, The Psychology of Gandhi is a harvest of long ten year's strenuous and meticulous research work on Gandhi's mysterious mindset. This, is perhaps, the first attempt to analyse, uncover a systematic study of Gandhi's uncultivated mental traits. At present the author is engaged in a research work on Gandhi and Sarvodaya.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements....................................7

VOLUME – I: THE OUTLOOK

1. Introduction............................................11
To interprete Gandhi is to interpret the Himalayas - His Collected Works are not complete - It deals with the sentient self not spiritual one - To him mind is individualistic
and hence defies universalisation - still we try to bring to light the uncultivated traits of Gandhi’s personality.

2. A Non-attached Mind: A Steadfast? A Homa Bird?........................................................23
Karmic law inexorable - attached and non-attached action - Gandhi’s non-attachment in dress, food, possession, this
world, familial relations, commendation and condemnation - Is Gandhi a homa bird? A steadfast (sthitaprajna)?

3. Naya Mind (I)..............................................................135
Truth, usages, customs are working hypotheses - Kurt Godel’s theory of incompleteness of arithmetic - mathematical truths are working hypotheses - Euclidean geometrical axioms are contradicted by Lobachevsky’s hyperbolic geometry -geometrical axioms are also working hypotheses - quantum theory of physics fails to attain finality of cosmos - a working hypothesis - Gandhi adopts syadvad of Jaina philosophy - naya view - naya mind - naya paths - accommodation, carrying, nonembarrassment, dynamic path - ends and means, rights and duty relation.

4. Naya Mind (II)...........................................................205
Inconsistent path-consistency among inconsistencies - Gandhi and pragmatism - Gandhi a weather cock? a chameleon? - suggestion a naya path - compromise - give and take - compromising Hindustani - Muslim League - Asiatic Registration Act - Ahmedabad labour satyagraha - Nehru vs Subhas Bose - Gandhi-Irwin Pact - violence vs non-violence -both are necessary and honourable - ancient Indians accepted both as righteous and virtuous for sustenance of world order.

Bibliography....................................................................279

A note to readers for sequels follows............................289

Index...............................................................................291

VOLUME – II: THE WAYS OF LIVING

5. A Nomadic Mind: A Bohemian?...............................311
The concept - aimless, unsettled globe trotters - types - primitive, pastoral, trader and tinker nomadism - cultural and academic nomadism - world citizens - Gandhi Swanders for swadham - life-style, food, dress etc. of Gandhi and primitive nomad compared - Gandhi a bohemian? Concept of bohemianism - three types - amateurs, dreamers and stalwarts - nearly fifteen bohemian traits of Gandhi discussed - hence Gandhi a nomad and a bohemian.

6. A Credulous Mind....................................................369
Divine merits - heredity and environment - IQ - distinction among credibility, credulity and gullibility - characteristics of credulity - Gandhi prefers to be deceived - a willing
fool? Gandhi’s political credulities - social credulities - financial credulities - personal credulities discussed with examples.

7. An Experimenting Mind...........................................429
Concept - types - controlled, natural and field experiments - limitations of these experiments - Gandhi’s experiments are spiritual, dynamic, continuous - alone initiated them - discussed with examples - experiments on truth - food, education, financial problems, courier service, correspondence course, community life.

Bibliography.................................................................497

A note to readers for sequels follows.........................507

Index............................................................................509

VOLUME – III

8. An Effeminate Mind: An Androgyn (ardhanariswar)?.....................529
Concept of effeminacy - Oriental and Occidental - views of Purana, Greek mythology - Bible, Plato, medical science - status of women from nomadism to modern age - Gandhi a cook and nurse throughout life - womanish traits of Gandhi - wishes to be a woman, mother, father-mother both at the same time - He surpassed woman-folk in
cooking, nursing even in widowhood. Is Gandhi an androgyn (ardhanarishwara)? Chaitanya, Ramakrishna, Vidyasagar, Vivekananda, Tagore, Gandhi -all androgynous.

9. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde..................................................................603
Concept - an individual lives a life of many men in one single body - Gandhi inheres contrary and contradictory traits in him - Pandavas and Kauravas - cruelly kind husband -positive beast- sacred cow and ferocious tigerbrutality towards loved most - sadism and masochism - pessimism and optimism -political duality -R.T. Conference- Gandhi and Subhas Bose tangle -a blot - social duality -lepers and rotten dates -Lakshmi and antajya bridegroom -nepotism - Harilal-Ramdas -Mirabehn -
Jamnalal - personal duality -food is not at par with dumb millions - compared to St Teresa.

10. A Wailing Mind: A Pessimist?......................................................677
Concept - wailing wall in Jerusalem - Gandhi’s rise to power - two aptitudes - drafting and fund raising - decline in authority - people reject truth and non-violence - khadi
is not a living thing - no swaraj in this land - Hindustani no longer spoken - Brahmacharya not realised - Nanga Baba and tantric observances - divine merits evaporate - Gandhi like Vyasdev wails - shrill cry of homa bird - Jean Anouilh - Russell - Vivekananda - Gandhi as homa bird - Is Gandhi a pessimist? Concepts of Ramarajya and Sarvodaya confirm Gandhi’s optimism.

11. Conclusion........................................................................................721
Gandhi had little faith in psychological studies - our discussions are scholastic creations - non-attached mindnaya or relative mind - nomadic and bohemian mind - credulous and experimenting mind -an effeminate mind - surpasses womenfolk - a mixture of good and evil - a wailing mind but an optimist - a spiritual man worshipped as Gandhi-god - a humanist per excellence.

Bibliography..........................................................................................753

Index......................................................................................................763


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