Gandhian Trusteeship and Social Change

Gandhian Trusteeship and Social Change

The Art of Renunciation

GANDHIAN TRUSTEESHIP IN THEORY AND PRACTICE THE ART OF RENUNCIATION The act of renunciation of everything is not a mere physical renunciation, but represents a second or new birth. It is a deliberate act, not done in ignorance. It is, therefore, a regeneration. MAHATMA GANDHI1

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Regeneration and Rebirth

GANDHIAN TRUSTEESHIP IN THEORY AND PRACTICE REGENERATION AND REBIRTH Ideals must work in practice, otherwise they are not potent. Mahatma Gandhi Looking at Gandhian trusteeship more closely, we might ask what it actually means to be a trustee. A trustee is one who self-consciously assumes

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Justice and Self-Sacrifice

ON SELF-SACRIFICE ENQUIRER. Is equal justice to all and love to every creature the highest standard of Theosophy? THEOSOPHIST. No; there is an even far higher one. ENQUIRER. What can it be? THEOSOPHIST. The giving to others more than to oneself ―self-sacrifice. Such was the standard and abounding

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Caring for Humanity

CARING FOR ALL OF HUMANITY Theosophists realize that every man is a component and integral part of universal brotherhood and of Humanity. That which affects one, will act and react on all… if it is right to care for the poor and those who suffer,

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