Excerpt from Redemption Stories: Unwasted Pain by Mary Ciofalo: The movie Gandhi inspired me - particularly one scene. In it Gandhi is fasting again to try and end the horrific riots between the Hindus and Moslems. A trio of Hindu men comes to tell Gandhi that they have stopped inciting their people, and that he must now end his fast. One of them flings a piece of bread onto Gandhi's cot and tells him, "I am going to Hell, but you must eat and live." Gandhi says, "Only God determines who goes to Hell. Why do you think you are?" The man replies, "I killed a Moslem child." Gandhi winces, then says quietly,"Why?" The man replies, "They killed my wife and my son." After a moment of silence, Gandhi says quietly, "I know a way out of Hell." The Hindu man looks shocked. It is clear that he never considered redemption for himself. Gandhi says, "Go find a child without parents and raise him as your own. Bu
Simply AWESOME.. The last word "Within" made me - WOW WOW WOW.
ReplyDeleteThis is what I wrote (but just kept within) on Guru Poornima in Gujarati, if you can read:
શું ધરુ તવ ચરણે આજે,
આ "હું-પણું" ચાલશે?
Shival, could you please transliterate in English? And, yes, I can read Gujarati.
ReplyDeleteHere it is:
ReplyDeleteWhat should I offer at YOUR HOLY FEET today?
Will this [my little] ego be OK [to YOU]?