Gandhi wanted to clean his lifestyle by following aparigraha, or non-possession, and samabhava which was equability. Gandhi was given the book “Unto This Last” by John Ruskin. Gandhi enjoyed what Ruskin offered in his book, and inspired Gandhi to establish communal living. Gandhi establish the Phoenix Settlement in June 1904, the settlement was communal living, focused on removing needless possessions and living in an equal community. Everyone was given three acres of land to build a house out of corrugated iron. Gandhi moved his family into the community. In 1906 Gandhi started to believe his family was taking his full potential as a public advocate, he took a vow to refrain from his love life. Gandhi had four children when he took this vow, the vow is known as brahmacharya. Gandhi believed that passion came from passion, so to make sure his life was pure he cut out food from his strict vegetarian diet. Gandhi also fasted often, believing it would further suppress any fleshly desires that would corrupt him. Though it was hard, Gandhi kept his vows of purity until he died. However Gandhi did not stop there: he believed that by taking the brahmacharya vow, he could also focus on developing the concept of Satyagraha, or passive resistance. That is, in its simplest form that is the basic idea. However, Gandhi said that passive resistance was not able to capture the true spirit of Satyagraha, as passive resistance is normally done out of a lack of option concerning active resistance and is also done out of anger. Gandhi used Satyagraha to name his new form of resistance, with Satyagraha literally meaning “truth force”. Gandhi also believed that in order to be exploited, the exploiter and exploited had to accept it. If one could see above the current situation and see the universal truth, then they had the power to make change. When used,
Gandhi wanted to clean his lifestyle by following aparigraha, or non-possession, and samabhava which was equability. Gandhi was given the book “Unto This Last” by John Ruskin. Gandhi enjoyed what Ruskin offered in his book, and inspired Gandhi to establish communal living. Gandhi establish the Phoenix Settlement in June 1904, the settlement was communal living, focused on removing needless possessions and living in an equal community. Everyone was given three acres of land to build a house out of corrugated iron. Gandhi moved his family into the community. In 1906 Gandhi started to believe his family was taking his full potential as a public advocate, he took a vow to refrain from his love life. Gandhi had four children when he took this vow, the vow is known as brahmacharya. Gandhi believed that passion came from passion, so to make sure his life was pure he cut out food from his strict vegetarian diet. Gandhi also fasted often, believing it would further suppress any fleshly desires that would corrupt him. Though it was hard, Gandhi kept his vows of purity until he died. However Gandhi did not stop there: he believed that by taking the brahmacharya vow, he could also focus on developing the concept of Satyagraha, or passive resistance. That is, in its simplest form that is the basic idea. However, Gandhi said that passive resistance was not able to capture the true spirit of Satyagraha, as passive resistance is normally done out of a lack of option concerning active resistance and is also done out of anger. Gandhi used Satyagraha to name his new form of resistance, with Satyagraha literally meaning “truth force”. Gandhi also believed that in order to be exploited, the exploiter and exploited had to accept it. If one could see above the current situation and see the universal truth, then they had the power to make change. When used,