Mahatma Gandhi & Seven “Deadly Sins”

Today – October 2 – is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s (or Mahatma Gandhi’s) birth anniversary . Gandhi once said that if we are not careful then seven “deadly sins” will destroy us. They are: a) “Wealth Without Work”; b) “Pleasure Without Conscience”; c) “Knowledge Without Character; d) Commerce (Business) Without Morality (Ethics); e) Science Without Humanity; f) Religion Without Sacrifice; g) Politics Without Principle.

We can see around us the result of the nations/people revelling in these “sins”. Dr. Stephen R. Covey – one of the world’s leading management consultants and author of the best selling book “The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People” (15 million copies sold) – takes an interesting look at Mahatma Gandhi’s “seven deadly sins”. More here…

To read Gandhi’s “Autobiography – The Story of My Experiments With Truth” online, please click here…

And for a comprehensive website on Gandhi recommended by the Time magazine, see here….

Some other useful sites here…

Photo above: Mahatma Gandhi with Charlie Chaplin

Google paid a unique tribute…

The face of the Indian independence movement leader replaces the letter “G” in Google’s home page. He joins an elite band including Michael Jackson, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci and Confucius by appearing on the ‘Google Doodle’, reports The Telegraph. More here…

As the world celebrates International Day of non-violence, US President Barack Obama on Friday said America has its “roots in the India of Mahatma Gandhi,” reports CNN-ibnlive.

“His teachings and ideals, shared with Martin Luther King Jr. on his 1959 pilgrimage to India, transformed American society through our civil rights movement,” Obama said on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Americans owe enormous gratitude to Gandhi, he said. More here…

And here are some sacred bhajans (songs)…

To listen to Lata Mangeshkar’s version please click here…

Here’s Lata’s profile….

And here’s M.S. Subbulakshmi’s version of “Vaishnav jan…”…please click here…

See Subbulakshmi’s profile here…