Gandhi: Video, and Satyagraha

Gandhi held many very interesting beliefs and stuck with them. He was a religious man and believed that religion was the true way, and he was unusual in his beliefs since he believed any religion, whether Muslim, Jain, Jewish, Hindu, or Christian, was the correct path. In addition, he was passionate about non-violence and overall believed that each person had a right to be treated equally. I found his interest in non-violence to be very effective because he did not take it halfway. He was adamant about sticking with his beliefs under any circumstances - even if his life was in danger. Because he was against passive resistance, he was able to make the people around him stop fighting because they saw that it was the right thing to do, despite their many deep-seated prejudices and negative history and pain. Though these people had been hurt by each other, they realized by Gandhi's example that the right thing to do was to lessen the fighting. These deep-seated prejudices between ethnic groups or religious groups exist all over the globe, and often ( but not always) All that it takes is for each side to realize that the other side is, at their core, the same - with the same desires and fears - despite their differences. Gandhi was a person who was able to use non-violence by example to show people what the right thing to do is. His legacy will live on hopefully for a long time.