Mohan-Mala - Mahatma Gandhi

Mohan-MalaFebruary 22In India we have got three millions of people who have to be satisfied with onemeal a day, and that meal consisting of a chapatti containing no fat in it and apinch of salt. You and I have no right to anything that we really have until thesethree millions are clothed and fed better. You and I, who ought to know better,must adjust our wants, and even undergo voluntary starvation in order thatthey may be nursed, fed and clothed.SW, p.385February 23The golden rule is resolutely to refuse to have what millions cannot. This abilityto refuse will not descend upon us all of a sudden. The first thing is to cultivatethe mental attitude that will not have possession or facilities denied tomillions, arrange our lives as fast as possible in accordance with that mentality.YI, 24 June 1926February 24One should eat not in order to please the plate, but just to keep body going.When each organ of sense sub serves the body and through the body the soul,its special relish disappears and then alone does it begin to function in the waynature intended it to do. Any number of experiments is too small and nosacrifice too great for attaining this symphony with nature.Auto, p. 392February 25We want healers of souls rather than of bodies. The multiplicity of hospitalsand medical men is no sign of true civilization. The less we and others pamperour bodies the better for us and the world.YI, 29 Sept.1927www.mkgandhi.org Page 17