Mohan-Mala - Mahatma Gandhi

Mohan-Malawould realize the strength of non-violence they would not consent to be calledthe weaker sex.YI, 14 Jan. 1932October 17Man has regarded woman as his tool. She has learnt to be his tool, and in theend found this easy and comfortable to be such, because when one dragsanother in his fall the descent is easy.H, 25 Jan. 1936October 18Woman must cease to consider herself the object of man’s lust. The remedy ismore in her hands than man’s. She must refuse to adorn herself for men,including her husband, if she will be an equal partner with man. I cannotimagine Sita ever wasting a single moment on pleasing Rama by physicalcharms.YI, 21 July 1921October 19Women are special custodians of all that is pure and religious in life.Conservative by nature, if they are slow to shed superstitions habits, they areslow to shed superstitious habits, they are also slow to give up all that is pureand noble in life.H, 25 March 1933October 20Woman is the incarnation of Ahimsa. Ahimsa means infinite love, which againmeans infinite love, which means infinite capacity for suffering. Who butwoman, the mother of man, shows this capacity in the largest measure? Shewww.mkgandhi.org Page 79