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Sobre o Vegetarianismo

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Como parte de uma família hindu vaishnava, para Mohandas Gandhi não comer carne nem ovos era uma questão, de início, apenas religiosa. No entanto, ao se aproximar dos conceitos de não-violência, o vegetarianismo passou a ser uma missão, que integrava os princípios fundamentais que norteavam a sua vida. Esse dever com os animais constituiu a essência de seu engajamento pelo vegetarianismo. “Eu não gostaria de tirar a vida de um carneiro para satisfazer algum corpo humano. Acredito que quanto menos uma criatura pode se defender mais ela tem direito a proteção do homem contra a crueldade do homem.” O livro Sobre o vegetarianismo reúne os principais textos de Gandhi sobre o assunto escritos ao longo de sua vida e revelando suas ideias e experiências pessoais sobre o tema da alimentação, desde o fim do século XIX, quando se mudou para Inglaterra para estudar direito, descobriu o livro Em defesa do vegetarianismo, de Henry Salt, e se filiou à Sociedade Vegetariana de Londres, tornando seu membro ativo.

100 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2019

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for non-violence, civil rights and freedom across the world.

The son of a senior government official, Gandhi was born and raised in a Hindu Bania community in coastal Gujarat, and trained in law in London. Gandhi became famous by fighting for the civil rights of Muslim and Hindu Indians in South Africa, using new techniques of non-violent civil disobedience that he developed. Returning to India in 1915, he set about organizing peasants to protest excessive land-taxes. A lifelong opponent of "communalism" (i.e. basing politics on religion) he reached out widely to all religious groups. He became a leader of Muslims protesting the declining status of the Caliphate. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, increasing economic self-reliance, and above all for achieving Swaraj—the independence of India from British domination. His spiritual teacher was the Jain philosopher/poet Shrimad Rajchandra.

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August 15, 2022
I was hoping more than a few letters. I thought it was more about what made him become a vegetarian by heart instead of just religion.
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December 4, 2022
Gandhi era um chato. Se eu não fosse vegetariana, esse livro teria mais me afastado do que aproximado de começar a ser.
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