A Letter to a Hindu By Leo Tolstoy (Intoduction By Mahatma Gandhi) Abee _____ http://cdn.piczend.com/images/LbL5mA9S/1376919508_capture.

jpg About: ___ A Letter to a Hindu (also known as A Letter to a Hindoo) was a letter written by Leo Tolstoy to Tarak Nath Das in 1908.[1] The letter was written in response to two letters sent by Das, seeking support from the famous Russian author and thi nker, for India's independence from British colonial rule. The letter was publis hed in the Indian newspaper Free Hindustan. The letter caused the young Mohandas Gandhi to write to the world-famous Tolstoy to ask for advice and for permissio n to reprint the Letter in Gandhi's own South African newspaper, Indian Opinion, in 1909. Mohandas Gandhi was stationed in South Africa at the time and just beg inning his lifelong activist career. He then translated the letter himself, from the original English copy sent to India, into his native Gujarati.[1] In A Letter to a Hindu, Tolstoy argued that only through the principle of love c ould the Indian people free themselves from colonial British rule. Tolstoy saw t he law of love espoused in all the world's religions, and he argued that the ind ividual, non-violent application of the law of love in the form of protests, str ikes, and other forms of peaceful resistance were the only alternative to violen t revolution. These ideas ultimately proved to be successful in 1947 in the culm ination of the Indian Independence Movement. This letter, along with Tolstoy's views and preaching, helped to form Mohandas G andhi's views about non-violent resistance.[1] Gandhi's familiarity with Tolstoy began with his reading of The Kingdom of God is Within You, which argues for a literal interpretation of Christian principles. Non-violent resistance was a maj or part of Tolstoy's own view of Christianity. In this letter Tolstoy referred to the Tamil Tirukkua as The Hindu Kural. WRITTEN BY: Leo Tolstoy INTRODUCTION BY: M.K. Gandhi NARRATED BY: Michael Scott Bitrate : 96kbps `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` SEED PLEASE , LET OTHERS GET IT TOO. `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` :)__Abee