Evening star., 1922-03-20

the brain worker Is not exempt irem ~
this bodily labor. In fact, the spindie
has grown to be fetish WIN Tll
Gandhi. Its music has charm ior
him. He prescribes it for aliImen n
5naks 5na women Boys mus must PrsIer Peast away
their briefs for It. Doctors mus' !.
abandon stethoscope and take to II,
So far, its products have oeen
coarse; but, he asks. can q man or
woman look more beautiful than IN
the khaddar made by himself or her
the first sari Of her own making ne
surveyed her and pronounced her al.
vinely attractive. Without a DOUBT
his eyes so saw her and his mind SO
judged her.
Control Of the senses Is a requisite
is very hard and can be only very
slow. but it must be incessantly and
ruthlessly practiced. Luxuries are,
Of course, taboo. Even comforts
must be steadily reduced. The palate
is a particularly venal sense and mas
fare is condition Of spiritual ad'
vancement
Comments Upon Celibacy.
Celibacy is also enjoined on the
inmates Of the asrama. Married cou-
pies may not be admitted unless they
agree to surrender their mutual re-
lation and adopt that Of brother and
sister. If Mr.. Gandhi had his way
he would recommend this course to
Of the species has no terrors for him
He merely asks. why should we no,
all go to a better planet and live or
a higher plane? The question would
not appear SO fantastic after all to
| one who believed in the rebirth oi
4 Irxu NJ Ia nrsv1n
| and remembered that no person
| would be a celibate except Of his oil
her own free choice and when the
sex passion had been transcribed.
Machinery being one OF the mos
inseparable adjuncts OF modern civ
ilization, must be abandoned; 1t Il
| of the kingdom of Satan. Mills anc
| factories, where the laborer is done
out Of his humanity. have no place
| In his scheme. The wealth they
| create, 1t needs no saying, Is al
| abomination.
Posts and telegraphs and railway:
are likewise condemned. and Wit
them goes the printing press: HI
says that every time he himself uses
| one Of these instruments OF ciViliza
! tion he does SO with a pang! II
| would be nearly as hard for him u
| carry on his work without resort tt
! them as 1T would be to escape from
| the atmosphere of the earth: bu
perhaps the use Of evil might be de
fensible in it's own destruction.
For Walking Only.
| Rapid and easy means Of com
| munication have but multiplied crime
and disease; could not man infer
! from the fact Of God having giver
| him legs that he was not intended
to go farther than they could carr!
| him? What are ordinarily called
| the benefits Of railways and similal
| things are in reality the opposite
| being added enjoyments OF mean!
/ of gratifying the senses.
Medicine does not escape his judg.
| ment; he calls it black magic ant
! actually says it is better to die thar
be saved by a drug prescribed by the
doctor. The fear of immortality ant
| unhealthy modes of life has beer
materially weakened, If not totall!
removed. by the hope Of being saved
from the evil consequences by the
help Of the doctor a return to the
cure of Nature and, her simples woult
| redeem mankind.
These and similar doctrines. which
appear harsh to the ordinary person
form the substance of Mr.. Gandhi':
! ethic. Let it not be supposed that
they are logical distractions formu.
| lated for the purposes of mora
treatise or sermon. and with no in.
tended application to life. Their pro-