It was Gandhi who really brought this abstruse doctrine back to vibrant life: act, by all means, but make your act, in the modern sense of the word, a sacrifice. That is, he explained, choose a selfless goal, use right means (nonviolence), and never be pushed into action for your own benefit – a tall order. Gandhi was not waxing metaphorical when he called his programs for the deliverance of India – and of the individual activist – yajna. By drawing upon the not-to-be-denied need in all of us to work for a selfless goal he elevated even his political campaigns to the level of models for every
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