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Orbis adds to its Modern Spiritual Masters series with Mohandas Gandhi: Essential Writings, edited and introduced by John Dear. Dear, who writes that Gandhi's example "challenges us to become prophets and apostles of nonviolence," organizes the short selections thematically, arranging them around issues such as nonviolent resistance, the discipline of prayer and fasting, the search for God and the pursuit of truth. Dear has chosen accessible, passionate excerpts from Gandhi's writings, resulting in a valuable compendium for students and spiritual devotees.

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Chronology of the Life of Mohandas Gandhi	p. 11
Sources and Recommended Readings	p. 15
Introduction: Mahatma Gandhi, Apostle of Nonviolence	p. 17
My Life is My Message: Autobiographical Writings	p. 49
To See God Face to Face	p. 50
The Gita and the Sermon on the Mount	p. 52
The Most Creative Experience of My Life	p. 54
The Infinite Possibilities of Universal Love	p. 56
Beginning a Life of Nonviolence	p. 57
Building a New Community in India	p. 60
My First Experiment in Nonviolence in India	p. 61
The National Strike	p. 65
The Spiritual Path of Nonviolence and Purity	p. 66
The Search for God	p. 69
God Is Truth and Love	p. 70
The Unseen Power	p. 71
Truth Is God	p. 72
The Requirement of a Living Faith	p. 73
Finding God through Serving Humanity	p. 75
God Is within All of Us	p. 77
Respect All Religions	p. 78
Christ's Gospel of Love and Peace	p. 78
Compassion and Solidarity with the Poor	p. 80
Joy in the Search for God	p. 81
The Pursuit of Truth	p. 83
Devotion to Truth	p. 84
The Method of Satyagraha	p. 86
The Qualities of a Satyagrahi	p. 89
The Willingness to Suffer for Truth	p. 91
The Practice of Nonviolence	p. 94
Nonviolence Is the Most Active Force in the World	p. 96
Nonviolence Means Pure Love	p. 101
Nonviolence is the Way of Truth and Peace	p. 104
The Virtue of Nonviolence	p. 106
Training in Nonviolence	p. 107
Nonviolence Is the Rule of Life	p. 114
Nonviolence Can Be Practiced by Nations	p. 116
My Experience of Nonviolence	p. 120
Nonviolence Belongs to the Brave	p. 125
The Amazing Discoveries of Nonviolence to Come	p. 127
Gandhi's Prayer for All	p. 127
The Discipline of Prayer and Fasting	p. 128
Prayer Is the Core of Life	p. 129
Thy Will Be Done	p. 131
Prayer Is a Longing for God	p. 132
Prayer Purifies the Heart	p. 132
The Humility of Prayer	p. 133
The Practice of Prayer	p. 134
Prayer Is Never Fruitless	p. 136
My Experience of Prayer	p. 137
A National Day of Prayer and Fasting	p. 138
The Method of Fasting	p. 139
A Daily Resolution	p. 140
Gandhi's Prayer	p. 140
The Weapon of Prayer	p. 140
Leave the Results in God's Hands	p. 141
Live a Saintly Life to Obtain Peace	p. 141
God Gives Enough Light for the Next Step	p. 142
The Urgent Need for Nuclear Disarmament	p. 143
Nonviolence and Nuclear Weapons	p. 144
Disarm Now or There Is No Hope for Peace	p. 147
Gandhi's Last Words	p. 147
The Life of Steadfast Resistance	p. 149
Victory Is Ours: The Johannesburg, South Africa, Mass Meeting, September 11, 1906	p. 150
Obeying the Divine Law, Resisting Unjust Laws	p. 152
God Will Give Us Our Rights: Speech upon Release from Prison, Johannesburg, South Africa	p. 154
To Serve with One's Whole Life: The Draft Constitution for the Satyagraha Ashram, Ahmedabad, India	p. 155
The Hindu Mission of Nonviolence	p. 158
Love Ever Dies: Satyagraha Leaflet Number 20, For the National Strike	p. 159
The Great Trial: Statement to the Judge, 1922	p. 160
Speech on the Eve of the Salt March to Dandi, March 11, 1930	p. 161
The Jews in Germany and in Palestine	p. 163
A Message to America, 1942	p. 169
A Message to America, 1946	p. 171
The Mission of Peace: The Work of the United Nations	p. 171
Selected Letters	p. 173
Epilogue	p. 185
If One Gains Spiritually, the Whole World Gains	p. 185
Peace Comes Only through Satyagraha	p. 185
No More War, No More Greed	p. 186
Take Up Nonviolence or We Are Doomed	p. 187
Peace Comes through a Living Faith	p. 188
Peace Comes from the Heart	p. 189
The World of Tomorrow, a World of Nonviolence	p. 189
The Gandhi Talisman	p. 190
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