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  2. List of fasts undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia

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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, informally The Father of the Nation in India, undertook 18 fasts during India's freedom movement. His longest fasts lasted 21 days. Fasting was a weapon used by Gandhi as part of his philosophy of Ahimsa (non-violence) as well as satyagraha. [1]

  3. Friday fast - Wikipedia

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    A Handbook for the Discipline of Lent delineates the following Lutheran fasting guidelines: [6] Fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday with only one simple meal during the day, usually without meat. Refrain from eating meat (bloody foods) on all Fridays in Lent, substituting fish for example. Eliminate a food or food group for the entire season.

  4. Religious fasting - Wikipedia

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    Fast-free days. During certain festal times the rules of fasting are done away with entirely, and everyone in the church is encouraged to feast with due moderation, even on Wednesday and Friday. Fast-free days are as follows: Bright Week – the period from Pascha (Easter Sunday) through Thomas Sunday (the Sunday after Pascha), inclusive.

  5. Gandhism - Wikipedia

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    To Gandhi, fasting was an important method of exerting mental control over base desires. In his autobiography, Gandhi analyses the need to fast to eradicate his desire for delicious, spicy food. He believed that abstention would diminish his sensual faculties, bringing the body increasingly under the mind's absolute control.

  6. Eleven vows - Wikipedia

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    In 1915 Gandhi delivered an address to the students at Madras in which he discussed these vows. It was later published as "The Need of India". [9] He would deliver a speech on the Ashram vows every Tuesday after prayers.

  7. 125 Inspiring Mahatma Gandhi Quotes That Will Change ... - AOL

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    Loved for his calm composure and humble simplicity, Mahatma Gandhi is known for unifying more than two hundred million people with his peaceful phrases yet powerful actions. Even though he was ...

  8. Potti Sreeramulu - Wikipedia

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    Commenting on Sreeramulu's dedication and fasting ability, Mahatma Gandhi once said, "If only I have eleven more followers like Sreeramulu I will win freedom from British rule in a year." [ 8 ] Between 1923 and 1944, he worked for the widespread adoption of charkha textile-spinning in Nellore district .

  9. Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia

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    In Europe, Romain Rolland was the first to discuss Gandhi in his 1924 book Mahatma Gandhi, and Brazilian anarchist and feminist Maria Lacerda de Moura wrote about Gandhi in her work on pacifism. In 1931, physicist Albert Einstein exchanged letters with Gandhi and called him "a role model for the generations to come" in a letter writing about ...