{"pages":{"321":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00345-063c15eac66bb5fc288f.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":444,"y":158,"width":249,"height":20}},{"text":"321","box":{"x":975,"y":158,"width":48,"height":17}},{"text":"155. GANDHI'S ATTITUDE TO CHRISTIANITY: POLAK","box":{"x":115,"y":226,"width":905,"height":25}},{"text":"INTERVIEW (c. 1920 A.D.)","box":{"x":376,"y":258,"width":382,"height":29}},{"text":"In an interview with Mrs. Polak, conducted some time around","box":{"x":204,"y":311,"width":764,"height":27}},{"text":"1920, Mahatma Gandhi explains why he himself did not become a","box":{"x":167,"y":337,"width":805,"height":27}},{"text":"Christian and his attitude towards conversion. From Gandhi, The","box":{"x":167,"y":362,"width":806,"height":24}},{"text":"Man, p. 40. Cited in A. T. Hingorani, ed., The Message of Jesus Christ,","box":{"x":162,"y":388,"width":809,"height":28}},{"text":"pp. 23-25.","box":{"x":167,"y":417,"width":116,"height":21}},{"text":"Gandhiji: I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian","box":{"x":161,"y":466,"width":859,"height":34}},{"text":"faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so patient, so kind, so loving,","box":{"x":118,"y":492,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate","box":{"x":118,"y":521,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek-I thought it","box":{"x":113,"y":549,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"was a beautiful example of the perfect man.","box":{"x":116,"y":578,"width":609,"height":32}},{"text":"Mrs. Polak: But you did not embrace Christianity, did you?","box":{"x":160,"y":621,"width":862,"height":32}},{"text":"Gandhiji: No. I studied your Scriptures for some time and","box":{"x":161,"y":666,"width":862,"height":32}},{"text":"thought earnestly about them. I was tremendously attracted to","box":{"x":118,"y":695,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"Christianity, but, eventually I came to the conclusion that there was","box":{"x":115,"y":721,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"nothing really in your Scriptures that we had not got in ours, and","box":{"x":116,"y":750,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"that to be a good Hindu also meant that I would be a good Christian.","box":{"x":116,"y":779,"width":905,"height":31}},{"text":"There was no need for me to join your creed to be a believer in the","box":{"x":115,"y":805,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"beauty of the teachings of Jesus or to try to follow his example.","box":{"x":118,"y":834,"width":889,"height":32}},{"text":"Mrs. Polak: Of course, it is what a man is that counts, not what","box":{"x":160,"y":879,"width":866,"height":34}},{"text":"he calls himself. But, tell me, do you believe in conversion, in","box":{"x":119,"y":905,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"changing from one form of faith to another ?","box":{"x":118,"y":936,"width":610,"height":31}},{"text":"Gandhiji: What do you feel yourself?","box":{"x":164,"y":980,"width":519,"height":34}},{"text":"Mrs. Polak: It does not please me, some how. I could not","box":{"x":160,"y":1023,"width":866,"height":34}},{"text":"do it.","box":{"x":115,"y":1057,"width":74,"height":24}},{"text":"Gandhiji: I think that is right. If a man reaches the heart of","box":{"x":167,"y":1096,"width":862,"height":34}},{"text":"his own religion, he has reached the heart of the others, too. There","box":{"x":116,"y":1122,"width":908,"height":36}},{"text":"is only one God, but there are many paths to Him.","box":{"x":120,"y":1153,"width":677,"height":34}},{"text":"Mrs. Polak: If Karma and re-incarnation be true, we are born","box":{"x":160,"y":1196,"width":865,"height":31}},{"text":"into the faith to which we belong, and the one most suitable at","box":{"x":120,"y":1224,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"the moment for our development. So, we should not change.","box":{"x":116,"y":1255,"width":838,"height":31}},{"text":"Teaching of Christianity","box":{"x":411,"y":1317,"width":320,"height":29}},{"text":"Gandhiji: What do you think is the essential lesson for man in","box":{"x":164,"y":1361,"width":862,"height":35}},{"text":"the teaching of Christianity?","box":{"x":115,"y":1392,"width":392,"height":32}},{"text":"Mrs. Polak I could think of two or three but the one that","box":{"x":160,"y":1433,"width":868,"height":31}},{"text":"stands out strongest in my mind at the moment is Love, which is","box":{"x":116,"y":1461,"width":911,"height":36}},{"text":"expressed in the words: One is your Master, Christ, and all ye","box":{"x":113,"y":1489,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"are brethren.'","box":{"x":119,"y":1523,"width":181,"height":25}},{"text":"H.C.I.-21","box":{"x":212,"y":1564,"width":123,"height":22}}]}}}