Vinoba bhave biography for kids
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Vinoba Bhave
Advocate of non-violence and human rights
Vinayak Narahari Bhave, also known as Vinoba Bhave (pronunciationⓘ; 11 September 1895 – 15 November 1982), was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called Acharya (Teacher in Sanskrit), he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement. He is considered as National Teacher of India and the spiritual successor of Mahatma Gandhi. He was an eminent philosopher. He translated the Bhagavad Gita into the Marathi language by him with the title Geetai (meaning 'Mother Gīta' in Marathi).[2]
Early life and background
[edit]Vinayak Narahari Bhave was born on 11 September 1895 in a small village called Gagoji (present-day Gagode Budruk) in Kolaba in the Konkan region of what is now Maharashtra. Vinayaka was the eldest son of Narahari Shambhu Rao and Rukmani Devi. The couple had five children; four sons named Vinayaka (affectionately called Vinya), Balakrishna, Shivaji and Dattatreya, and one daught
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Acharya Vinoba Bhave Biography For Students
Place of Birth:Gagode village, Kolaba District, Maharashtra
Parents:Narahari Shambhu Rao (Father) and Rukmini Devi (Mother)
Association:Freedom Activist, Thinker, Social Reformer
Movement:Indian Freedom Movement; Bhoodan Movement; Sarvodaya Movement
Political Ideology:Right wing, Gandhian
Religious Views:Egalitarianism; Hinduism
Publications:Geeta Pravachane (religious); Teesri Shakti (political); Swarajya Shastra (political); Bhoodan Ganga (social); Moved by Love (autobiographical).
Death: 15 November, 1982
Acharya Vinoba Bhave was a freedom fighter and a spiritual teacher. He is best known as the founder of the ‘Bhoodan Movement’ (Gift of the Land). The reformer had an intense concern for the deprived masses. Vinoba Bhave had once said, “All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts.” In
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Mahatma Gandhi
By Dr. Usha Thakkar
Vinoba stands as a tecken for the struggle of the good against the evil, of spiritual against the mundane. He was a spiritual visionary, whose spirituality had a pragmatic stance with intense concern for the deprived. He was a brilliant scholar who could knowledge accessible to ordinary people. He was Gandhi's ardent följare, who could retain originality in thinking. As S. Radhakrishnan pointed out, "Indeed his life represents harmonious blend of learning, spiritual perception and compassion for the lowly and the lost." His Bhoodan (Gift of the Land) movement started on April 18, 1951, he attracted the attention of the world. Untouched bygd publicity and attention, Vinoba had continued his efforts for a just and equitable gemenskap. In fact, his life is a saga of his commitment to nonviolent ways of bringing change, his yearning for the highest level of spirituality and his unwavering faith in human values and love.
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