English book · Leading A Spiritual Life

What Makes a Man a Superman?

English book, p. 286

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

What Makes a Man a Superman? One who proves to be courageous enough to face the shock of unpleasant situations and takes them as chalenges wil find that his mind is activated by the experience and this wil certainly unfold his potential. M K Gandhi, a great leader of India, said at a meeting in New Delhi on June 28, 1946, that he was born in India but was made in South Africa. (Gandhi and South Africa 1914-1948, edited by E S Reddy and Gopalkrishna Gandhi) This statement is correct, but it only tells us the location of a great event, and not its real reason. It was not the soil of South Africa that gave rise to this miracle, but rather the workings of nature. And, almost all the super-achievers were created by the same natural process. When the American missionary Dr. John Mott visited Mahatma Gandhi at his Sevagram Ashram in central India, he asked him, “What have been the most creative experiences in your life?” Gandhiji replied, “Such experiences are in multitudes. But as you put the question to me, I recall one experience that changed the

The printed page

‹ Previous page Next page › About this book Open in the reader

Printed page