A Guide to Health

About this film

LibriVox recording of A Guide to Health by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. (Translated by A. Rama Iyer.) Read in English by Mike Pelton; Phil Chenevert; Jacqui Castle; Subhash Chander; tovarisch; Kalynda Mahatma Gandhi, known today as a fascinating political leader and pacifist, also considered himself "something of an authority on matters of Health and Disease as well. Very few of us perhaps are aware that he is the author of quite an original little Health-book in Gujarati. [...] His views are of course radically different from the ordinary views that find expression in the pages of such books; in many cases, indeed, his doctrines must be pronounced revolutionary, and will doubtless be regarded by a certain class of readers as wholly impracticable. Even the most revolutionary of his doctrines, however, are based, not on the shifting quicksands of mere theory, but on the solid foundation of deep study, backed up by personal experience of nearly thirty years. He himself recognizes that many of his views will hardly be accepted by the ordinary reader, but he has felt himself impelled by a stern sense of duty to give publicity to his convictions formed after so much of study and experien…

Directors & creators

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;food; India; sex; medicine; air; exercise; earth; health; water; diet; gandhi; dress; fire; disease; personal; child care; alternative; sexual relations; women's health; maternity; fever; cures; treatments; human body; birth; healthcare; well-being; accidents; prevention

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