A world teacher is the one who, in the first place, lives on truth, purity and austerity alone, in order to serve man and God. He is so for his glowing spiritual grandeur and immaculate character. He unconsciously holds out a sweet charm and draws numerous followers from far and wide. In his proximity they intensely feel that he harnesses a divine power and is a blissful saint of the highest order. Hence he naturally stands out conspicuously as a beacon. People often witness his God-intoxicated inebriation with bated breath, and eagerly watch his elevated mood with wonder.

They hang on to his words and internalize them. Given such experiences, they believe that he is God sent and capable of emancipating them from their worldly afflictions They find in his life and work answers and remedies which always remained elusive to them. They accordingly think that he is a world teacher. More so, because they are inspired and transformed by his sublime tutelage. His love and compassion for mankind know no bounds. They spring from his love of God where there exist no divisions or exclusions. He blazes the trail towards God, annihilating confusion and conflict created about religion. In order to carry out his divine mission of re-establishing and redeeming religion and society with truth, he gladly puts his life at stake.

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He is prepared to suffer severe hostility and extreme torture for the accomplishment of his cause. Failing to control and bring him to heel, his detractors try to stop and ruin him. They suspect their decimation is definitely in his hands. But he is not the least perturbed by their evil plans. He is fearless and resists none doing him harm. He is always awake to his divine descent and kinship, as well as to the providential onus on him to show the way to salvation. He regenerates the human soul and society through moral and spiritual resurgence. A world teacher in the realm of politics, though unimaginable, was found in Mahatma Gandhi. Scholars who have studied his life deeply have to say: “From very ancient times, we understood that every human being has the potentiality to evolve into a brahmana (truth-loving, God-abiding, learned and sacrificing) of this type, without any enmity or hatred, and with a heart full of love and compassion.

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We had Mahatma Gandhi in the modern period. In one sense, caste-wise he was a vaisya; but, by his character, he was a brahmana. He showed no hatred to anyone…” He sacrificed his life to political rivals who assassinated him using a furtively trained and indoctrinated person. But the legacy of spiritual, moral and ethical values he left behind in politics, dwelling on truth and non-violence, is a lofty ideal to be emulated. Since his demise, uncountable people have drawn on his political........

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