Symbols

in Manav Sadhna, Gandhi Ashram -- the Mahatma's trademark spinning

wheel with the backdrop of a wall mural depicting his philosophy "The

essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different." And

there are other symbols... the banner in Gujarati (his mother tongue) can

be paraphrased as -- the first necessary condition for doing true service

is "atmashudhi" [approx. self-purification]... the placard over the door

identifies the room as "satyam" [truth]... the low square wooden thing in

the corner is a desk used even today by people who work sitting cross-

legged in their "gaddis" [an office with a mattress on which all sit]