Throughout the essays we just read from Gandhi I saw many biblical quotes or allusions. Now i don't think this means that on all accounts Gandhi borrowed his ideas from the Bible, but what i do see is that there is a sort of base human wisdom (if that even makes sense) Each culture or religion probes life and all its possible meanings and styles, and many come up with similar or identical answers, which i think proves the fact that some of these moral ideals have real Truth to them.
The first one i noticed was on page 77. "whosoever wants to save his life will lose it and whosoever loses his life for the Lord's sake will find it." That is one of Jesus' famous quotes.
The next one was on page 74. "I can no longer hide my light under a bushel" very similar to the biblical "no one lights a lamp and then places it under a bowl"
Gandhi even mentions St. Francis of Assisi's supposed ability to preach and commune with the animals and nature on page 95, and then on page 96 states that he knows he "must love my enemy" (another popular biblical theme).
I'm not sure if Gandhi was just being wise and saying things that seemed to come from the Bible or if he pulled these from the New Testament because he saw wisdom in them, but either way i believe it shows that across cultures and religion, there is some sort of basic morality and wisdom.
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