Perry Garfinkel: Experimenting with Becoming Gandhi

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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In a confessional reflection on writing his new book, Becoming Gandhi, acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Perry Garfinkel says, “It was so difficult I almost gave up twice. I thought, ‘I can’t write this book. It’s too big a subject. Who am I to try to become Gandhi?’” Garfinkel persevered, and in this podcast Tami Simon speaks with him about what he discovered along the journey—and how practicing (not perfecting) six universal principles of the Mahatma can transform each one of us. Tune in to this highly aspirational yet very down-to-earth conversation on the poignance of the human condition and the elixir of laughter; the Tao of Gandhi; satyagraha, an insistence on and holding firm to the truth; considering “how to Gandhi” a situation you’re faced with; the notion of “good enough”; nonviolence in thought, word, and deed; the connection between words and feelings, and the step-by-step process of personal transformation; simplicity; faith as the driver of our moral compass; celibacy and making love; Gandhi’s life as his message—and making peace with his imperfections; and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends. My name's Tammy Simon and I'm the founder of Sounds True, and I want to welcome you to the Sounds True podcast, Insights at the Edge.
0:12.0	I also want to take a moment to introduce you to Sounds True's new membership community and digital platform.
0:18.9	It's called Sounds True One.
0:21.7	Sounds True One features original, premium, transformational docu series, community events,
0:29.0	classes to start your day and relax in the evening, special weekly live shows,
0:36.0	including a video version of Insights at the Edge with an after-show
0:41.3	community question and answer session with featured guests. I hope you'll come join us, explore,
0:48.6	come have fun with us, and connect with others. You can learn more at join.soundstrue.com.
0:56.4	I also want to take a moment and introduce you to the Sounds True Foundation,
1:00.4	our nonprofit that creates equitable access to transformational tools and teachings.
1:08.6	You can learn more at SoundsTrueFoundation.org. And in advance, thank you for your
1:14.6	support. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, my guest is Perry Garfinkel. Perry is an accomplished
1:23.3	journalist, editor, speaker, and author of the best-selling book, Buddha or Bust. Since
1:30.7	1986, he has contributed to many sections of the New York Times and has written for National
1:38.0	Geographic, the Los Angeles Times, and other outlets. With sounds true, Perry Garfinkel is the author of a new book, a book that has a foreword
1:49.6	by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.
1:52.2	It's called Becoming Gandhi, My Experiment Living, the Mahatma's Six Moral Truths in immoral times. Perry, welcome. Thank you very much, Tammy.
2:06.4	I'm very happy to be here with you. Let's start with what inspired you to do your own experiment
2:14.6	living the Mahatma's six moral truths and the writing of this book. What inspired
2:19.9	this? There were two factors. One were personal and the other were external. Personally, I felt
2:27.4	I had hit a wall. As I write about in the beginning of my book, I had descended into a kind of dark place and acting it out
2:37.6	in different ways. And so I thought it's time to reset, reboot, looking for Perry 2.0. The other was
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