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I believe in the fundamental Truth of all great religions of the world. I believe they are all God given and I believe they were necessary for the people to whom these religions were revealed. And I believe that if only we could all of us read the scriptures of the different faiths from the standpoint of the followers of these faiths, we should find that they were at the bottom all one and were all helpful to one another.
- M K Gandhi

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The Gandhi Foundation Summer Gathering Faith and Action will take place from

Saturday 26th July to Saturday 2nd August 2008

at The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire

This will be the 26^th annual gathering of friends of the Gandhi Foundation.  We live together for a week to recreate something of the experience of living in a Gandhian ashram. 

The theme for this year is ‘Faith and Action’.  Religious beliefs tend to draw out the best and worst in human behaviour.  
We shall look at the extent to which Gandhi’s principles of non-violence, social justice, simple lifestyle etc are reflected in the literature and teaching of the main world religions and how far they are practised.  Gandhi remained a Hindu all his life but learned from other religions.  He respected those who put their religious principles into practice and was saddened by the hypocrisy of others.

The Summer Gathering is open to people of any faith or none who are prepared to share their experience and listen to others with respect.

Gandhi was concerned for the welfare of all (Sarvodaya) but did not value individualism that showed lack of concern for others.  He lovingly insisted that some people move on when he felt it would be best for the ashram.  As a greenhouse nurturing young people into Gandhi's ideas, we aim to provide a memorable week in a secure happy environment.   

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