The Story of My Experiments with Truth Part 4, Chapter 36 Summary

Fasting as Penance

  • Two of Gandhi's followers at the ashram commit some sort of moral lapse, the nature of which he does not specify.
  • Gandhi imposes on himself a fast as penance for their wrongdoing.
  • He says teachers shouldn't undertake fasts for a pupil's delinquency unless the bond between them is close.
  • He also advises drinking lots of water while fasting, even if it's nauseating to do so.