ABSTRACT
Gandhi’s concept of Religion corresponds to his concept of Truth. Truth transcends all concrete or particular instances of truth yet particular instances of truth are necessary in order to understand what it means to speak of absolute Truth. As Gandhi has glimpses of absolute Truth through instances of relative truth so, it might be said, he has glimpses of Religion through particular historical religions. For what he means by Religion, as he points out, is that which underlies all religions. Religion is not equatable with particular religions: it transcends Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, and all other religions, yet it harmonizes them and gives them reality.1 It is that which binds man indissolubly to Truth. It is belief in an ordered moral government of the universe. It is that permanent element in human nature which causes the soul to be restless until it realizes itself to be at one with Truth or God.2
