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4. Vinoba Sahitya op.cit.
5. For the details of Gandhi’s various ashrams and how they managed such things their gardens

and communal life, see Mark Thompson, Gandhi and His Ashrams (Mumbai: Popular
Prakashan, 1993). A version of this book is available on-line at http://mkgandhi.org/ebks/

Gandhi_and_his_Ashrams.pdf.
6. In the 1930s Vinoba began to believe that his long-time position as a trustee in the Gandhi

Seva sangh compromised his vow of non-possession. Gandhi heard him out and agreed to let
him resign. However, Gandhi made it clear at a meeting of the Gandhi Seva Sangh that he did

not accept Vinoba’s reasoning. See The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, 68:267,
“Speech at Gandhi Seva Sangh Meeting –IV.” Salvi, March 4, 1936.

7. Harijan, XII:9 (May 2, 1948), 81. Vinoba, “Questions and Answers.”
8. Moved by Love, 114. “One day Jayaprakashji came to see me, and joined us at the Persian

wheel. It gave him new inspiration.” A footnote adds: “’I saw there a ray of light,’ said
Jayaprakash.” The wheel was probably in operation as a community effort by September

1950. JP’s visit may have been in August 1951, after the birth of bhoodan in Telangana. Ajit
Bhattacharjea says JP visited Vinoba and other institutions in the Wardha area at that time and

reported that he found “a group of bold and original entrepreneurs who are in far greater touch
with people and their problems than any other group in the country.” Jayaprakash Narayan:

A Political Biography. Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1975, 122.
9. Moved by Love, 115-16.

10. The original article appeared in Sevak (52:192-93), a monthly Marathi publication of the
Ashram edited by Damodardas Mundra, Vinoba’s secretary. The Hindi version used here is

found in foukscklkfgR;, 14: 212-13.
11. For the June letter: foukscklkfgR;, 14:249 [Vinoba to Sevagram, June 3, 1951]. For kânchan-

mochan:foukscklkfgR;, 14:210.
12. foukscklkfgR;,15:19-20 [Gopuri, March 19, 1950].

13. foukscklkfgR;, 18:148; from Sarvodaya, 50:112 [September].
14. Vinoba and His Mission, (1962), 38-39.

15. Vinoba and His Mission (1954), 30.
16. foukscklkfgR;, 18:149 [November 19, 1951].

17. Vinoba and His Mission (1954), 59-60. Note the confusion between money as a medium of
exchange and asking for money rather than working—Vinoba’s economist advisors deserve

some sympathy.

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