Year by year, the enlightened opinion of the world enshrines Gandhi in a noble place in the hearts of mankind. The life and example of the Mahatma who ennobled the legal profession, who remained faithful to its highest traditions, and who showed the heights to which it can be raised ought to form part of the teaching and training of every law student. At a time when the legal and professional standards among both judges and lawyers have fallen woefully, it behooves the legal fraternity to bestir itself and infuse a moral tone into the profession by pledging itself with renewed vigor and deep devotion to the ideals and the precepts of Gandhiji. This book will have more than served its purpose if it inspires the reader, be he a lawyer or a layman, with the belief that the vocation of the lawyer is an honorable vocation requiring the highest standards of rectitude, integrity and uprightness, and that its practice is in no way inconsistent with the pursuit of truth. This book will have more than served its purpose if it inspires the reader, be he a lawyer or a layman, with the belief that the vocation of the lawyer is an honourable vocation requiring the highest standards of rectitude, integrity and uprightness, and that its practice is in no way inconsistent with the pursuit of truth. This is an Indian edition of Unesco's publication of the same title containing selection from the writing of mahatma Gandhi in his own words. as Dr. s. Radhakrishnan says in his introduction," These selection.... will give the reader some idea of the working of Gandhiji's mind, the growth of his thought and the practical techniques which he adopted ".