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“ Luxury and comfort are not indispensable, are an obstacle to spiritual elevation of humanity” Thoreau Henry David Thoreau also transmits in his works the concept of detachment from material goods, so common in the Asian religions ( Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism). “That Government is best which governs least” Henry David Thoreau Taoist thought (“The more laws, more thieves”). In Thoreau's work we can see a significant similarity to This Hindu philosophy merges with their ideas and emerges the concept of “Civil Disobedience,” which will return to India to influence in one of the leaders of the spiritual renewal of Hinduism: Mahatma Gandhi. The eternal religion, Hinduism, inspires a spiritual leader of the Western Civilization, Thoreau. It is interesting to point out this mutual influence:

Moreover, if we compare the Bhagavad-Gita with which the modern world and its Literature seem weak and insignificant” Henry David Thoreau “In the morning I wash my intelligence in the breathtaking and cosmogonal thinking of the Bhagavad-Gita - Hinduism. “Rather than love, money, faith, fame, and justice, give me Peaceful revolution based on the non-violence” Henry Thoreau

War and slavery, the State will not hesitate to choose. “If the alternative is to keep the fair in prison or give up was unleashing against Mexico and maintainingĪn economic system based on the slavery, one of the largest embarrassments of Thoreau refused to pay taxes because he was radically opposed to collaborating His essay on civil disobedience is based on his life Henry David “It is better to respect the well that the law” Henry David Thoreau He was also a poet, surveyor, historian and an active supporter of the struggle against slavery. He also wrote an influential book “Walden” a reflection upon simple living in nature. Influenced the political ideas of several Christian spiritual leaders ( Leo Tolstoy or Martin Luther King) and Hinduism ( Mahatma Gandhi). The philosopher and writer Henry David Thoreau (United States, 1817-1862) was the author of the essay “ Philosophy of Civil Disobedience” based on the Non-Violence (Ahimsa), which Henry David Thoreau - Philosophy of Civil Disobedience.