not be pampered and only exist to serve others. He ate uncooked foods and began many fasts. He slowly trained his mind to not want anything. He turned to the Bhagavad-Gita, which became his guide to conduct. He performed degrading and undesirable tasks such as cleaning the chamber pots. His wife though never wanted to clean the chamber and always complained. He wanted her to do it and to do it cheerfully. He realized that he could no longer devote himself to his family. He decided to stop sexual relations with his wife. They didn’t sleep together but worked and lived together until her death. A new law in South Africa required all Indians over eight years old to register with the authorities and carry a pass at all times. By not doing this they could be imprisoned, fined or deported. Indians resisted this new law under the leadership of Gandhi. This was referred to as satyagraha. They didn’t cooperate with the authorities and their resistance was to be nonviolent. They confronted prison, poverty, hunger, and violence against them and peacefully refused to obey the law. In 1908, Gandhi visited London to gather support. He was imprisoned as soon as he returned to South Africa. He was then taken to Smuts and he said that he would appeal the law if all the Indians registered. Gandhi persuaded the Indians to register. Smuts, though, broke his promise. Therefore, Gandhi told his fellow Indians to burn the registration certificates. Thousands of Indians were arrested. Gandhi spent his time in jail writing mail to a Russian writer named Leo Tolstoy. With his help he founded a new community called Tolstoy Farm. This community grew their food and built their own homes. More new laws, including one that said only Christian marriages were legal, influenced Gandhi to step up his campaigning. He was jailed many more times with many others. Eventually, Smuts gave in and Gandhi went back to India with this experi...
