Mahatma Gandhi continues to inspire those who seek political and social liberation through nonviolent means. Gandhi placed brahmacharya and other renunciatory disciplines at the center of his nonviolent political strategy. Through a comprehensive study of Gandhi’s own words, select Indian religious texts, myths that he used, and the historical and cultural context of his activism, Dr. Veena R. Howard shows how Gandhi’s ascetic disciplines helped him cultivate personal strength to mobilise millions. Howard’s book gives an insightful perspective on the creative possibilities Gandhi discovered in combining personal renunciation and the power of sacrifice for modern-day social action. About the Author: Veena R. Howard, PhD, is a Professor of Asian Religious Traditions in the Department of Philosophy at California State University, Fresno. She holds the Endowed Chair in Jain and Hindu Dharma and also serves as the Director of the M. K. Gandhi Center: Inner Peace and Sarvodaya. Her publications include The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Philosophy and Gender (ed.) (2019); Dharma, Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, and Sikh Traditions of India (ed.) (2016), and several articles, including an Oxford Bibliography on M.K. Gandhi (2019).