Editing Vinoba Bhave (section)

===Freedom struggle===
[[File:Vinobha Kutir 1.JPG|right|190px|thumb|''Vinoba Kutir'' at [[Sabarmati Ashram]]]]
He was associated with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in the [[Indian independence movement]]. He stayed for some time at Gandhi's Sabarmati ashram in a cottage that was named after him, 'Vinoba Kutir'. He gave talks on the Bhagavad Gita in Marathi to his fellow ashramites. These were later published in book form, as ''Talks on the Gita'', and it has been translated into many languages both in India and elsewhere. Bhave felt that the source of these talks was something from above and he believed that its influence would endure even if his other works were forgotten.

In the year 1940, he was chosen by Gandhi to be the first individual Satyagrahi (an individual standing up for Truth instead of a [[collective action]]) against the British colonisation.<ref>{{cite book |author= Rühe, Peter |page=152 |title=Gandhi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGppQ8NJlR4C |year=2001 |publisher=Phaidon |isbn=978-0-7148-4103-8}}</ref> It is said that Gandhi envied and respected Bhave's celibacy, a vow he made in his adolescence, in fitting with his belief in the [[Brahmacharya]] principle. Bhave also participated in the [[Quit India Movement]].