why did mahatma gandhi entitle his autobiography as "my experiments with truth"?

Answer 1

"Gandhi dedicated his life to the wider purpose of discovering truth, or Satya. He tried to achieve this by learning from his own mistakes and conducting experiments on himself."

"Gandhi stated that the most important battle to fight was overcoming his own demons, fears, and insecurities. Gandhi summarized his beliefs first when he said "God is Truth". He would later change this statement to "Truth is God". Thus, Satya (Truth) in Gandhi's philosophy is "God"."
"Truth" in "Mahatma Gandhi", Wikipedia, 2007-04-10 :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghandi#Truth

"For Gandhi, Truth was the sovereign principle; inclusive of many other spiritual principles and schools of thought."

""...it is not my purpose to attempt a real autobiography. I simply want to tell the story of my numerous experiments with truth, and as my life consists of nothing but those experiments, it is true that the story will take the shape of an autobiography...", He adds in the introduction. And hence the title My Experiments with Truth. However, he further notes that "... [the experiments] will of course include experiments with non-violence, celibacy and other principles of conduct believed to be distinct from truth.""
"Etymology" in "The Story of My Experiments with Truth", Wikipedia, 2007-04-10 :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_My_Experiments_with_Truth#Etymology

See also : "Satya", Wikipedia, 2007-04-10 :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satya

Answer 2

That's strange. The title of the autobiography in my library is, "My Life."

Answer 3

I believe that because truth is relative and one can only experiment with oneself while seeking truth.

Life is an experiment. Truth is objective. Seek objective truth, experimenting on yourself by asking objective questions. Disect your mind's objectivity and find truth.

"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians" -Ghandi