In this essay, Swamiji enjoins Indians to unite in loving brotherhood in protection of their sisters, wives, and daughters. He emphasizes that the uplift of India is impossible so long as the nation’s leaders ignore the inherent worth of women and the poor. The causes of their ongoing oppression lie in foreign conquests, the dishonoringContinue reading ““Our Greatest National Sin” by Sw. Vivekananda”
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Protected: The Non-Violent State: Du Bois’ Dark Princess in Light of Ahimsa
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ഭൂമിദാനം / भूदान / Bhoomidan
Bhoomidanam (“land gift”) was a movement led by Acharya Vinoba Bhave, an Indian sage and Gandhian disciple who walked hundreds of miles through India for 13 years with the mission of convincing landlords to renounce some of their holdings, for the social uplift of the poor and downtrodden and in order to promote village self-sufficiency.Continue reading “ഭൂമിദാനം / भूदान / Bhoomidan”
The Gift of India and the Violence of the West: Some Reflections
Can ye measure the grief of the tears I weep Or compass the woe of the watch I keep? Or the pride that thrills thro’ my heart’s despair And the hope that comforts the anguish of prayer? And the far sad glorious vision I see Of the torn red banners of victory? when the terrorContinue reading “The Gift of India and the Violence of the West: Some Reflections”
Martin Luther King Jr., Letter to Darrell Randall Re: the Importance of Visiting the Soviet Union and India
Dr. King explains to Randall, of the National Council of Churches, the motivations underlying his plan (subsequently abandoned) to visit the Soviet Union. Dr. Darrell Randall National Council of Churches 297 Fourth Avenue New York, New York Dear Dr. Randall: Thanks for your very kind letter of recent date concerning my interest in going toContinue reading “Martin Luther King Jr., Letter to Darrell Randall Re: the Importance of Visiting the Soviet Union and India”
Ahimsa as a Science Of Love and Social Action
Impure means result in an impure end. Hence, prince and the peasant will not be equaled by cutting off the prince’s head, nor can the process of cutting off equalize the employer and the employed. One cannot reach truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth. —Gandhiji The artist of this untitled piece, K.H.Continue reading “Ahimsa as a Science Of Love and Social Action”
Satyagraha: Gandhian Principles of Non-Violent Non-Cooperation By William Stuart Nelson
Reprinted from THE JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS THOUGHT Autumn-Winter Issue, 1957-1958 CHANGE in the social order today is proceeding often violently and is frequently being resisted just as violently. Our own country is caught in a strange conjunction of Christian and democratic principles, fanatical resistence even to the belated application of these principles, and grave uncertaintyContinue reading “Satyagraha: Gandhian Principles of Non-Violent Non-Cooperation By William Stuart Nelson”
Mahatma Gandhi on Satanic Civilization
IT IS my firm belief that Europe today represents not the spirit of God or Christianity but the spirit of Satan. And Satan’s successes are the greatest when he appears with the name of God on his lips. Europe is today only nominally Christian. In reality, it is worshipping Mammon. Young India, 8-9-1920 Neither railwaysContinue reading “Mahatma Gandhi on Satanic Civilization”
Gandhi’s Gospel Of Love and the Shadow Puppets Of Western Civilization
Betrayal in the Garden Amongst Indians and African-Americans who possess lived experience of the movement for peace and freedom in the twentieth century, the memory of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1959 visit to India, the Land of Gandhi, persists. Upon his return, King emphasized that “the bourgeoise—white, black or brown—behaves about the same the worldContinue reading “Gandhi’s Gospel Of Love and the Shadow Puppets Of Western Civilization”
Martin Luther King, Farewell Statement for All India Radio, March 9, 1959 (Audio)
Farewell Statement for All India Radio Listen to Audio here Leaders in and out of government, organizations—particularly the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi and the Quaker Centre—and many homes and families have done their utmost to make our short stay both pleasant and instructive. We have learned a lot. We are not rash enough to presume thatContinue reading “Martin Luther King, Farewell Statement for All India Radio, March 9, 1959 (Audio)”
