Fwd: Non Violence, Satish Kumar the Jain and Gandhis

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advaitajnana, "Tony OClery" <aoclery>

wrote:

 

Namaste,

 

Ahimsa is another complicated subject. It doesn't always mean

pacifism. However Gandhiji said-'Non violence is the greatest force

at the disposal of mankind'.

Recently the grandson of Gandhi Arun Gandhi told President Arafat

that if he had adopted a non violent campaign, the problem would

have been solved decades ago. 'If the Palestinian people rise up and

start a non violent movement it will boost world sympathy. The

nations of the world will rise up and put more pressure on Israel.'

Arunn is founded the a non violent institute at Christian Brothers

University in Memphis. TN.

 

The Jain teacher Satish Kumar says, 'Forty years of environmentalism

have not brought about a true transformation...we have to come to a

more holistic and intuitive environmentalism'. Satish started on a

peace pilgrimage after reading in 1962 about Bertrand Russell being

gaoled in the UK for his CND movement. ( Strange I was in gaol at

the same time for being in Russell's movement and demonstrating.)

Satish says we should think in terms of 'soil, soul, and society'--

a trinity that joins 'nature, humanity, and spirituality'. Satish

uses the So Ham mantra..or'You are therefore I am'. Satish says

quoting Gandhiji,' you cannot divide the world in two; a spiritual

life in one compartment and the everyday world of politics and

family in another'.............ONS....Tony.

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