Mk Ghandhi
Many individuals in the contemporary society in which we reside in have various opinions in regards to any topics or situations that may occur. One topic in particular is what is just, and unjust? Or even before one asks that, they ask, "What is Justice?" Single individuals, I believe will differ in their opinions of justice, however, which view of justice is correct? Would that view be an appropriate one for all situations? Can justice be used, or assumed to be the same in every situation? Should one belief of justice be used as a universal law? My mind begins to boggle when looking at what my belief of justice is, in comparison to what the authors in our course readings have to say ...
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the meaning of violence and non-violence. Violence being specific forces in any form that are intentionally applied to assault others, bodies, minds or intellectual levels. It is often an exhibition of anger. Looking at the definition, we must be aware that non-violence is not limited to not doing the act of violence, rather, it is the practice of the ahisma, were not only do you appreciate the co-existence of living or non living beings, but you also contribute and maintain harmony in the total existence by experiencing a oneness, non duality with the existence itself.
In the beginning of the article, it reads a cutting from the April number of the east and west. It states that M.K. Gandhi is neither a saint nor politician. I agree with that statement. He could never be a shrewd or power hungry like a politician would be, neither could he be a saint because he could not be outstandingly devout or a virtuous person throughout every passing second of his life until death. M.K. ...
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no matter how much one tries." (pg.395) However, he cared, he wanted to build a nation and always kept India in the back of his mind. He wanted life to be saintful, spiritual, and non violent and he discovered the idea of having hartals (direct actions), by non co-operation, ceasing to assist the wrong directly or indirectly. Hartal is an instrument, a mean or a strike, where people with common concerns are united for the purpose of participating in expressing their concerns with non-violence and non co-operation to authorities with a clear determination to resolve it. He produced results by making authorities implement solutions.
I disagree with Gandhi's idea of Hartals. Non-violence ...
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