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Bringing back the Gandhian philosophy

October 2, 2008 by Vikram Hazra 4 Comments

A nice article from AOL’s press bureau:

As the world observes the International Day of Non-Violence on October 2 to

commemorate the 139th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, we stand at a point 

in time when the world needs his ideals of non-violence and peace more than ever.

Who will bring back the value of non-violence to this troubled world? One name 
emerges as a universally accepted ambassador of peace. Over the last few decades, 
His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has been working to show the world that there is 
strength in ahimsa; there is strength in peace. On the foundation of these principles, 
Sri Sri has developed practical and long-lasting solutions to achieving peace. He has 
traveled to troubled zones to encourage people to give non-violence a chance; to 
prevail upon leaders to explore non-violent ways of combating violent conflicts. 

This philosophy has been welcomed with open arms in even war-ravaged Iraq. Often
he reminds the world that it is through non-violence that India got independence
from the only superpower of the time not so long ago. “Mahatma Gandhi brought
freedom with the same principle of truth and non-violence. We can apply the same
to all the conflicts zones of the world,” is his appeal.

On his public addresses around the globe, Sri Sri has been emphasizing the need for
inculcating a culture of non-violence. “Violence is neither our true nature nor the
basis of any civilisation. However, of late there has been a tendency to attach pride
in being violent and aggressive. We need to bring back the pride in being non-
violent,” he says.

Sri Sri believes that “Unless every member of our global family is peaceful, our
peace is incomplete.” As Gandhi did to win freedom for India, Sri Sri is spreading the
weapon of non-violence to free the world from stress and violence.

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About Vikram Hazra

As Program Director of the International Art of Living Foundation, I travel, teach, sing, smile and serve, and strive to excel as an instrument of His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, whose goal is to put the smile back on every face on this planet.

Comments

  1. mangla says

    October 10, 2008 at 4:16 pm

    dear vikram bhaiya,

    only you can explain ‘Guruji” in such a divine way!!!!!.it holds true for every citizen irrespective of the countries they live in!!!!!!.

    Reply
  2. Vikram Hazra says

    October 10, 2008 at 11:39 pm

    This is not by me, its from ABC — the Art of Living’s Bureau of Communications 🙂
    JGD
    V

    Reply
  3. mangla says

    October 11, 2008 at 4:05 pm

    dear bhaiya,
    o.k; but then thanks for this post;

    Reply
  4. Anonymous says

    November 9, 2008 at 10:17 pm

    bhaiya,im from mumbai and im really waiting for you to have a satsang here…plz cum ASAP!!!!:P:)

    Reply

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