Non-Violent They wonder if music and non-violence have something in common. For the first look‚ not so much. However‚ if they think deep enough‚ it is easy to find some similarities in history. The Beatles and Mahatma Gandhi‚ known as Gandhi‚ shared a lot of similarities yet were very different. In spite of differences the men had common opinions. They were using peaceful methods‚ influenced all of the fans‚ and had many enemies. The world famous singers The Beatles and Gandhi are both extremely
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of life. Only a person with extreme humbleness imbibed within and a feeling of compassion is able to practice forgiveness! "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong‚" said Mahatma Gandhi. Perhaps it was this realization that made Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ the Mahatma and an irrepressible icon to be emulated by several world leaders like Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King. Violence begets violence. It cannot undo the harm caused. On the other hand‚ forgiveness
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INDIA India - the land of Shiva and Krishna‚ the Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi; the land which produced warriors like Rana Pratap and Shivaji‚ leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru writers and poets like Rabindra Nath Tagore has a proud place in the world history. However we are also bestowed with the titles (at times dubious) such as the biggest democracy‚ the land of temples‚ one of the oldest civilisations of the world‚ the second most populous country in the world. India is a land of
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The person whom I admired first time is my mother. But‚ if we talk about the famous person‚ I can say that‚ he is Mahatma Gandhi. He was from India. He is known as the “Father of nation” in India as he played a very important role in gaining the freedom of India. Mahatma Gandhi gave the Indian People not only freedom but also the new thoughts on non-violence and sustainable living. There are some qualities about him like trust‚ non-violence‚ legacy‚ etc. These qualities are the ones that inspired
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The Power of Nonviolence Demonstrators lined the coast as the blistering sun incinerated the crowd. Everyone’s eyes were on a short‚ Indian man wrapped in cloth‚ an unimpressive looking man named Mohandas “Mahatma” Karamchand Gandhi. A shudder of nervous anticipation shook him as he lowered his hand into the sloshing sea. Digging his hands into the ground‚ his hand hit something lumpy. Hands trembling‚ Gandhi lifted a lump of salty mud from the depths of the sea. The crowd gasped silently. Gandhi
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Jesus Christ‚ who is the founder for Christianity‚ and Mahatma Gandhi‚ who is the teacher for Hindu‚ is two teachers that have similarities in their ways of teaching. These two religions are totally different‚ but they Gandhi was considered a modern day of Jesus‚ since they share same ideas about what they teach and practice. One major similarity in teaching between these two religions‚ are that they are both based on non-violence. Gandhi and Jesus both believe that‚ non-violence is the greatest
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When Mahatma Gandhi was working out his concept of non-violent resistance‚ he was impressed by Henry David Thoreau’s advice to resist things that were wrong. Thoreau suggested that individuals could resist immoral government action by simply refusing to cooperate. Gandhi adopted many of Thoreau’s thoughts in developing his concept of Satyagraha (non-cooperation)‚ or Truth Force. One of the most significant and tangible effects India has had on life in the United States was Mahatma Gandhi’s influence
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They are the people unwept and unsung. It is certainly because of the undaunted efforts of these unknown heroes that we stand at the place we find ourselves. It is the case with every human endeavor - be it science or art; religion or civilization. Mahatma Gandhi did not coin non-violence or civil disobedience. Ahimsa has been preached by generations of eminent souls and in fact it had become our way of life when we claim we are vegetarians; and for centuries of foreign rule the only expression of
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are more important than the end‚ he maintained; with the right means‚ desired ends will follow. In time‚ he was proven right- almost always. His struggles and actions were but external manifestations of his struggle to evolve his own value system. Mahatma Gandhi better known as the
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A comparison of Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Ghandi. Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Ghandi are both two revoutionaly men. Racism was and is a problem in todays and yesterdays culture. These men fought for equal rights of all men and women‚ no matter the color or origin. This paper will compare the two men not competitivly but as a "based on the facts" comparison. Both men tried to stop the violence and racial hatred by using non-violence techniques. Ghandi has been known for fasting. Fasting means
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