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Eknath Easwaran’s Thought for the…

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Added by Balamurali Balaji on June 15, 2012 at 6:47am — No Comments

Thought For The Day ( AHIMSA )

Added by Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal on January 9, 2012 at 8:26am — No Comments

Thought For The Day ( AHIMSA )

Added by Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal on December 30, 2011 at 4:06am — No Comments

Nationwide March Against Corruption in India on January 30th, Ahimsa Day

It turns out that "Tees Janvari", January 30th - the day Mahatma Gandhi knowingly embraced death for his highest principle, Ahimsa (non-violence) - does have special significance for people in India. More indeed than October 2nd, the official holiday, which can commemorate little more than one mother's effort of delivering a baby boy, Mohanna, in Porbandar. As his philosopher grandson Ramu Gandhi once reminded me at his usual haunt in Delhi, "there is no merit in getting born, or getting a…

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Added by Akshay Bakaya on January 27, 2011 at 11:30pm — No Comments

A "Lamp Of Hope At The Doorstep" - 'Dehleez Pe Chiragh' - on 30th January evening

A new proposal calls upon people worldwide to express their faith in Non-Violence (Ahimsa or Adam-e-Tashaddud) with a simple act - lighting a lamp at their door or window on the evening of the Mahatma's assassination.

"The light has gone out of our lives, and there is darkness everywhere." said Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, in his evening address to the nation after Hindu fanatic Nathuram Godse assassinated Mahatma Gandhi on the lawns of Birla House (now 'Gandhi… Continue

Added by Akshay Bakaya on December 23, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments