Does non violence exist in our society today?
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For Gandhi, nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than any weapon of mass destruction.
He not only theorized on it, he adopted nonviolence as a philosophy and an ideal way of life.
He made us understand that the philosophy of nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak; it is a weapon of the strong and it is available to all.
Nonviolence was not Gandhi’s invention.He is however called the father of nonviolence because according to Mark Shepard, “He raised nonviolent action to a level never before achieved.”
He drew on a variety of sources for his philosophy, including the Bible, the Bhagavad Gita and writers such as Henry David Thoreau and Leo Tolstoy.
But he was perhaps the first person in history to apply these principles to a large political movement bringing the supposedly invincible British Empire to its knees by his success.
"Violence has two children," he said, "the physical and passive forms. Now, every day before you go to bed I would like you to write under each heading everything you experienced during the day and its relationship with violence."
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