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    describe at least two individuals who have used Gandhian philosophy to make social change‚ showcasing the strategies they used and their successes. Three of Gandhian principles include‚ Ahimsa the Sanskrit word for non-injury‚ or nonviolence‚ a central value of Gandhi’s belief and leadership. The concept of Ahimsa was used to challenge political authorities and religious orthodoxy. A second is Sarndaya‚ the resolving of conflicts with ALL people in mind. And a third is Tapasy‚ which is self-suffering

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    Eleven Vows of Gandhi

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    Any of us who has attended a prayer meeting at a Gandhian institute is likely to remember a chant beginning:-"Ahimsa Satya Asteya --." The two verses beginning with these words enumerate the eleven vows that Gandhiji considered almost mandatory for the inmates of his Ashram‚ in Sabarmati as well as in Sevagram. The eleven vows are: (1) Satya-Truth‚ (2) Ahimsa-Nonviolence‚ (3) Brahmacharya-Celibacy (4) Asteya-Non-stealing‚ (5) Aparigraha or Asangraha-Non-possession (6) Sharira-Shrama; Physicallabour

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    Spiritual formation: Gandhi and loving God as truth As one puts oneself in the way of God‚ several theological questions necessarily arise: what is God? How does one engage‚ experience‚ and enter into the way of God? For the Christian seeker‚ the questions become more specific: is this God the sky God Yahweh? Is Jesus of Nazareth the incarnation of this God? Is God only interested in self-described ’Christians‚’ or is he for all? For Mohandas K. Gandhi‚ Hindu spiritual

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    that he "personally will not kill or injure anybody‚ friend or foe. Gandhi’s war recruitment campaign brought into question his consistency on nonviolence. Gandhi’s private secretary noted that "The question of the consistency between his creed of ’Ahimsa’ (nonviolence) and his recruiting campaign was raised not only then but has been discussed ever since." In 1942‚ although still committed in his efforts to "launch a nonviolent movement"‚ Gandhi clarified that the movement would not be stopped by

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    Revised Views on Modern Civilisation and Swaraj 19.6.1 Long-standing Appreciation of Civil Liberties Guaranteed by Modern Liberalism 19.6.2 Gandhi Raj Satyagraha 19.7.1 19.7.2 19.7.3 19.7.4 19.7.5 Early Experiments Meaning Principles on which Based Ahimsa and Satyagraha Tapas 1 : 19.8 Some Critical Remarks on Gandhi’s Views 19.8.1 Attitude Towards Western Modernity 19.8.2 lmpract~calityof Satyagraha 19.8.3 Assessment of Westerners 19.9 Let Us Sum Up 19.10 Some Useful Books 19.11 Answers to Check

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    1. Violence is used to feel in control. Violence has many categories such as Physical‚ sexual‚ emotional‚ psychological‚ cultural‚ verbal violence and neglect. Some acts of violence can an act or felt emotional. Violence has been around since the birth of people. And individuals usually argue that violence is needed because it is part of being humans. Violence is acts of aggression. Due to some immediate circumstances‚ causes different types of violence to be committed. Theorists have an overview

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    newspaper: The Indian-Opinion. Years later‚ Satyagraha would serve as the basic structure for the Indian Independence movement. Another foundation of these two revolutions was Ahimsa (The Method Is Born‚ 48-49). This idea entailed the overall idea of peace and non-violence (The Method Is Born‚ 17-19). In order to achieve Ahimsa‚ Gandhi needed his supporters to use the principle of Satyagraha‚ in order to obtain a peaceful end they needed to use peaceful means. In this way‚ Gandhi led two headline

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    Social Work Meaning Social work is recent branch of knowledge which is deals with the scientific solution and treatment of the psychosocial problems. Its main aim is to increase human happiness in general. Therefore‚ it is oriented toward the attainment of two ends‚ first‚ the creation those conditions which help to make a more satisfying way of life possible‚ and second‚ the development within the individual and the community as well as of capacities which help to live that life more adequately

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    and soul. This meant that no material possessions and actions should be used against anyone or anything to hurt them both physically or emotionally. Non-violence is the most important aspect of Jainism. The word Ahimsa is found on the Jain symbol of the open palm (which means stop). Ahimsa is the first vow that is taken by all Jain followers. It means to not harm any human being and giving protection to all living beings as well. Many religions practice non-violence but Jainism extends this principle

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