“We do not want to universalize the Charkha through mass production in one place.” ~ Gandhi, Harijan, October 20, 1946 The spinning wheel, Gandhi was firm, should not become a centralized product that makes spinners dependent on someone far away to manufacture or fix them. They should be built in the villages directly, and every… read more
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The Searchlight: Daily Metta
“You have to magnify your own faults a thousandfold and shut your eyes to the faults of your neighbors. That is the only way to real progress.” ~ Gandhi, Harijan, October 26, 1947 Just a year before the end of his life, Gandhi was pouring out jewels of wisdom about the inward dynamics of the… read more
Nonviolence of the Strong: Daily Metta
“He who has a living faith in God will not do evil deeds with the name of God on his lips.” ~ Gandhi, Mahatma 4, p. 252 There is so much violence being done today in the name of religion that this law Gandhi identifies is if anything more relevant than it was even in… read more
Restorative Justice is the Key: Your Daily Metta Weekend Video
In this video, Michael Nagler makes a case for restorative justice as a key to making nonviolence a part of our culture. Please add your comments below. About Daily Metta Stephanie Van Hook, the Metta Center’s executive director, launched Daily Metta in 2015 as a way to share Gandhi’s spiritual wisdom and experiments with nonviolence.… read more
Accounting: Daily Metta
“Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into and goes out of his pocket.” ~ Gandhi, Autobiography, p. 52 Gandhi began while in England as a young man studying law to take very good records of his expenses and income. Offering… read more
Higher Ideals: Daily Metta
“I set a high value on my experiments.” ~ Gandhi, Autobiography, p. 503 After the Buddha attained nirvana, it is said that he asked himself what he did, what he ate, what was his state of mind, that led to him at last to achieving that blessed state. If we set our eyes on a… read more
On Spinning: Daily Metta
“To see Gangabehn at her loom is a stirring sight. When this unlettered but self-possessed sister plies at her loom, she becomes so lost in it that it is difficult to distract her attention, and much more difficult to draw her eyes off her beloved loom.” ~ Gandhi, Autobiography, p. 494 We all know by… read more
Invisible Force: Daily Metta
“A violent man’s activity is most visible, while it lasts. But it is always transitory… Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin are able to show the immediate effectiveness of violence… But the efforts of Buddha’s non-violent action persist and are likely to grow with age. And the more it is practiced, the more effective and inexhaustible it… read more
Independence: Daily Metta
“Your difficulty is not numerical inferiority but the feeling of helplessness that has seized you and the habit of depending on others.” ~ Gandhi, Mahatma 7.255 Gandhi was accused of using the term swaraj for India’s “freedom” because of its very deep spiritual significance. His response was, so to speak, “guilty as charged.” He had… read more
A Deeper Purpose: Your Daily Metta Weekend Video
In this video, Michael Nagler explores how and why people attest that nonviolence gave a meaning to their lives that they had not found in anything else. Please add your comments below. About Daily Metta Stephanie Van Hook, the Metta Center’s executive director, launched Daily Metta in 2015 as a way to share Gandhi’s spiritual… read more
