In this blog-series accompanying our project of updating the Peace and Conflict Studies lectures (we call it PACS 164-c), Kimberlyn David reviews some of the key material of the course from a personal lens in an effort to generate personal reflection and the application of course content. Comment boxes are open below! * * *… read more
Topic: Gandhi and Constructive Program Resource: Names, books, films mentioned in this lecture. Video: Audio: http://archives.mettacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Peace-and-conflict-studies-session-5.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS… read more
Topic: Gandhi and Satyagraha (next course is on constructive programme) Resource: Names, books, films mentioned in this lecture. Video: (nb, some canine friends come to join the course at the beginning…) … read more
By Mercedes Mack “At eight o’clock that evening, however, the city came to sudden life. In one neighborhood after another, a faint metallic clanking began, rising to a crescendo as people began to beat on pots and pans… May 11 was an explosion of joy and excitement, because people were so amazed that they were… read more
The first session of our 8 week Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS 164-c) at the Metta Center with Professor Michael Nagler. Topic: The New Story: Wisdom Traditions and Science Resource: Names, books, films mentioned in this lecture. Video: Or Audio. http://archives.mettacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Peace-and-Conflict-Studies-164c-Session-1-.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS… read more
Obstructive Program is the use of civil disobedience to change an unjust or oppressive social order. Obstructive program together with constructive program make up the two branches of Gandhi’s Satyagraha. This term was coined by Michael Nagler.… read more
“The study of love and its utilization will lead us to the source from which it springs, The Child.” “Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.” –Maria Montessori “It is perfectly true, I must admit it in all humility, that however indifferently it… read more
By John Dear, S.J. Gandhi leads a prayer meeting. When writer Louis Fischer visited Gandhi’s ashram in 1942, he noticed a picture of Jesus on the wall — the only wall decoration around — with the caption, “He is our peace.” “But you are not a Christian,” he said to Gandhi. “I am a… read more
By Stephanie Van Hook Americans are learning as a nation the truth about security. In the era of Julian Assanges and Edward Snowdens, we have gone through a checklist—spying does not make us secure and even fails to warn us that entire regions are imminently in revolution; foreign wars do not make us more secure… read more
Gandhi and the Gita-Uncovering the Soul of Selfless Action We are called to service. We long for effective action. When: December 6-8, 2013 Where: The gorgeous and healing Mt. Madonna Retreat Center, Watsonville, California PLEASE REGISTER HERE. The topic: In this retreat we will call upon a potent legacy of selfless action that models a way… read more
