“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
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A Great Cause: Daily Metta
“The cause is great, the remedy is equally great; let us prove worthy of them both.” ~ Gandhi, speech made at Madras, March 18, 1919 It’s not enough if you have a great cause; the means must also be great. Why? Because the means determine the end. Nonviolence is an ever-developing process, not an end… read more
“The lesson of the willow”–Daily Metta
July 11: “The means may be likened to a seed, the end to a tree; and there is just the same inviolable connection between the means and the end as there is between the seed and the tree.” –Gandhi (Hind Swaraj) I woke up early today with my mother on the phone, telling me that… read more
“Means and Ends”–Daily Metta
February 15: “Means and ends are convertible terms in my philosophy of life.” –Gandhi (Young India, 12-26-1924, p. 424) Where conventional thought suggests that the “ends justify the means,” Gandhi emphasized the importance of the means–how we do it– over the ends–what we want to happen. He is only being practical, as our means are… read more
