“The strength to defy and the strength to forgive are part of a single emotional package which makes a person capable of nonviolence.” In our Sunday video edition of Daily Metta Michael Nagler thinks about the moment when Nelson Mandela shook hands with his former opponent, De Klerk, in front of the world, saying that he… read more
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“No Defeat in Satyagraha”–Daily Metta
February 11 “There is no time-limit for a Satyagrahi nor is there a limit to his capacity for suffering. Hence there is no such thing as defeat in Satyagraha.” –Gandhi (from the Satyagraha leaflets, No. 14., 5-4-1919) After awakening to the power of nonviolence, conducting many successful experiments in it, and refining some of its… read more
