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“Make an offering of nonviolence”–Daily Metta

February 19: “Yajña is not yajña if one feels it to be burdensome or annoying.” –Gandhi (From Yervada Mandir, pp. 57-60) (The Salt March (pictured here) was a form of yajña.) Yajña is the Sanskrit term for sacrifice or offering.  Of course, this is not limited to Hinduism. Muslims offer yajña yearly during the month-long… read more