Training in Nonviolence

Author(s): Mahapragna Acharya
Publisher: Anuvrat Global Organization

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Training in Nonviolence
It should be rooted in ahimsa. The present economic system is exclusive and devoid of ethics. That is why it continues to be the main source of violence. In order to prevent the future citizens of the country from taking recourse to exploitative economic system and divert their attention towards economics of ahimsa, right means of livelihood and training in self-employment have been included in this training. If a child is taught to limit his desires, avoid a life of ostentation and observe rectitude in business, he will not indulge in exploitative practices and not be instrumental in generating violence. In order to develop trainees' conceptual understanding of the issues connected with their means of living, special lectures on the following topics will be organized:
Who is more important - man or money? Economic concepts of development Economics of peace and nonviolence Environment and economics Poverty and unemployment - creating an exploitation free society Precepts of economic system Economic system and ethics
Nonviolence training and self-employment In addition to these insights into economics of nonviolence the young trainees have also to undergo vocational training, which enables them to learn the right tools to ear their living.
Dr SL Gandhi delivering his lecture on nonviolence lifestyle
at the Nonviolence Leadership Training Camp
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