Training in Nonviolence

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

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Most Reverend Delmer Robinson, ThD, PhD, EdD Archbishop, The Anglican Church, USA writes to His Holiness Acharya Mahapragya May the God of Heaven and Earth remain with you every moment of each day. As a Christian cleric with years of training and application of that training, never have I read such God-worthy writings on the elusive subject we would call peace. Our peoples have been inundated with millions of tomes describing the sole fact that we have need of global peace. My Christian Holy Bible has two explicit covenants that speak eloquently of the peace we seek. In my humble opinion the main point of need is that of a role model to build upon. We are a world requiring visual aid. My biblical studies have not resolved the issue of "what is peace?" Perhaps it is only a word. I do not know what peace looks like....smells like....tastes like....sounds like....nor do I know what peace feels like. Then I had the opportunity to read your compilation of scholarly views in "Training in Nonviolence." You have taken to giving your total support to the life values of ANUVRAT. This is near heroic in its strengths of cause, resolution and application. The spirit and mind creates the graphic illustration to fulfill the voids I have mentioned above. Reading your words announcing your youth and the value of mentorships replaced vacancies and gave you the vision of the world as God would see and use it. How wonderful! Recalling the adage, "Wisdom comes with age," your entry into the last decade of a century amongst us gives us the greatest import to the impact of such a statement of your wise viewpoints. I close offering my personal homage to your work. Grace and peace. ANUVIBHA www.jainelibrary.org