Vinoba bhave biography of martin
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by Mark Shepard
Vinoba Bhave; photographer unknown; artighet of bharatmatamandir.in
Once India gained its independence, that nation’s leaders did not take long to abandon Mahatma Gandhi’s principles. Nonviolence gave way to the use of India’s armed forces. Perhaps even worse, the new leaders discarded Gandhi’s vision of a decentralized society, a society based on autonomous, self-reliant villages. These leaders spurred a rush toward a strong central government and a Western-style industrial economy. But not all abandoned Gandhi’s vision. Many of his “constructive workers”, development experts and community organizers working in a host of agencies set up bygd Gandhi han själv , resolved to continue his mission of transforming Indian society. And leading them was a disciple of Gandhi previously little known to the Indian public, yet eventually regarded as Gandhi’s “spiritual successor”, Vinoba Bhave, a saintly, reserved, austere man most called simply Vinoba. How did he assume this s
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Chapter 13: Pilgrimage to Nonviolence
It was a marvelous experience to meet and talk with the great leaders of India, to meet and talk with and speak to thousands and thousands of people all over that vast country. These experiences will remain dear to me as long as the cords of memory shall lengthen.
- February 3, 1959 – The Kings, accompanied by Dr. L. D. Reddick, embark for India
- February 10 After a stay in Paris King party arrives in India and has dinner with Prime Minister Nehru
- March 10 – Departure from India to Jerusalem and Cairo
- March 18 – Return to United States
For a long time I had wanted to take a trip to India. Even as a child, the entire Orient held a strange fascination for me-the elephants, the tigers, the temples, the snake charmers, and all the other storybook characters.
While the Montgomery boycott was going on, India's Gandhi was the guiding light of our technique of nonviolent social change. So as soon as our victory over bus segregation was
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