The Sarvodaya Movement
The Sarvodaya Movement

Author: Praveena Rajkobal

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-11-05

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1000740854

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This book provides an important case study of how local cultures, religions and spiritualities can enhance development activities, and provide helpful frameworks for contemporary societies facing the pressures of neo-liberalism. It specifically traces how the influential Sri Lankan Sarvodaya Movement has deployed concepts of spirituality-based holistic development to help local communities with post-tsunami reconstruction and redevelopment. Throughout, the author provides a Three-Sphere conceptualisation of holistic sustainable development, focused on Culture, Economics and Power, slightly revising Sarvodaya’s Three-Sphere model comprising Spirituality, Economics and Power. The author contends that the success of holistic development, including risk governance, is largely contingent on an awareness of the interdependency of these three spheres, and establishing equitable partnerships between communities, NGOs, INGOs, States and the private sector. Overall, this book argues that religion, spirituality and non-religious worldviews play an important role among other resources concerned with how to survive the pressures of neo-liberalism and environmental risks and crises. The Sarvodaya Movement, which draws on Buddhist concepts of spirituality, is widely acknowledged as an important example of spirituality and community-driven development, and as such, this book will be of interest to scholars of Development and Humanitarian Studies, Religious Studies and South Asian Studies.

Gandhi’s Dharma
Gandhi’s Dharma

Author: Koneru Ramakrishna Rao

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017-09-25

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 0199091587

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When asked about his message to the world, the Mahatma famously said, ‘My life is my message.’ In him there was no room for contradiction between thought and action. His life in its totality is a series of experiments to convert dharma, moral principles, into karma, practices in action. Gandhi believed that development is a dialectical process stemming from the antinomy of two aspects latent within every individual—the brute and the divine. While the former represents instinct-driven behaviour, the latter is one’s true self, which is altruistic. Gandhi described this process in different fields, most of which are relevant even today. Gandhi’s Dharma is an overview of Mahatma Gandhi—his person, philosophy, and practices. The author asserts that the basic principles governing Gandhi’s thoughts—satya, ahimsa, and sarvodaya—are not relics of the past. Nor are his thoughts an obsolete list of rules. Gandhi’s ideas are dynamic principles perpetually in the making, perfectly adaptable to contemporary life.

India of My Dreams
India of My Dreams

Author: M.K. Gandhi

Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan

Published: 2021-01-01

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13:

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India of My Dreams by M.K. Gandhi: "India of My Dreams" presents the visionary perspective of Mahatma Gandhi on the future of India. The book outlines Gandhi's aspirations for the nation and his commitment to nonviolence and social justice. Key Aspects of the Book "India of My Dreams": Gandhian Ideals: The book highlights Mahatma Gandhi's core principles, including nonviolence, self-reliance, and communal harmony. Nation-Building: "India of My Dreams" reflects Gandhi's vision for India's social, economic, and political progress. Social Justice: The work emphasizes Gandhi's advocacy for equality, inclusion, and the welfare of marginalized communities. M.K. Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an iconic leader and freedom fighter in India's struggle for independence. "India of My Dreams" reflects Gandhi's profound love for his country and his dedication to creating a just and inclusive society.

The Relevance of Gandhiji's Sarvodaya, Education and Vedanta Philosophy in Modern Era
The Relevance of Gandhiji's Sarvodaya, Education and Vedanta Philosophy in Modern Era

Author: A. V. Krishna Rao

Publisher:

Published: 2019-05-15

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9783668976924

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Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2018 in the subject Philosophy - Miscellaneous, grade: A, Trinity International University (College of Arts), course: Doctoral, language: English, abstract: The present research examines the Relevance of Gandhiji's Sarvodaya, Education and Vedanta Philosophy in Modern Era. An attempt has here been made to present the thoughts and writing regarding Sarvodaya and Education in such a way, so that the reader may see himself the evolution of Gandhi's ideas and philosophy in a straight way. The nationalist movement in India like all nationalist movement was essential a bourgeois movement led by Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave for realizing the ideal of Sarvodaya - the all round development, upliftment of all. Gandhi's ideas in regard to new education did not of course, suddenly emerge from his brain in 1937, but were the outcome of long years of sustained thought and experience. Vedanta is one of the six classical systems of Indian philosophy. The term "Vedanta" has the literal meaning "the end of the Veda" and refers both to the teaching of the Upanishads, which constitute the last section of the Veda, and to the knowledge of its ultimate meaning. By extension it is the name given to those philosophical schools that base themselves on the Brahma Sutras (also called the Vedanta Sutras) of Badarayana (early centuries AD), which summarize the Upanishadic doctrine. The best known and most influential of the schools of Vedanta is that of Shankara, known as the nondualist or advaita Vedanta. Shankara attempted to show that the teaching of the Upanishads was a self-consistent whole. According to Shankara, the ultimate reality is Brahman or the Self, which is pure reality, pure consciousness, and pure bliss.

Reading Gandhi
Reading Gandhi

Author: Surjit Kaur Jolly

Publisher: Concept Publishing Company

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9788180693564

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