GANDHI JAYANTI 2005

GANDHI JAYANTI2005

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world”

-Mahatma Gandhi

VAISHNAV JAN TOHVAISHNAV JAN TOH

Vaishnav Jan to taynay kahyeeye,

Jay peerh paraayee janney ray,Par dukkhey upkar karey,Toyey man abhiman na anney

ray.

Sakal lokma sahuney vandey,Ninda na karey kainee rayVaach kaach, man nischal

raakhey,Dhan-dhan jananee tainee ray.

Samdristhi nay trishna tyagee,Par-stree jaynay mat rayJivaah thaki asatya na bolay,Par-dhan nav jhaley haath ray.

GOD’s CHILD IS ONEWHO KNOWS ANOTHER'S PAINWHO UPLIFTS THE SORROWFULAND PRIDE DOES DISDAIN

WHO SALUTES ALL BEINGSAND CRITICIZES NONEOF PURE TALK AND ACTIONSUCH A ONE’s MOTHER IS

BLESSED

WHO LOOKS ON ALL AS THE SAME

HONORS WOMAN AS MOTHERWHO DOES NOT UTTER UNTRUTH

EVEN WHEN THE TONGUE HAS TIRED

NEVER COVETS ANOTHER’s WEALTH

The Making of Gandhi

“Generations to come will scarcely believe that such a one as this

walked the earth”- Einstein on Gandhi

Childhood

“I never could learn the art of ‘copying’.”

- About his time in high school

Playing the husband

“.. the lesson of faithfulness had an untoward effect. … I had absolutely no reason to suspect my wife’s fidelity, but jealousy does not wait for reasons.”- About the early years of his married life

To be or not to be vegetarian

“The choice was now made in favor of vegetarianism, the spread of which henceforward became my mission.”

With members of the Vegetarian

Society

London, 1890

Service to family & community

“…if animal passion had not blinded me, I should have been

spared the torture of separation from my

father during his last moments.”

- About his father’s passing

“Without the observance of

brahmacharya, service of the family would be

inconsistent with service of the community.”

- About his thoughts before taking the vow of celibacy and

self-restraint

Search for Truth

“… morality is the basis of things, and … truth is the substance

of all morality.”-In India

“the Sermon on the Mount … went

straight to my heart.”- In England

“I do not seek redemption from the consequences of my

sin. I seek to be redeemed from sin

itself, or rather from the very thought of

sin.”- In South Africa

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

RAGHUPATI RAGAHV RAJA RAM

Raghupati Raghava Rajaa Ram

Pateeta Paavana Seetaa Raam

Ishwara Allah Tero Naam

Sabko Sanmati Dey Bhagwan

We worship you as Rama of the Raghu dynasty

We worship you as the ideal wife, Sita

We worship you as “Ishwar” and “Allah”

May you bless all

RAGHUPATI RAGAHV RAJA RAM

We worship you as Rama of the Raghu dynasty

We worship you as the ideal wife, Sita

We worship you as “Ishwar” and “Allah”

May you bless all

Raghupati Raghava Rajaa Raam

Pateeta Paavana Seetaa Raam

Ishwara Allah Tero Naam

Sabko Sanmati Dey Bhagwaan

Gandhi and Education

Tara Beteille, Dept. of Education

“I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.”

Mahatma Gandhi, 1921

Gandhi’s Philosophy of Education

Passionate Search for Truth

Ideal of non-attachment

Profound Reverence for Life

Readiness to sacrifice all for the knowledge of God

Nai Talim (New Education)

A program for universal education Basic education for children

Empower the future

Adult education Upliftment of Harijans and women

Holistic Model

Physical Drill

Handicrafts

Music

Holistic Model

Literacy to come later Come before

Seeing Hearing Speaking

Writing

Self-reliant model

Children to learn from things in their environment

Children should be taught a useful vocation A means to cultivate their mental, physical

and spiritual facilities Economic calculations in connection with

education were not unethical

Gandhi and education

Adult education Important to empower every adult Indian,

especially Harijans and women Vocational education Literacy Political education

Vernacular and not English

Strengthens Identity Vocational Education

Music

In rhythm there is order and discipline

Vidya Bhawan Society’s Basic School

Question

What would be the purpose of education if it left us without a sense of identity, discipline, balance and rhythm?

Thank you

The Legacy

of Gandhi

Somik Raha

Non-violence is a power which can be wielded equally by all children, young men and women or grown-up people

Mahatma Gandhi

Turn the Other CheekGandhi and C. F. Andrews

Today’s world

Is Non-Violence Relevant?

Roots of Gandhi’s Non-Violence

“Only that person attains Me who has no enmity to anyone”

Bhagvad Gita – Chap 11, Verse 55

Roots of Gandhi’s Non-Violence

“He who is the same towards friend and foe, and so also in honor and dishonor; who is the same under cold, heat, happiness and sorrow, who is free from attachment to everything, such a one

is dear to me.”Bhagvad Gita – Chap 12, Verse 18

Gandhi had no hatred for the

British and he still fought them hard.

“Fight without a sense of enmity or retribution, and only because it is your

duty”

Gandhi’s Life Message

Between violence and cowardly flight, I can only prefer violence to cowardice

Mahatma Gandhi

The Mind-Action Continuum

Bravest: Non-violent mind and action

Brave: Non-violent mind, Violent action

Coward: Violent mind, Non-violent action

Deluded Coward: Violent mind, Violent action

Non-Violence

…Of the mind first and then the body

Visibility …If I can’t see you in pain, you’re not in

pain.

Visibility

…Make the pain visible. Make the injustice visible…

Research on Roots of Empathy in

Management Science literature now

validates the importance of visibility

Sticky Ideas

Create ideas that stick

CHARKHA:

The Spinning Wheel

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

NON-COOPERATION

Gandhi & Tagore

Tagore popularized the term “Mahatma” when referring to Gandhi

“Great as he is as a politician, as an organizer, as a leader of men, as a moral reformer, he is greater than all these as a man, because none of these aspects and activities limits his humanity. They are rather inspired and sustained by it.”

… Tagore in the essay, “Gandhi, the Man”

Gandhi & Tagore

Gandhi called Tagore, “The Great Sentinel,” in a famous essay.

“Shantiniketan will never cease to grow so long as Gurudev's spirit broods over it…”

“Visvabharati carries God's protection because it is the creation of an earnest soul... You may depend upon my doing all for its permanence…”-Gandhi to Tagore on his visit to Shantiniketan

“Gandhi and Tagore. Two types entirely different from each other” – Jawaharlal Nehru, First Prime Minister of India

We owe it to ourselves..

To seek truth in all that we do

To hate none, however we may act

To try non-violence in our actions

To condemn the crime and not the criminal

To make injustice visible so we may all see

To ethically articulate so we may all act

Teri Awaaz pe koi naa aaye, to phir chal akela re If no one heeds your call, then go on alone

Teri Awaaz pe koi naa aaye, to phir chal akela re If no one heeds your call, then go on alone

Phir chal akela, chal akela, chal akela, chal akela reGo on alone, go on alone, go on alone, Go on alone

Teri Awaaz pe koi naa aaye, to phir chal akela re If no one heeds your call, then go on alone

Yadi koi bhi na boleyIf no one speaks up

Orey orey O Obhaage, Koi bhi na boleyO Unfortunate One, if no one speaks up

Yadi sabhi mukh mod rahe, Sab dara kareinIf all have turned their face away and are fearful

Yadi sabhi mukh mod rahe, Sab dara kareinIf all have turned their face away and are fearful

Tab darey bina, O tu mukt kanth apni baath, Keh akela reThen, open your heart, and speak your mind on your own

Teri Awaaz pe koi naa aaye, to phir chal akela re If no one heeds your call, then go on alone

Yadi laut jayien sabhiIf all are leaving you

Orey orey O Obhaage, laut jayien sabhiO Unfortunate One, if all are leaving you

Yadi gahan dagar chale dekhein, Mudh ke na koi As they leave, if no one even glances back

Yadi gahan dagar chale dekhein, Mudh ke na koi As they leave, if no one even glances back

Tab kantakon ko, O tu rakt range charan tale, Dal akela re Then with blood-soaked feet, Trample the thorns & move on

Teri Awaaz pe koi naa aaye, to phir chal akela re If no one heeds your call, then go on alone

Yadi deep na jale If the flame does not hold

Orey orey O Obhaage, Deep na jale O Unfortunate one, if the flame does not hold

Yadi jhara aandhi raat mein, ghar band sab kareinIf on a stormy night, all have shut their doors to you

Yadi jhara aandhi raat mein, ghar band sab kareinIf on a stormy night, all have shut their doors to you

Tab vajra skihka, se tu apni asthi jalaa aur jal akela re Then, let the lightning set your breastbone ablaze & shine on alone

Teri Awaaz pe koi naa aaye, to phir chal akela re If no one heeds your call, then go on alone

Phir chal akela, chal akela, chal akela, chal akela reGo on alone, go on alone, go on alone, Go on alone

Teri Awaaz pe koi naa aaye, to phir chal akela re If no one heeds your call, then go on alone