[Oe List ...] Gandhi and Non-violence

[larry at icatw.com]

Dear All

Here is the original words in the songbook a picture in Hindi and 
another transliteration I got off the Internet.

With respect, Larry

Ellen & David Rebstock wrote:
> Our Sonoma County Network of Spiritual Progressives held a program 
> recently with a presentation by Michael Nagler.  He is a professor at 
> UC Berkeley with a course on Non-violence.  He introduced his topic 
> "Confessions of a Social Activist" by saying there are two hopeful 
> events that he says may increase the awareness level as to the role of 
> non-violence in bringing about Peace in the world.  First, most people 
> don't realize that 9-11 this year is exactly the 100 yr anniversary to 
> the day of the Birth of Satyagraha.  Mahatma Gandhi and his followers 
> launched the first campaign of Satyagraha at a meeting in the Empire 
> Theatre in Johannesburg on 9/11/1906.  Satyagraha was Gandhi's method 
> of active resistance based on the principles of courage, non-violence, 
> and truth.  Two time-changing events targeted similarly but in totally 
> dissimilar ways happened on the same date 9/11/2001 and 9/11/1906 
> revealing the ultimate choice between violence and non-violence. 
>  9/11/1906 is the day of the Birth of Satyagraha, breaking of the 
> vicious cycle of 'an eye for an eye'.  Nagler encouraged and stated 
> that many groups and organizations will be showing the movie "Gandhi" 
> on or around 911.  We are showing it at our Saturday Night at the 
> Movies at our church on September 9.
>  
> Secondly, the second event or happening Nagler highlighted is The 
> Declaration of Peace.  Thousands of people are signing the Declaration 
> of Peace on info at declarationofpeace.org 
> <mailto:info at declarationofpeace.org>   On that web site you can sign 
> the Declaration and also volunteer for non-violent training at 
> locations around the country and participate in nonviolent action to 
> declare peace at the U.S. Capitol and in cities and towns across the 
> US beginning between September 21-28  just days before Congress 
> adjourns for the fall elections.
>  
> By the way I recall that at the end of the movie when we all went over 
> to see the movie Gandhi at the Uptown Theatre in Chicago in 1982 the 
> song played at the end during the credits was Nagapati etc. etc. I 
> thought we had it in one of our song books and cannot find it.  I 
> would like to get a copy of the words in Hindi and if possible a 
> translation into English.  Does anyone have either and could forward 
> them to me or put them on the Dialogue.
>  
> Dave Rebstock
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