Acharya Mahaprajna
We have tried to cover all the topics considered essential for a nonviolence trainee or a trainer. The objective is to educate the trainees and trainers in the insightful understanding of global nonviolence. Knowledgeable persons from universities, nonviolent traditions and institutions dedicated to Gandhian studies will be invited to lecture on the following topics:
(a) Physical Violence2. Roots of Violence
(b) Verbal and Mental Violence
(c) Emotional Violence
(d) Violence to Nature and to Life-forms other than Humans
(e) Religious, Ethnic, Racial and Political Violence
(f) Violence Caused by Exploitation, Inequalities in Wealth Distribution and Poverty
(a) Unjust Economic System3. Historical Roots of Nonviolence
(b) Intolerance
(c) Exploitation
(d) Discrimination on Grounds of Caste and Colour
(e) Imbalance in Human Relationships on account of a Bias towards a Member of the Family
(f) Unrestrained Emotions
(g) Unrestrained Greed
(a) The Nonviolent Jain Tradition - the philosophy of non-absolutism (anekant)4. Entering Modern Period
(b) The Buddhist Tradition
(c) The Christian Tradition
(d) The Vedic Tradition
(e) The Islamic Tradition
(a) Leo Tolstoy5. UN Efforts
(b) Gandhi, Thoreau, Ruskin
(c) Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) Nelson Mandela etc.
(e) Vinoba Bhave
(f) Acharya Tulsi
(g) Acharya Mahapragya
(h) Quakers, Pax Christi and other nonviolent endeavours in different countries
(a) Universal Declaration of Human Rights6. Strategies for Survival into the Third Millennium
(b) Declaration of Children’s Rights
(c) Rio Summit 1992 - Declaration to Save Biodiversity
(d) Social Summit (Copenhagen) 1995 - Elimination of Poverty, Social Integration, Generation of Employment
(e) UN Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence
(f) UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
(1) Nuremberg Principles against War
(2) Change in Lifestyle (Nonviolent Lifestyle)
(3) Ecological and Sustainable Living
(4) Refraining from the Activities that Cause Global Warming
(5) Caring for the Future: Preserving Ecology and Environment
(6) Inspiring People to Limit Use of Resources
(7) Change in Individual Outlook (Culture of Heart)
(8) Right Means of Livelihood
(9) A Deep Study of the Lives of Self-transformed People
