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Screen legend Shabana Azmi receives Gandhi
Foundation Peace Award for poverty and rights work
Discussion topic: Gandhi and Terrorism
The Gandhi
Foundation was set up in 1983 to spread knowledge of the philosophy and
teaching of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) in Britain.
Central to
Gandhi's vision was an impassioned conviction that at the heart of all life
there is Truth which sustains all creation, a Truth which demands a
personal response from each individual. He saw Truth as a Truth present in
every person. This requires active, loving service to humanity, a form of
practical spirituality open to every woman and man. In particular, he held
nonviolence as a basic tenet, a positive outgoing belief to bring about
fundamental change at all levels, from the interpersonal to relations
between states. Nonviolence is the discovery of a new kind of power.
Gandhi not
only played a major role in India achieving its independence but taught a
philosophy which has universal applicability. The core of that philosophy
is the search for truth through nonviolence - ahimsa.
Gandhi taught
respect for animals as well as humans, a non-exploitative relationship to
the environment, the elimination of poverty, the limitation of personal
wealth and possessions, and nonviolence applied at all levels from the
interpersonal to relationships between states.
The purpose
of the Foundation is to apply this teaching to some of the major
concerns of our times: violence, social injustice, oppression,
racial discrimination, destruction of the environment, economic
inequality, exploitation of animals, the arms trade and war.
Thus it maintains a relevant witness as a spur to nonviolent
action to transform our contemporary world.
The Gandhi Foundation has an office in Kingsley Hall Community Centre
in East London where Gandhi stayed in 1931.
The Gandhi Foundation is a member of the Network for Peace
The Satya Graha Forum
Mahatma Gandhi Archive and Reference
Library
M.K Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
GandhiServe Foundation: Mahatma Gandhi
Research and Media Service
Gandhi Information Centre
Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya (Gandhi
Museum and Library)
Gandhi
National Museum, Delhi
Bombay
Sarvodaya Mandal
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