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violence

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Nonviolence as a way of life
Nonviolence as a way of life

Three attributes to be nonviolent
Nonviolence is way beyond a tactic or a strategy or even a political methodology. It's actually a way of life.

Letting go of your violence
We want to radiate personally the peace we seek politically. We want to practice the peace we want the world to institutionalize.

To be humain is to be nonviolent
I think to be a human being is to be nonviolent.

Boko Haram problem
The abandoned children will turn to us if we can say, "Hey you are important. I think I understand your pain. Come to me."

Passive violence
Passive violence

Contemplation and nonviolence
Contemplation and nonviolence

Nonviolence offers a place for the other to see me differently
Nonviolence breaks their narrative of who I am to them.

Dealing with our anger: the first major step in praticing nonviolence
More than 80% of the violence that we face is generated by anger.

Nonviolence, anger and his Holiness the Dalai Lama
Being around his Holiness the Dalai Lama who has an extremely strong conviction for non-violence you can sense the power of his commitment to nonviolence by bei…

Innate basic goodness
We have a preference for cooperative warmhearted non-violent interactions compared to those that are selfish, aggressive and violent.

Nonviolent to yourself
Nonviolence begins first with being nonviolent to yourself.

Nonviolence starts inwardly
Nonviolence in some ways it starts inwardly then we have to say where do we want the circumference to end?

Try dialogue again and again
Never use violence because it's useless. Try to dialogue again and again.

Violence is forgetting who we are
Violence is forgetting who we are: human beings and beloved ones of the God of peace.

Scapegoating has nothing to do with reality
Once you have your ignorant hatred, your justified prejudice, it's a very short road to justified violence.

Is nonviolence the future of humanity?
There is a serious hope that mankind will be able to evolve toward nonviolence, peace and love.

A life of nonviolence
The positive aspect of Nonviolence has been a real help for me.

Nonviolence is a clumsy word
Everything has been so co-opted by the culture of violence that the words "peace" and "love" don't work anymore.

What peace has not brought, violence will not bring
What peace has not brought, violence will not bring it.

Meeting bridge builders helped me abandoned my violence
I discovered that violence is never a solution and that war can never end.

I saw myself as a protector of my religion
Unfortunately Christianity became a title to define myself with or my people. But it should be a way of living a life of love.

Love your enemies: even in the Boko Haram crisis?
My favorite sermon and I will continue to preach it until I die: "Love your enemy as yourself." What a difficult sermon!

Nonviolence works!
We found that the nonviolent campaigns were twice as effective historically as the violent campaigns.

The effectiveness of nonviolence resistance
Maria gives more informations about her study of nonviolence. She talks about nonviolence resistance VS principled nonviolence. She then explains how nonviolenc…

Anger and fear: do I bow down to it?
Anger plus fear equals hatred.

Nonviolence is an art
Nonviolence is an identity. It's not a strategy or a tactic.

How did I abandoned my hatred against black people?
I was led to a better life by people who had the courage to treat me with kindness.