Tag Archives: Vinoba Bhave
Un Ejército de Amor(Apartidista) / A (Non-Partisan)Love Army
–por Vinoba Bhave (Jun 29, 2018) [English below] Cuando todo el mundo está armado, nada puede resolverse con las armas. La única esperanza de un acuerdo es en la noviolencia, es decir, en el poder del amor. Los seres humanos están desconcertados … Continue reading
Witnessivity
–by Vinoba Bhave (Sep 14, 2017) We all sleep every night but what is the meaning of sleep? Sleep is the rest after work, and preparation for the next days work. In this respect, sleep is a state of samadhi –the state … Continue reading
El Amor Materno de un Hombre / A Man’s Motherly Love
–por Vinoba Bhave (Oct 3, 2014) [English below] “Aprendí la lección de noviolencia de mi esposa cuando traté de doblegarla a mi voluntad. Su abierta resistencia a mi voluntad, por una parte, y su tranquila sumisión a sufrir mi estupidez, por otra, acabaron por hacer … Continue reading
A Peace Army is a Service Army
–by Vinoba Bhave (Jul 3, 2014) If it is not possible to dissolve the army today, we must at least be agreed that we shall dissolve it tomorrow. But so long as you do not give up reliance on arms, this is … Continue reading
The Humble Work of the Stars
–by Vinoba Bhave (Jun 29, 2012) One of the most powerful practices is to strive to look at the good in every human being. When we do this, it allows us to witness the divine in them. But in that process, we … Continue reading
Beyond Symbolism: Servant Leadership
by Collective Intelligence* (Apr 6 , 2012) The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first, perhaps … Continue reading
Moved by Love
–by Vinoba Bhave (Feb 17, 2012) I am a man who belongs to another world than this, one that may seem very strange. For I claim that I am moved by love, that I feel it all the time. I do not … Continue reading
Who Are The Prisoners?
–by Vinoba Bhave (Sep 2, 2011) It was in jail that I experienced a real Ashram life. All I had were a few clothes, a tumbler and a bowl. What better place could there be for following the vow of … Continue reading
Cultivating Independent Opinion
“Governments [and corporations] create all this fear. They have constituted themselves protectors of the people, and the people are no longer self-reliant but depend upon the Government and expect it to protect them… Throughout the World today, the direction of education … Continue reading
BeLOVED CommUNITY
[From an email sent in January 2009] As we conclude another lap around our magnificent star in our living-organic-spaceship, I’d like to bring to your attention, beloved family, beLOVED commUNITY, how grateful I feel to know you all and to … Continue reading