Satyagraha

Those who support Herta are participating in satyagraha, too. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Bush's visit to the memorial is sure to generate enormous protest, as well it should, but I think it also presents a rare opportunity to bring Gandhi's philosophy of "satyagraha" - truth-seeking, self-sacrifice and nonviolent resistance - to bear on the world Bush has wrought. ❋ Unknown (2006)

One of the most dramatic events of the satyagraha was the burning of the passes, similar to the burning of British cloth in the swadeshi movement. ❋ Unknown (1995)

The satyagraha was a part of the struggle of India for its dignity, and a moral crusade, though waged on the South African soil. ❋ Unknown (1948)

The other great advantage that the Egyptian people had over the regime is their spiritual resilence, or what Gandhi called "satyagraha" holding to truth. ❋ Cynthia Boaz (2011)

In both examples, if the confrontation is based on adherence to truth (what Gandhi followers know as "satyagraha") and nonviolence ( "ahimsa"), a transformation is possible. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Excerpts: NEWSWEEK: Why did you choose "satyagraha" for the title? ❋ Unknown (2008)

But it ultimately spawned a lifelong fight against injustice and oppression through "satyagraha," variously translated as "truth force" or "passive resistance," which culminated in India's 1947 freedom from British rule. ❋ Unknown (2006)

A few weeks earlier another minister staged a 'satyagraha', a hunger-strike-unto-death, in an effort to force the Secretary General of the United Nations to withdraw the panel that he had appointed to advise him on the course of action he should take relating to the alleged acts of violence by the military that took place in Sri Lanka in the latter part of the conflict with the LTTE that ended in May 2009. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was on September 11, 1906, that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi first articulated the concept of 'satyagraha', non-violent resistance, at a public meeting in South Africa. ❋ Rajni Bakshi (2010)

Kolkata: People in West Bengal's Singur along with syndicate members who supplied materials for building the plant for the world's most inexpensive car Nano, will start a 'satyagraha' (sit-in) movement near the factory site from Friday, a syndicate member said on Thursday. ❋ Unknown (2008)

'satyagraha' (sit-in) movement near the factory site from Friday, a syndicate member said Thursday. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So you can pull people out of the pillars of support, and more generally, sustain a movement for systemic change with shows of empathy, compassion, unity and most importantly, firm (but nonviolent) adherence to truth - what Gandhi called "satyagraha." ❋ Cynthia Boaz (2010)

Once that moral force Gandhi called it "satyagraha," "truth/soul/force," which some translate as "soul force" or "the power of truth" is channeled, it can stir the hearts of millions. ❋ RJ (2011)