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A few weeks before he was assassinated, Gandhi had a conversation with his grandson Arjun. HE handed Arjun a talisman upon which was engraved “Seven Glunders,” out of which, said Gandhi, grows the violence that plagues the world. The blunders were:
1. Wealth without work
2. Pleasure without conscience
3. Knowledge without character
4. Commerce without morality
5. Science without humanity
6. Worship without sacrifice
7. Politics without principles
Gandhi called the imbalances “passive violence,” which fuels active violence of crime, rebellion and war. He said, ‘We could work ‘til doomsday to achieve peace and would get nowhere as long as we ignore passive violence in our world.”
To his granfather’s list of senve blunders, Arjun later added an eighth:
Rights without responsibilities
Gandhi gave the list of Arjun in 1947.
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| zzzuluwarrior - 2006-11-17 2:34 PM
A few weeks before he was assassinated, Gandhi had a conversation with his grandson Arjun. HE handed Arjun a talisman upon which was engraved “Seven Glunders,” out of which, said Gandhi, grows the violence that plagues the world. The blunders were:
1. Wealth without work
2. Pleasure without conscience
3. Knowledge without character
4. Commerce without morality
5. Science without humanity
6. Worship without sacrifice
7. Politics without principles
Gandhi called the imbalances “passive violence,” which fuels active violence of crime, rebellion and war. He said, ‘We could work ‘til doomsday to achieve peace and would get nowhere as long as we ignore passive violence in our world.”
To his granfather’s list of senve blunders, Arjun later added an eighth:
Rights without responsibilities
Gandhi gave the list of Arjun in 1947.
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