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Six Principles of Nonviolence

Noncooperation against the Rowlatt Boycott of British Cloth Industry


Act leading to the Massacre at (1920-22)
Amritsar (1919)
Nonviolence is a way of
life for courageous
people

1 Nonviolence is not passive, but


active in persuading the
opponent of the righteousness of
your cause.
Nonviolence seeks to
win friendship and
understanding

2 The end of nonviolence is


reconciliation, not the defeat of
an adversary, so that a “beloved”
community can be built.
Nonviolence seeks to
defeat injustice not
people

3 Nonviolent action is directed at


eliminating evil, not destroying
an evil-doer because an evil-doer
is a victim also.
Nonviolence holds that
suffering can educate
and transform

4 Nonviolence never inflicts


violence, but accepts suffering if
necessary for a cause because
suffering has power to convert
the enemy when reason fails.
Nonviolence chooses
love instead of hate

5 Since life is interrelated,


nonviolent love both restores
community and resists injustice.
It does not sink to the level of
the hater’s violence.
Nonviolence believes
that the universe is on

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the side of justice
The nonviolent resister has faith
that justice will prevail, that God
is a God of justice.
Salt March (1930) Fast Unto Death (1947)
Nonviolence is a way of
life for courageous
people

1 Nonviolence is not passive, but


active in persuading the
opponent of the righteousness of
your cause.
Nonviolence seeks to
win friendship and
understanding

2 The end of nonviolence is


reconciliation, not the defeat of
an adversary, so that a “beloved”
community can be built.
Nonviolence seeks to
defeat injustice not
people

3 Nonviolent action is directed at


eliminating evil, not destroying
an evil-doer because an evil-doer
is a victim also.
Nonviolence holds that
suffering can educate
and transform

4 Nonviolence never inflicts


violence, but accepts suffering if
necessary for a cause because
suffering has power to convert
the enemy when reason fails.
Nonviolence chooses
love instead of hate

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Since life is interrelated,
nonviolent love both restores
community and resists injustice.
It does not sink to the level of
the hater’s violence.
Nonviolence believes
that the universe is on

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the side of justice
The nonviolent resister has faith
that justice will prevail, that God
is a God of justice.
Six Principles of Nonviolence
Noncooperation against the Rowlatt Boycott of British Cloth Industry
Act leading to the Massacre at (1920-22)
Amritsar (1919)
Nonviolence is a way of Threat of imprisonment Threat of violent crackdown by the
life for courageous British after the Amritsar Massacre.
people

1 Nonviolence is not passive, but


active in persuading the
opponent of the righteousness of
your cause.
Nonviolence seeks to The day of prayer and fasting is It seeks the removal of British
win friendship and directed at the repeal of the unjust economic exploitation of India,
understanding law. particularly in how the British

2 The end of nonviolence is


reconciliation, not the defeat of
deindustrialized the once thriving
clothing industry.
an adversary, so that a “beloved”
community can be built.
Nonviolence seeks to The action is directed at the The action is directed at the
defeat injustice not treatment of Indians as second- symbolic value of British clothes.
people class citizens in their own land.

3 Nonviolent action is directed at


eliminating evil, not destroying
an evil-doer because an evil-doer
is a victim also.
Nonviolence holds that Willingness to go to prison They are willing to burn the clothes
suffering can educate they have bought.
and transform

4 Nonviolence never inflicts


violence, but accepts suffering if
necessary for a cause because
suffering has power to convert
the enemy when reason fails.
Nonviolence chooses A day of prayer and fasting shapes The anger is directed not toward
love instead of hate the nonviolent action as a personal hatred of the British but the source
discipline of their exploitation.

5 Since life is interrelated,


nonviolent love both restores
community and resists injustice.
It does not sink to the level of
the hater’s violence.
Nonviolence believes Gandhi has had success before . The Amritsar Massacre was
that the universe is on devastating and it would be hard to

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the side of justice keep faith that justice will prevail.
The nonviolent resister has faith
that justice will prevail, that God
is a God of justice.
Salt March (1930) Fast Unto Death (1947)
Nonviolence is a way of Threat of imprisonment Threat of death
life for courageous
people

1 Nonviolence is not passive, but


active in persuading the
opponent of the righteousness of
your cause.
Nonviolence seeks to The action is directed at Uses his position to attempt to get
win friendship and demonstrating the foreign rule of Hindus and Muslims to stop fighting
understanding the British is one of exploitation. and communicate with each other.

2 The end of nonviolence is


reconciliation, not the defeat of
The Indian leaders are constantly
communicating with the British.
He also does his fast in a Muslim
house.
an adversary, so that a “beloved”
community can be built.
Nonviolence seeks to The act of civil disobedience He is acting against the violence
defeat injustice not (breaking a law) is directed at the between Hindus and Muslims, but
people British monopoly on salt, which is wants them to live together

3 Nonviolent action is directed at


eliminating evil, not destroying
easily gotten from the Indian ocean. peacefully.

an evil-doer because an evil-doer


is a victim also.
Nonviolence holds that Willingness to march and produce He is willing to suffer death in order
suffering can educate salt under threat of imprisonment to stop the suffering of others.
and transform and violence.

4 Nonviolence never inflicts


violence, but accepts suffering if
necessary for a cause because
suffering has power to convert
the enemy when reason fails.
Nonviolence chooses The leaders used the nonviolent He identifies with the Muslim
love instead of hate form of marching and standing minority by staying at the house of
before the salt works to receive a Muslim

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Since life is interrelated, their blows.
nonviolent love both restores
community and resists injustice.
It does not sink to the level of
the hater’s violence.
Nonviolence believes The determination to keep going Despite his disappointment with the
that the universe is on after years of inaction. partition of India, he still believe

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the side of justice and works for reconciliation
between Hindu and Muslim.
The nonviolent resister has faith
that justice will prevail, that God
is a God of justice.

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