Gandhism for World Peace, Stability, and Brotherhood

Any individual who is full of love, brotherhood and peace is of tremendous value not only for himself, his family, or his country, but humanity at large. Mahatma Gandhi was one such being who has not hated even his enemies and followed the path of complete non-violence till his last breath. Truth to Gandhi was synonymous with God. He followed Ahimsa as comprehensive principle, which emerges out of deep love and compassion towards other. What he strove to achieve through Ahimsa was ultimately to realize Moksha (spiritual liberation) or God. It is an established fact that all religion, belief system, and civilizations on earth teach tolerance, harmonious coexistence, peace, non-discrimination and respect of the rights of the human beings without considering, what his colour, class, creed, culture, or belief is. All religions urge people to cooperate in the achievement of righteousness and calls for mutual understanding, love, cohesion and harmony among all people on the earth. Still there is continued development of weapons of mass destruction, armed conflicts between states and ethnic groups. There is spread of racism, gender inequality, community violence, massive violations of human rights the gap between the rich and the poor is still huge and widening throughout the globalized economy. Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi are the way to resolve conflict. As Peace is the first condition for stability, harmonious coexistence, love and brotherhood must be enriched by social, cultural and spiritual values together with religious and human values. An Attempt has been made in this paper to understand teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and to throw light on importance of non violence in present era.