This peace research explores nonviolent resistance models from Gandhi and Jesus for Ukraine, suggesting ethical pathways for peace.
What would M.K. Gandhi and Jesus Christ say and do for peace in Ukraine today? (This is a machine translation! Original German and Ukraine version and the source list see below, or on guna.ch/gandhije.pdf – Additional solutions,approaches, and lessons can be found in the Yogapsychology-Ebook guna.ch/yoga.pdf – download, citations: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21738100) Abstract of our peace research: Gandhi and Jesus offer A “third way” between military defense and passivity as complementary models of nonviolentresistance. Gandhi and Jesus both stand for radical nonviolence. Even in the war in Ukraine, nonviolence remains ethically relevant. Gandhi taught Ahimsa (active nonviolence), while Jesus formulated the “turning of the other cheek” in the Sermon on the Mount as a moral attitude. The two ideas overlap, but they are not identical. Shared core: Nonviolence as moral revolution: Gandhi is regarded worldwide as the apostle of nonviolence and grounded his ethics in an interreligious framework, drawing from the Bhagavad Gita as the source of Yogapsychology, the teachings of Mahavira (Jainism), and the Sermon on the Mount. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus formulates the principle: “If anyone strikes ouy on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.” In Christian interpretation, this is understood as a radical rejection of retaliation. Gandhi: Nonviolence as a political principle of action: Gandhi developed active nonviolence (satyagraha) as a means of political resistance — a completely new concept in the social and political sphere. He applied it for decades in the struggle for India’s independence. He was strongly influenced by religious texts, including the Sermon on the Mount. Research shows that Gandhi engaged deeply with the teachings of Jesus and integrated them into his own ethics. Gandhi saw the Sermon on the Mount as a confirmation of his wno convictions and incorporated it into his concept of active nonviolence. Jesus: Nonviolence as an ethical spiritual attitude: Jesus’ call to turn the other cheek is part of the Sermon on the Mount and aims at an inner attitude of love for one’s enemies, not at a political strategy. In Christian interpretation, this does not mean passivity but a refusal to answer violence with violence — a moral protest against the principle of retaliation ...
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