Enrich Your Life Through Practice of Non-Violence

1. Enrich Your Life Through Practice of Non-Violence

2. Interfaith dialogues Forgiveness Compassion

3. Four Pursuits • Dharma - Righteousness • Artha - Wealth • Kama - Desire • Moksha - Liberation

4. Code of Moral Conduct Anuvrat Movement Acharya Tulsi

5. TRAINING IN NON-VIOLENCE Objective: To develop a balanced human being, who combines both, a scientific outlook on life and deep spiritual insight. Acharya Mahapragyaji

6. HUMAN BRAIN Left Brain Violence Anger Hatred Right Brain Non-Violence Tolerance Forgiveness

7. Major Causes of Violence • GREED • FEAR • HOSTILITY • ANGER • EGO • CRUELTY • DISCRIMINATION • INTOLERANCE • ABSOLUTE BEHAVIOUR

8. Meditation & Contemplation

9. Romain Rolland: “The sages, who discovered the law of non-violence in the midst of violence, were greater geniuses than Newton, greater warriors than Wellington. Non-violence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute.”

10. Enrich Your Life Through Practice of Non-Violence

11. “As violence cannot take an aggravated form without intensive training, the same way, without training non-violence neither can be awakened nor developed.”

13. To awaken the consciousness of Non-Violence • To promulgate the moral values among the people Ahimsa Yatra

14. COMPONENTS OF THE COURSE • Theory and History of Non-Violence • Transformation of the Heart • Non-violent Lifestyle • Right Means of Livelihood and Training in • the Tools of Self Employment

15. Theory & History of Non-Violence • Forms of Non-Violence • Roots of Violence • Foundation of Non-violence in All Traditions • Modern Situations and Thoughts of Modern • Thinkers

16. Transformation of Heart UNESCO “Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that defence of peace must be constructed.” Acharya Mahapragya “Violence first originates in the mind and then manifests itself in our behaviour.”

17. Preksha Meditation A scientific & Spiritual Technique • RELAXATION • INTERNAL TRIP • PERCEPTION OF DEEP BREATHING • PERCEPTION OF BODY • PERCEPTION OF PSYCHIC CENTERS • PERCEPTION OF COLORS • CONTEMPLATION WITH VISUALIZATION

18. Non-violent Lifestyle • Abstinence from unnecessary violence • Faith in human solidarity • Religious tolerance • Honesty in day-to-day dealings • Abstinence from intoxicants and drugs • Refraining from causing environmental pollution

19. Components of the Course: “Enrich Your Life Through Practice of Non-Violence • Theory and History of Non-Violence • Transformation of the Heart • Non-violent Lifestyle

20. Duration: Eight weeks (Once a week) 8 October to 26 November 2009 Day: Every Thursday Total Sessions: Eight (Two hours per session) Time: 7:30-9:30pm Theory + Practice + Q-A

21. Topics of the Discussion • Roots of Violence • Advent of Non-Violence & Its Many Facets • Reverence for Life • Key to Social Harmony & Reconciliation • Living Good Life • Need to Develop Compassion • Essentials of a Non-violent Lifestyle • Non-Violence: Roadmap to Sustainability

22. PRACTICAL EXERCISES • Deep Relaxation • Perception of Breathing • Perception of Alternate Breathing • Perception of Centre of Enlightenment • Contemplation of Compassion, Tolerance, • Fearlessness and Friendliness

23. Thank You