I and others may be revolutionaries but we are disciples of Mahatma Gandhi, directly or indirectly, nothing more nothing less.
Firstly, as a Buddhist monk, I hold that violence is not good. Secondly, I am a firm believer in the Gandian ethic of passive resistance. And thirdly, in reality, violence is not our strength.
The Chipko activists have always been close to my parents, since my father was among the few forestry officials who supported them within the bureaucracy. And I was involved with the Chipko movement in my student days.
My life is dedicated to the service of Indians through the religion of nonviolence which I believe to be the root of Hinduism.
[A.J. Muste] never engaged in violence but he believed, as [Mahatma] Gandhi did - and he knew Gandhi slightly - he believed that a pacifist had to be active in the community.
If you will express the requisite purity of character in action, you cannot do it better than through the spinning wheel.
The fragrance of nonviolence was never sweeter than it was today amidst the stink of violence of the most cowardly type that was being displayed in the cities of India.
Hindu-Muslim unity, khaddar and removal of untouchability are to me the foundation of Swaraj.
I would far rather that India perished than that she won Her freedom at the sacrifice of truth.
