AHIMSA NETWORK

What’s our mission?

In the modern age, either religion was ideologized or ideology was used as a substitute for religion. Humanity still suffers from the resulting divisions.

In contrast, what would a de-ideologized, transformative spirituality look like that is not satisfied with personal spiritual fulfillment, but strives for liberation on a cosmopolitan scale on the path of nonviolence?

In the texts on my website, I critically analyze concepts, which play a crucial role in discourses about nonviolence.

Here you can find an introduction and summary of the topics: >UNIMAGINED POSSIBILITIES.

In order to make visible the many ways in which nonviolence can be lived, a heterogeneous, open archive of videos and texts is to be created.

List of the topics

• The Cosmopolitan Attitude of Ahimsa
• Ahimsa in Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutra
• Satyagraha: How Ahimsa became a Political Term
• Ahimsa as Political Practice in India after Gandhi
• The Violence of the Caste-System
• Ishvara Pranidhana: Mysticism as Non-Ideological Zone
• The Hindu-Nationalist Aversion against Ahimsa
• Nonviolent Movements Worldwide
• Disgression: ‘Power’ and ‘Violence’
• Disgression: ‘Humanity’ & ‘Human Rights’
• Trauma: Nonviolent Coping with Injuries
• Writing as Trauma-Coping Strategy
• Taking Leave from Self-Victimization
• Ressentiment: the Circling of Thoughts about missed Reactions
• Dealing with Shadows and Demons
• Catharsis in Ritual, Tragedy, and Performance-Art

At the end of each text you can find a link to an extensive >BIBLIOGRAPHY list.

How to participate at the Cosmo-Politics-of-Ahimsa Network

If this resonates with you, please feel free to join our network.

You can practice Ahimsa in any situation. Here are some ideas, how to implement it in your daily life: >THRIVE WITH AHIMSA.

You can dive deeper by reading the texts, which explore the >TOPICS or just watch the >VIDEO-INTERVIEWS.

You are welcome to tell me about your experiences with the nonviolent attitude or about projects that put it into practice >CONTACT. Maybe a video interview will emerge from it.

You can also comment on any text at the end of each text page. Please stick to the topic. Since this is a website about Ahimsa and nonviolence, any hate speech will not be tolerated and deleted.

If you want to do more, you can also give a donation for my video projects >CROWD FUNDING.

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