blog #9

Throughout history Hinduism has played a prominent role in the Indian belief in non-violence. One of the most famous Indians that used the non-violent approach was Mahatma Gandhi. He first used this approach when he fought the original apartheid in South Africa. He successfully ended the segregation of Indians in the British Empire while he lived in Johannesburg. About thirty years later he used non-violence again to gain India’s independents from the British “raj”. Since its start Hinduism has believed in non-violence. There are many stories in the Bhagavad-Gita and other Hindu books, of heroes that refused to fight. Thanks to Hinduism we have saved many lives by using the non-violent approach.