My Trip to the Land Of Ghandi

In this blog i will discuss a passage taught  to me by another group of classmates. The passage was called My Trip to the Land Of Ghandi by Martin Luther King JR. In this passage i was taught that in India poverty ran ramped, but in India there was little crime. Anger and frustrations were not taken out amongst the people even though they weren't in the best of living situations. Martin Luther King JR visited India from February 2nd to March 10th to give a speech. He spoke about the lack of greed present and the fact that India was not Westernized. The opposite of the United States. Ghandi fought for independence for his country from another imposing country. Dr. King fought for justice within his own country. Both using non-violence movements, both ending in success.

Non-violence was a powerful tool for both of these important figures. We see this in the speech The Power of Non-violence by Martin Luther King JR. In this passage Dr. King explains that in order for Non-violence to work you have to explain what non-violence is to people who may have never heard of it. You have to explain to the people that this in not an act of cowardliness but in actuality in not using violence you have to be stronger then the person inflicting violence. Another aspect of non-violence is that you are not trying to humiliate or defeat the other person but you are trying to gain a friendship and understanding that violence can not bring. Violence will only lead to more violence and destruction. Dr. King was looking for a better more just community. To create this better community Dr. King reflected on the idea of Agape, the idea of loving the person because god loves this person. Loving the person, while hating the deed the person does.