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TheGentleProject • Everlasting Ubuntu as a way of life
A. T. Ariyaratane, a Buddhist elder, who is considered to be the Gandhi of Sri Lanka.
Jack Kornfield • Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are
South African Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu describes ubuntu as … the essence of being human. It speaks of the fact that my humanity is caught up and is inextricably bound up in yours. I am human because I belong. It speaks about wholeness, it speaks about compassion. A person with ubuntu is welcoming, hospitable, warm and generous,
... See moreFrank Forencich • The Art is Long: Big Health and the New Warrior Activist
The truth of this text is revealed in the contemporary struggle between good in the form of freedom and justice, and evil in the form of oppression and colonialism. Of the approximately 3,000,000,000 people in our world, more than 1,900,000,000—a vast majority—live on the continents of Asia and Africa. Less than two decades ago most of the Asian
... See moreMartin Luther King Jr. • Strength to Love
His message focused on the urgency of a radical change in the inner attitude of the people. He recognized fully that out of the heart are the issues of life and that no external force, however great and overwhelming, can at long last destroy a people if it does not first win the victory of the spirit against them. “To revile because one has been
... See moreHoward Thurman • Jesus and the Disinherited
“But we are the good guys. Aren’t we, Uncle?” “I hope so. I hope we are.”
Anthony Doerr • All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel
Change when it arrived did so quickly and, for the most part, peacefully. Historical precedents would have predicted a violent transition. It was avoided in this instance, however, due to the leadership of two remarkable individuals. One, Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist, had been a political prisoner for twenty-seven years, eighteen of
... See moreRichard Haass • The World
In situations like this, it is controlled chaos. I wish I had the code to unlock Michael’s mind. But no such code exists. All I can bring to the conversation are my heart and my trust that God wants me in the midst of this chaos. The imprisoned are the poorest of the poor. If the heart of God is to be found anywhere, it is to be found in the hole.