Passive violence leads to seven blunders: Gandhi

Mohandas K. Gandhi was convinced much of the violence in society and in our personal lives stems from the passive violence that we commit against each other. He described these acts of passive violence as the “Seven Blunders”. Grandfather gave me the list in 1947 just before we left India to return to South Africa where my father, Manilal, Gandhi’s second son, and my mother, Sushila, worked for nonviolent change. In the Indian tradition of adding one’s knowledge to the ancient wisdom being passed on, and in keeping with what Grandfather said and wrote about responsibility, I have added an eighth item to the list of blunders. – Arun Gandhi

• Wealth Without Work
• Pleasure Without Conscience
• Knowledge Without Character
• Commerce Without Morality
• Science Without Humanity
• Worship Without Sacrifice
• Politics Without Principles
• Rights Without Responsibilities

(source: M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence)