Center for Global Nonviolence Everyone can be a Center for Global Nonviolence Directors Glenn D. Paige, President Lou Ann HaUaheo Guanson, Vice-President Glenda H. Paige, Secretary | Karen Cross, Treasurer Ramón López-Reyes | George Simson Honorary Sponsors Oscar Arias Sánchez, Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate Federico Mayor, Past Director General, UNESCO Robert Muller, Chancellor Emeritus, UN University for Peace Ilya Prigogine, Nobel Chemistry Laureate (in memoriam) Matsunaga Institute for Peace University of Hawaii at Mnoa Ma luna ae o n lhui a pau ke ola o ke kanaka (Above all nations is humanity) Interim Director Carole Petersen Director Program on Conflict Resolution Dolores Foley Program Manager Karen Cross Faculty Bruce Barnes | Brien Hallett Carole Petersen Staff Patricia Shields | Diane Sakai Global Nonkilling Leadership First Forum Proceedings Mu Ryang Sa Buddhist Temple Honolulu, Hawai3i, November 1-4, 2007 Edited by Glenn D. 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Matsunaga Institute for Peace 3653 Tantalus Drive College of Social Sciences, University of Hawai3i at M>noa Honolulu, HawaiUi 96822-5033 2424 Maile Way, Saunders 723 E-mail: [email protected] Honolulu, HawaiUi 96822 http://www.nonkilling.org E-mail: [email protected] http://www.peaceinstitute.hawaii.edu PRINTED IN INDIA BY GANDHI MEDIA CENTRE In implementing the principles of this Charter we call upon all to work together towards a just, killing-free world in which everyone has the right not to be killed and the responsibility not to kill others. Charter for a World without Violence 8th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Rome, Italy, December 15, 2007 Acknowledgements The First Global Nonkilling Leadership Forum, ori- gin of this book, was organized in partnership by the nonprofit Center for Global Nonviolence, the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute of Peace, University of HawaiUi, and the Korean Buddhist Mu Ryang Sa Temple. Major organizing contri-butions were made by Center secretary Glenda H. Paige, Institute pro- gram manager Karen Cross and Patricia Shields, and Temple Abbot Gwon Dohyun and associates. The Forum would not have been financially possi- ble with-out the generous lead support of Mennon- ite benefactors Roy and Margaret Eby, followed by contributions from the Mu Ryang Sa Temple, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the Sulekh and Ravi Jain Foundation, the Yu-han Foundation, SGI-HawaiUi, Karen Cross, Bernard and Kate La- Fayette, Dongshick Rhee, Hidenori Fukui, Dae Won Ki, James MacGregor Burns, P. B. Gada, Mil- dred Naito, George Simson, Burton Sapin, Judith Leitner, Beverly Keever, Raj Kumar, Clayton Kirio, Nancie Caraway, and Squire Paige. For support for publication of this book we are in- debted to the Indian Council of Gandhian Studies (New Delhi, India). Contents Contents 7 Affirmation of the Global Nonkilling Spirit 13 For a Nonkilling World Report of the First Global Nonkilling Leadership Forum 15 Blessings of Acharya Shri Mahapragyaji 19 Opening Remarks 21 THE GLOBAL NONKILLING SPIRIT Hawaiian Spirituality of Nonkilling 27 Ha3aheo Guanson Nonkilling in Buddhism 29 A.T. Ariyaratne The Global Nonkilling Spirit: Sources of Nonkilling Inspiration 31 Mairead Maguire Nonkilling in Hindu Tradition 33 Balwant “Bill” Bhaneja Humanism, Nonkilling, and Leadership 35 George Simson Roots of the Spirit of Nonkilling in Jainism 39 S. L. Gandhi Ants, Birds, Infants, and Humans: Notes on Islam and Nonkilling Politics 43 Chaiwat Satha-Anand Nonkilling in the Jewish Tradition 47 Alice Tucker Tao (Compassion) and Nonkilling 51 Rhee Dongshick Is a Nonkilling Haitian Voodoo Religions Possible 53 Max Paul THE CHALLENGE OF NONKILLING GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION Nonkilling Leadership and the Global Condition 61 Mairead Maguire Nonkilling Leadership for No-Poverty Development 67 A. T. Ariyaratne A Nonkilling World is Possible 71 Glenn D. Paige SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NONKILLING THESIS The Global Significance of the Nonkilling Thesis: The Ethics Link 79 Abdel-Salam Majali “Harmony is Most Valued”: To Build a Harmony World 85 Zhao Baoxu Nonkilling as a Common Value and Global Program for Action 89 William V. Smirnov Achieving the Nonkilling Society in Nigeria: The Role of the Teacher 93 A. M. Wokocha On the Global Significance of the Nonkilling Thesis 97 Jose V. Abueva TRANSLATIONS AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES Obstacles Faced in Translation from English to Arabic 105 Faisal O. Al-Rfouh Ohimsa Visva Rajniti 109 Rashida Khanam A Great Honor to do Something for a Nonkilling World 113 Tang Dahua Komentaryo tungkol sa pagsasalin ng Nonkilling Global Political Science 115 Galileo S. Zafra Joies et peines de la traduction en fraçais de Nonkilling Global Political Science 119 Max Paul Globalizing Understanding of Nonkilling Capabilities 121 Joám Evans Pim and Bárbara Kristensen Nonkilling Global Political Science in Hindi 129 N. Radhakrishnan Note on the Japanese Translation 133 H. Henry “Hank” Fukui Korean Translator’s Note on Nonkilling Experiences 135 Yoon-Jae Chung Nonkilling Global Political Science Malayalam Edition 137 N. Radhakrishnan On the Mongolian Translation 141 Batchuluun Baldandorj Translating Nonkilling Global Political Science into Russian 143 Galina Startseva Nonkilling Global Political Science Sinhala Translator’s Experience 145 Sunil Wijesiriwardena Nonkilling Global Political Science traduction en kiswahili 151 Mabwe Lucien Nonkilling Global Political Science Tamil Edition 155 N. Radhakrishnan A Brief Report on Translation into Urdu 157 Syed Sikander Mehdi PUBLICATION OF ENGLISH EDITIONS From Oxford to Xlibris: Story of an America “Samizdat” 161 Glenn D. Paige Nonkilling Global Political Science’s Indian Edition 163 N. Radhakrishnan On Publishing the Philippine Edition of Nonkilling Global Political Science 167 Jose V. Abueva The Nigerian Edition of Nonkilling Global Political Science 169 Fidelis Allen COMMUNITY AWAKENING EXPERIENCES Towards a Nonkilling Filipino Society 175 Jose V. Abueva Founding of the Centre for Global Nonviolence Nigeria 181 Fidelis Allen The CCNGD: Philosophy, Structure, Progress and Outlook 185 Max Paul La societé non meurtrière est elle possible en Afrique des Grands Lacs? 191 Mabwe Lucien LESSONS FROM NONKILLING LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES Transforming Leadership 205 James MacGregor Burns Tolstoy and the Doukhobors 207 Koozma J. Tarasoff Nonkilling Leadership Lessons from Gandhi 215 N. Radhakrishnan Building Nonkilling Muslim Societies: Relevance of Abdul Ghaffar Khan 221 Syed Sikander Mehdi Lessons from the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. 225 Bernard LaFayette, Jr. Nonviolent Buddhist Leadership of A.T. Ariyaratne 229 Arjuna Krishnaratne Lessons from the Nonviolent Political Leadership of Gov. Guillermo Gaviria 233 Luis Botero “She Belongs to the Ages” - Petra Kelly (1947-1992) 239 Nancie Caraway Leadership Legacy of Petra Kelly 243 Eva Quistorp Ron Mallone and the Fellowship Party 251 Glenn D. Paige Leadership Lessons from the Sarvodaya Party of India 255 T. K. N. Unnithan The Role of Nonviolence Advisor to the Governor of Antioquia 263 Luis Botero Advising Leaders on Nonkilling Politics 265 Chaiwat Satha-Anand INTRODUCTION TO TRAINING METHODS Educating Leaders for Global Understanding 271 Abdel-Salam Majali The TRANSCEND approach to simple conflicts 273 Johan Galtung Kingian Nonviolence Leadership Training 285 Bernard LaFayette, Jr. and Charles L. Alphin, Sr. Brief Overview of the Shantisena (Gandhi’s Peace Brigade) 289 N. Radhakrishnan The Shanti Sena of Gandhigram Rural University 299 Dennis August Almeida Charter for a World Without Violence 319 Contributors 329 Affirmation of the Global Nonkilling Spirit In remembrance of all who have been killed of all the killers of all who have not killed, and of all who have worked to end