Arun Gandhi Of Tennessee

Arun Gandhi of Tennessee,

grandson of the Mahatma

said.. about his youth

in South Africa where

he was beaten .. simply

for having coffee with

coconut cream colored

skin:



I wanted revenge..

My grandfather said

that anger is energy

which can be channeled

for good..



Arun's grandfather

.. in the tradition

of Jesus and Leo Tolstoy

whom he called along

with Krishna his mentors

in nonviolence..

taught his grandson

to turn evil into good,

hate into love,

violence into nonviolence.

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