The Wisdom of Gandhi

A seven-week study series that highlights Mahatma Gandhi's
spiritual practice to make nonviolence a force in everyday life

 

It is our joy and privilege to offer The Wisdom of Gandhi series as a freewill gift to our fellow Unity and New Thought churches nationally.

The Gandhi series, which we wrote in 1999, became the most popular seven-week program ever offered at Unity of the Valley. We hope that every person touched by this series will be inspired by Gandhi's selfless example to pursue a higher level of spiritual living.

We have based The Wisdom of Gandhi on the book, Gandhi the Man: The Story of His Transformation, by Eknath Easwaran. If you order directly from the publisher, Nilgiri Press, tell them it is for the Unity Gandhi Series and that you qualify for the 50% nonreturnable discount for this program. Their Web site is www.nilgiri.org Email: info@nilgiri.org Telephone: 800 475 2369; Mail Post Office Box 256,Tomales, California 94971.

 

How to Use this Kit:

Materials are formatted in Word (.doc), ready to print out. For the materials marked with an *,
you will need to insert your own series dates: search for “(date)” and replace with the correct date(s).

Set-up Materials
for the Series:

Time Line
A schedule to help you in preparing the series

*Newsletter article
Announcing the coming seven-week series

Bibliography

*Information Sheet
about the seven-week series


In-Home Study Group Materials:

Note to Ministers
An important note about the in-home study groups

Facilitator's guide
For in-home study groups

Sign-up sheets
for in-home study group facilitators

Sign up sheets
for in-home study group

Weekly Materials:

Week One:
Gandhi The Man

Week Two:
Ahimsa, Nonviolence

Week Three:
Satyagraha, Soul-Force

Week Four:
Yield and Prevail

Week Five:
Out of the Ego Cage

Week Six:
The Steady Mind

Week Seven:
The Illumined Soul

Explanation of
Weekly Materials:

*Sunday bulletin
(Fill in with your own order of worship and contact information. Put in the series dates. Print on paper corresponding to the color of the week.)

Affirmation card
(print on colored 8 _ x 11” card stock corresponding to the color of the week; cut the cards apart; insert one into each Sunday bulletin)


In-home study guide questions with notes for discussion
(Print out and give to facilitators and study group participants.)

Sermon 
Transcriptions of the sermons given during the seven-week series at Unity of the Valley by Baine Palmer on October 3, 17, 24, 31, November 7, 14th; and by Arun Gandhi on October 10th 1999.

 

The Wisdom of Gandhi Series is made possible by:
        
The Ministers of Unity of the Valley, Eugene, Oregon; creators of The Wisdom of Gandhi series

Nilgiri Press of the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation for publication of The Wisdom of Gandhi Series in Web-ready format

The M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence for the Sermon on "Ahimsa, Nonviolence" and the use of the Institute's logo. www.gandhiinstitute.org

Patricia Keel for excerpts from her Facilitator Training Manual. www.spiritmatters.com

To Download a Wisdom of Gandhi series kit go to:
http://www.unityofthevalley.org/Gandhi.htm and click on invitation at bottom of page