This basically deals on the social changes brought by the non violence or ahimsa.

1. Social Change Through
Non-Violence
By Benin Bensley

2. Introduction
 The main factor for India gaining freedom from the
British is by the method of nonviolence or by Gandhi’s
ahimsa.
 Literal meaning of ahimsa is negative- the attitude of
abstaining from the himsa or violence.
 Gandhi considered as violence as a clumsy weapon that
would create more problems than it would solve.
 Satyagraha was designed not to coerce the opponent,
but to set into motion forces which could lead to his
conversion.

3.  Gandhi’s method was not always quick in
producing results, but the result last for
more longer than result gained by the
method of violence.
 Gandhi affirmed, "that nothing enduring
can be built upon violence”.

4. Ahimsa
 means not to injure
 Gandhi describes ahimsa as “Ahimsa is not the
crude thing it has been made to appear. Not to hurt
any living things is no doubt part of ahimsa. But it is
its least expression.”
 Gandhi shows that the person who have
peacefulness is honored. Favored is the man who
can see the law of ahimsa (peacefulness) amidst the
boiling over flame of himsa surrounding that is
surrounding him.

5.  He made us comprehend that the logic of
peacefulness is not a weapon of the frail; it is a
weapon, which can be attempted by all. (It is not
the weakness of the soul but it is the strength of
the soul.
 Gandhi considered the only means for the
realization of truth is ahimsa .
 The attainment of truth is considered to be once
the realization of oneness of their spiritual identity
as fellow human beings.

6. Various Techniques In Sathayagraha
 Persuation
 Auto-auto suffering
 Fasting
 Non-cooperation
 Boy coting
 Civil disobedience
 Picketing
 Strikes

7. Persuation
 It is one of the basic forms of sathyagraha
 By this method, where appeal is given to heart of
the wrong doer.
 Its also giving chance for the wrong doer to think
and correct the mistakes committed. And finally he
checks and does the matters according to his
conscience.

8. Fasting
 Fasting is a great technique of Satyagraha.
Through fasting, a Satyagrahi will attach his
greatest devotion to duty and love for the
opponent. By this, one will purify his body,
mind and soul. By this, he should influence
the opponent by.

9. Non-cooperation
 Another technique of Satyagraha is non-
cooperation with the opponent. By this
Gandhi meant that it is non-cooperation
with the deeds of the evil-doer. In that
case, a Saryagralii has to make good
relation, with his opponent following the
principle "Hate the Sin, not the sinner".

10. Strike (hartal)
 Gandhi envisaged that another great
technique of Satyagraha is strike. This is
applicable mostly in case of the workers.
By following this non- violent method,
workers can exert fear in the mind of their
mill-owners and fulfill their demands.

11. Relevance
 By instituting the method of Satyagraha,
Gandhi established a new milestone in the
history of mankind. This was a novel
experiment of fulfilling the desire of the
Indians from the Britishers. It is relevant
even today.