Peace Education in Gandhian Way. This is developed for students and teachers, based on the book - Gandhian Way To Peace by Dr.S.Kulandaisamy, Secretary, Gandhi Peace Foundation, Madras, Chennai 600018

1. Venue: Dr.MGR-Janaki College of Arts and Science
for Women, Chennai
Date:2nd & 3rd Feb.2017
Sponsored by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of
Youth Development, Sriperumbudur ,Tamilnadu
Conducted by Gandhi Peace Foundation, Madras

4.  What is SWA?
 The word “SWA” means: ‘Self Woven Art’.
 ‘SWA’ is : One’s own, Belonging to oneself,
Natural, Inherent, Peculiar and Inborn.
(Source: Sanskrit-English Dictionary by
Vaman Shivaram Apte)

7.  OBSERVE
Swa observed that if he listened attentively
when others talked to him, it made the
speakers feel honored and happy that they
were being heard.
Since he looked into their eyes and listened
with great interest, they become very
friendly with him and began to trust him.

9.  RESTRAINT
During a conversation or an argument, SWA
waited for the other person to finish
speaking first and then responded to the
person with restraint. That is, he would think
whether what he was about to utter is
truthful and also took care to say it politely
so that others would not feel hurt by what he
said. Thus people automatically began to
respect him although he was just a young
child.
Continued…

10.  Restraint…
Rather than complaining to others about the
problem he had with people, he tried to
resolve any conflicts directly with the person
concerned. This developed mutual
confidence.
He never blamed anybody for things or
situations that he couldn’t change. This
saved him from building up negative energy.
Continued…

11.  Restraint…
He never spoke badly about others in their
absence. So he always had a positive attitude
and felt happy and fresh.

13.  ACCEPT
Swa accepted his mistakes and wrongdoings
and immediately said “Sorry”. This made him
feel humble and honest about himself.

15.  CELEBRATE
Swa celebrated his inner goodness and felt
happy about himself. His goodness was due
to ‘thinking good’ , ‘speaking good’ , and
‘doing good’; that strengthened his whole
being.

17.  LOVE OF LABOUR
Swa loved to do his own work himself. He
labored for his food by doing manual work,
and also worked to keep his surroundings
clean and maintain his personal cleanliness.
He believed in manual labour as being the
eternal honest and just way of living. So he
was free from fear because he did not
depend on others to satisfy his personal
needs.

19.  EVOLVE
Swa evolved macro peace by micro actions.
This means that Swa knew how to achieve
the bigger goal of bringing peace into his life
by performing small positive acts. So he
believed more in ‘action’ than in ‘talk’. Swa
succeeded in taking small but sure steps for
achieving greater things. He was convinced
that ‘Means’ (the method or the way) was
more important than the ‘end’ (the result of
the action).

21.  The one Holistic Value: ‘LOVE FOR LOBOUR’
Swa through his inborn wisdom and childish
innocence came to the conclusion that by
following one important value he was able to
practice the other first values easily and that
main value was ‘LOVE of LABOUR’ (manual
labour). So by his actions, Swa impressed
upon everyone to follow this golden rule-
‘love of labour’.

22.  Lesson 1
 Aim: To
understand
conflict

23.  Lesson 2
 Aim: To appreciate
peace

24.  Lesson 3
 Aim: To act for
peace!

25.  Lesson 4
 Aim: To learn to
‘disagree’ for
peace

26.  Lesson 5
 Aim: To adopt a
non-judgemental
attitude for peace

27.  Lesson 6
 Aim: To explore
how copying
disturb peace

28.  Lesson 7
 Aim: To learn the
art of connecting
the young and the
old

29.  Lesson 8
 Aim: Avoid bad
company

30.  Lesson 9
 Aim: To learn the
art of
‘questioning’

31.  Lesson 10
 Aim: To
understand the
need to write
neatly and legibly

32.  Lesson 11
 Aim: To create a
lesson for peace

33.  Lesson 12
 Aim: To discover a
safe way to vent
out your anger

34.  Lesson 13
 Aim: To lend a
hand for justice

35.  Lesson 14
 Aim: Realising that
confession can
lead to peace!

36.  Lesson 15
 Aim: Who is the
‘hero’?

37.  Lesson 16
 Aim: To find ways
to get over an
addiction

38.  Lesson 17
 Aim: To know the
difference
between ‘peace’
and ‘piece’

39.  Lesson 18
 Aim: Learning to
intervene
constructively

40.  Lesson 19
 Aim: To explore
‘values for peace’

41.  Lesson 20
 Aim: To help
‘global cooling’

42.  Lesson 21
 Aim: To explore
‘first rank action’

43.  Lesson 22
 Aim: To fight
‘domination’

44.  Lesson 23
 Aim: To present a
news item
holistically

45.  Lesson 24
 Aim: Is there any
non-living thing?

46.  Lesson 25
 Aim: To make
games inclusive

47.  Lesson 26
 Aim: To correlate
between man and
machine

48.  Lesson 27
 Aim: Learn to say
‘Please’

49.  Lesson 28
 Aim: Starting a
‘school for peace’

50.  Lesson 29
 Aim: Learn to
respect all work

51.  Lesson 30
 Aim: One step is
enough for peace

52.  Lesson 31
 Aim: What is
‘Moral Education’?

53.  Lesson 32
 Aim: To
understand the
‘eternal deal’

54.  Lesson 33
 Aim: What is unity?

55.  Lesson 34
 Aim: To
understand ‘self-
respect’

56.  Lesson 35
 Aim: What is
‘Fashion’?

57.  Lesson 36
 Aim: What is
Personality
Development?

58.  Lesson 37
 Aim: Art of
‘conflict
resolution’

59.  Lesson 38
 Aim: Learn to say
‘Thanks’ and
‘Sorry’

60.  Lesson 39
 Aim: Indivisible
Individual

61.  Lesson 40
 Aim: Healthy
teasing and
weeping

62.  Lesson 41
 Aim: Generosity-
tempered Justice

63.  Lesson 42
 Aim: Woman
Power

64.  Lesson 43
 Aim: The natural
human

65.  Lesson 44
 Aim: Labour of
love and truth

66.  Lesson 45
 Aim: Grooming

67.  Lesson 46
 Aim: Making
History

68.  Lesson 47
 Aim: I, the Centre

69.  Lesson 48
 Aim: Amma or
Mummy?

70.  Lesson 49
 Aim: Spirit of unity

71.  Lesson 50
 Aim: Oneness

72.  Aim: Sum-up,
Review, Follow-up
and Evaluation