Samdhong Rinpoche on Meditation

The Nature of Nonviolent Resistance

“Wherever we see or encounter violence and injustice, we have to resist it compassionately, lovingly. Without any trace of hatred or vengeance, we have to resist physically, vocally, and mentally— going through all the threats and dangers. Resistance means an opposite action. If there is violence and one resists it by counterviolence, one just falls into the trap of the opponents. They are promoting violence, and we help it by contributing counter-violence. The Satyagrahi thinks that violence resisted by counter-violence is a big contribution to that violence because it will not do anything to reduce or bring about the cessation of violence. This is a law of nature.”

–Professor Samdhong Rinpoche, Uncompromising Truth for a Compromised World