Some resources on Gandhian thinking

Gandhi was influenced by Leo Tolstoy's "The Kingdom of God is Within You". I'm interested in looking at this because I've known that Christianity had elements of truth, this looks like an opportunity to check out a potential. Here is another good piece of writing that lists Gandhian principles in a nice, clear, and easily understandable format.

As a side note, this site looks interesting. I just read a bit on their synergic containment. At the very least, they seem to be offering an alternative to our current law enforcement mentality.

This blog entry sparked this question: What's the difference in pacifism and nonviolence? It's a good posting that led to a long thread with some interesting debate.

Just glanced over an interesting article that talks about Gandhi's response to the Jews' plea for help during WWII. Since I'm just beginning to learn about Gandhi this is new to me. It does seem, however, that the news source might be taking some of his writing out of context or deliberately twisting them. However, if they didn't, it raises questions along the lines of when is it okay to champion force? Is it ever okay? Is it okay only in extreme instances (like the Holocaust) and, if so, who determines when the instance is extreme enough?

Maybe doing away with violence altogether is too much to ask for from the world in its current state.