تحلیل تطبیقی نظریۀ »عدمخشونت« در اندیشۀ گاندی و مولوی.

Rumi and Gandhi, two great world reformers coming from different race and culture, present noticeable similarities mostly justified by the unity of humanity, mutual intellectual interconnection between Iran and India, exchange of mysticism between them, and the increasing prevalence of Persian language in Indian subcontinent. The present study aims at comparing the two figures (Rumi and Gandhi) in terms of “nonviolence theory” based on their works and thoughts. As indicated by the results of the present study conducted based on the French school of adaptive literature and through adaptive-descriptive content analysis, “nonviolence”, as Gandhi’s most important thesis, is also considered as the cornerstone of Rumi’s thoughts and doctrine. In addition to several samples from Masnavi evidently supporting nonviolence, most of Rumi’s thoughts and works are implicitly connected to Ghandhi’s “nonviolence” theory. In other words, All Rumi’s basic beliefs including forgiveness, altruism, modesty, anonymity [avoiding conspicuity], and globalization try to direct human toward spiritual development and excellence. This direction ultimately results in spiritually self-developed individuals seeking peace and friendship for the whole world. Most importantly, the concept of “love”, the most opposite of violence, is evident in Rumi’s works. However, Rumi elaborates on “love” from a mystic point of view while Gandhi considers it as a political necessity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]