ABSTRACT
The Sarvodaya philosophy the awakening of all that he evolved, was syncretic in ideology and a universal concept, indeed interweaving Marx, Rousseau, Ashoka, and most specifically Buddha's teachings. Some things in people's lives, whether individual behaviour, economic development programmes, or moral conduct, historically sprang from the central Buddhist thought. Sarvodaya's task was to counter the erosion of all of such by bringing back into public consciousness the liberating sprit of traditional values and morality. Sarvodaya thought or philosophy is put into concrete action by an integrated threefold programme. The Sarvodaya approach to peace-making is twofold. Sarvodaya works with all available spiritual, moral, cultural, economic and familial forces against violence by starting at the point of human suffering. In production-centred development the total perspective of human personality, nature and sustainable relationships between man and nature seems to be lost. The higher ideals of human civilization are disregarded.
