ABSTRACT
Taking as a starting point Gandhi’s notion of satyagraha and his understanding of ahimsa, this chapter argues that the same tenets can be found in the Neoplatonic and mystical traditions of the ‘three monotheisms’, that is in forms of religious thought and experience that are less contingent upon dogmatic factors. It thereby aims at outlining the transcultural, metaphysical foundations of an ethics of non-violence as a universal imperative.
