According to Osho, Gandhi’s “nonviolence” is a strategic, coercive tool—pressure disguised as peace—thus still violence; true ahimsa must be total, noncoercive, and born of inner transformation. He cites Gandhi’s wartime recruiting and condemnation of disobedient soldiers to show political calculation. Real nonviolence works silently through meditation, purification, and prayer, never manipulating others by threat, publicity, or moral blackmail.
Don’t force people—even with guilt or threats; change yourself inside and let quiet love, not pressure, do the work.