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City Peace.
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Walking around London town in complete contrast to the wide open spaces and hills,
I happened on a place where I really did not expect to find peace or tranquillity.
Within Tavistock Square is a peace garden, close to an area which has recently
witnessed extreme violence. I must have walked past here on many occasions
without knowing of its existence.
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It is indeed a place of peace and tranquillity amidst the noise of London traffic.
In the garden I looked at the fragile seated figure of Mahatma Gandhi
advocate of non violence. And here a tree has been planted
to remember the victims of Hiroshima and a huge rock sits to commemorate
those who refused to kill.
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The plaque on the rock reads “To all those who have established and are maintaining
the right to refuse to kill. Their foresight and courage give us hope.”
It brought to mind the
Tibetan Peace Garden
next to the Imperial War Museum,
which carries a dedication by the 14th Dalai Lama, part of which states
“May it remain as a symbol to remind us that human survival depends on
living in harmony and always choosing the path of non-violence in resolving our differences”
- wise words indeed.
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