Forgiveness as Liberation The Bhagavad Gita offers a timeless lesson: forgiveness is for your own freedom, not theirs. It does not require trust, nor does it demand forgetting or reconciliation.

Mandela's extraordinary global appeal has been attributed to this unaffected forgiveness, along with charisma and self-deprecating humour. It is hard to imagine that anyone less exceptional could ...

When Mandela was released from prison after 27 years of solitary confinement and hard labor, bitterness was not part of his aura; forgiveness was, and it was forgiveness and reconciliation that ...

Across the globe, Nelson Mandela's leadership will be remembered for his capacity for forgiveness. After 27 years in prison, he emerged without bitterness or a need for revenge. And his attitude ...