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NONVIOLENCE :
Hjṁsā. The presence of passion itself is the cause of Hiṁsā. Ahiṁsā on the other hand is an attribute of the soul. Ahimsā is the highest rule of morality. The continuance of mankind through the centuries is a result of the observance of Ahiṁsā. Ahiṁsā is not meant only just for those who have renounced the world änd are leading a saintly life. It is a rule also for persons who lead a secular life.
* History offers many examples of great men who have sacrificed their lives to vindicate their unflinching faith in Ahimsā. Wherever violence breaks out and spreads, non-violence enters the field and works as a check to the intensity of violence. Ahiṁsā is a positive expression of the sense of common humanity or bond of oneness and kinship of life in all its manifestations. Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the greatest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man. .
According to Romain Rolland of France (the rishis who discovered the law of non-violence in the midst of violence were greater geniuses than Newton and greater warriors than Wellington'. Non-violence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brutes. The believer in non-violence shares with many others the goal of a decent, just and cquitable society. He wants to see an end to injustice, tyranny, corruption and the exploitation of men by their fellowmen. The pacifist is not a coward and we see far more of courage than of cowardice in the lives of practitioners of nonviolence such as Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave and Martin
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