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Ch. 8: Ahimsa and Social Justice
other individuals. Service to others, preserving and protecting them, and helping them grow, compliments an individual's spiritual growth.
Therefore, know that serving humanity, bringing justice to society, spreading compassion and protecting all living beings from systemic himsa is the sure path to immortality. I ask all who love me to avoid any kind of himsa, and to be Serving humanity, bringing justice to the society, proactive in sensitizing the masses to spreading compassion, the effects of himsa on their own lives. and protecting individuals from systemic himsa is the My dear people, I want you to commit sure path to immortality. yourselves individually and
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collectively to become the catalysts, the leaders, and the messengers of ahimsa. Make our world free from fear and ignorance, and a safer place for all living beings."
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