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I told him a story in rejoinder. "There was a killer. A compassionate man insisted upon him to leave this profession. He did not agree to him. He was sentenced to jail and was kept in a dark dungeon. There was nothing for him to kill. He, therefore, made buffaloes of clay and killed them."
"O Sinha, he has not killed any living being in the jail. Despite this, should he be called as non-violent?"
"How could it be so, O Lord?"
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"It is this point that I postulate that the violence is judged on the basis of thoughts. It is judged on the basis of 'What you think' and mental dispositions. We think about violence, but, sometimes, we are unable to act accordingly. Still, we are psychically violent. This mental violence is, in fact, the cause of unhealthiness of the society and religion. The act of direct violence does not cause so much trouble as the psychical violence. This leads to rotten our mind and intellect.
"O Lord, please explain this issue in some more detail "Sinha said.
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I narrated the story of the farmer and the fisherman. The farmer tills the land with his bulls all-through the day. Many living beings present in the soil are killed through this activity.
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