Ahimsa Varsh 2600th Birth Anniversary of Mahavir Swami

SR No.: 006949
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Naresh Jain, P Jayaraman
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Publication Year: 2002
Total Pages: 64
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 11 MB

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ment. We must stand. We must not sleep. We must be awake and stand, but not with weapons. We must fight for the betterment of society - not for destruction. Inside each of us there is a violent army disturbing us. Anger, jealousy, ego, greed, desire and madness of thoughts comprise this army. We must organize a stronger nonviolent army of peace, contentment, self-realization, complete health, bliss and total samadhi. We must work for peaceful coexistence and universal brotherhood. We will march for the betterment of mankind. Then we will accept a nonviolent system of society where there is no lord and no servant. We will help each other and be friendly to one another. The days have gone when the nonsensical principle of killing for survival was upheld. We must help one another. The whole wold is existing through and by mutual help. We are all interdependent. Without trees no living being can survive. Trees are converting the minerals of nature into edible fruit. Mankind connot survive without animals. Animals are eating what is excess and sending it back into nature. If you want to live, then you must be ready to live and let live. We all have to accept it and now is the time. The U.N. is thinking about human rights. We must think about animal rights and ecology rights. Without the animals and the trees we can not survive.
If we even think about destruction, the negative thoughts create a vibration that could destroy our whole system. Lord Mahavir taught, we must practice oneness by body, mind and word. Feel oneness with all living beings and expand yourself. When you experience the universal feeling that all is one and one is all -- that is enlightenment. That is universal man -- Superman. Jainism is calling such a universal man "Arihant." Arihant means the superman who has awakened all extrasensory perception. Chirst-consciousness, Bodhisattva or Avatar - all mean the same thing. We are awaiting the birth of a superman who has all powers of mercy, survival, love and oneness, but the basic idea is nonviolence. That is the beginning. If you think about others, they will think about you. What you do not want for yourself, do not do to others. When you feel oneness with all, jealousy, anger and greed, the army of satan, cannot exist. The time has come when we must decide either for total survival or total destruction. If we accept violence in any form, we cannot expect the world to survive. If we want total survival, the only way is to feel oneness with all living beings, love, brotherhood and coexistence.
Om peace. Om shanti.
*Acharya Sushil Kumarji was one of the great luminaries of our time. He was the first Jain
monk to have traveled overseas. He preached and practiced the principles of nonvio
lence and peace, and made efforts to bring about the unity among the people belonging to
different religions, Outside India, he established the first Jain Tirth - Siddhachalam in Blairstown, New Jersey, USA.
He was one of the founder patrons of the Bhavan, USA.
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