Non Violence

SR No.: 007551
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation
Publication Year: 2004
Total Pages: 61
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Akram Vigyan
File Size: 53 KB

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Ahimsa
Ahimsa
This matter of not hurting even a flower petal is only applicable in the last fifteen years of one's final life before liberation, Such subtle non-violence commences with the renunciation of married life and happens naturally. When a person reaches that level, everything will come naturally. So until then do not interfere with the social customs.
The Universe Of A Single Sensory Organism
Questioner : What exactly are the jalkaya, teookaya, proothvikaya, vaayukaya and vanaspatikaya (organisms found in water, fire, earth, wind and vegetation respectively)?
Dadashri : These are all embodied souls with a single sensory function.
vegetation that you see around you has life. Life is also present in the air, the dirt and rocks. The rocks also contain living organisms known as proothvikaya. Flames of a fire are really a collection of organisms called teookaya. The water we drink is composed of jalkaya, the organisms whose very bodies are in a glass of water. Water is composed entirely of animate beings. Everything around you, water, food, air, earth and fire is living.
The Spiritual Power of Non-violence
Questioner: So how can one attain absolute Ahimsa?
Dadashri : Ahimsa? My goodness! If one attains absolute Ahimsa, he would become The Lord. In the meantime however, do you practice at least some Ahimsa?
Questioner : Some, not a lot.
Questioner: We know for sure that there are subtle life forms in water, which is why we boil the water before we drink
Dadashri : Very well then, why don't you make a decision to practice at least some Ahimsa? It is futile to talk about achieving absolute Ahimsa. Such Ahimsa when achieved makes man The Lord.
Questioner : Show us how to practice Ahimsa.
Dadashri : What you know about the organisms found in water is based on what you have been told, but in reality the facts are very difficult and too subtle for one to understand. Even if you were given a clear explanation, it would still elude you. Not even scientists can understand this. Only the Gnanis understand it. Of the five, only the organisms in vegetation can be understood the others require a more profoundly developed spiritual level.
Questioner : That is what the scientists are researching.
Dadashri : They will not be able to understand it even then. They only understand the vegetation, but even that knowledge is limited.
Let me explain this to you in the Lord's language: All the
Dadashri : Most important of all, you must not hurt or inflict pain on any living being that fears your mere presence. Animals and insects instinctively flee from you in fear, and so you must not harm them. It is fine for you to eat grains such as wheat, millet, oats, rice etc., because although they contain life, that life is in an unconscious state and does not perceive fear, whereas insects will flee from you when they sense danger. You must not harm any life forms starting at the level of two-sensory organisms such as the fish, which move around, all the way to the five-sensory organisms, including insects. Even a bedbug is