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
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Recite the following prayer five times each morning:
Dear Lord, give me the strength not to hurt even in the slightest degree, any living being with my thoughts, my speech and my actions.
outward pleasure are not harmful, when the sexual inclination is conquered. Nothing else creates such an obstacle. If one became indifferent to sex, one could reincarnate as a celestial being. Having conquered the sexual weakness, one can go on to conquer all other weaknesses. Indulging in sex leads to birth in the lower realms of life, such as the animal kingdom.
In doing this you become non-violent. With such intent, even if you were to engage in a quarrel with someone, you would still remain non-violent, because you have already made a strong resolve not to hurt anyone. If you do hurt someone during the day, you should reinforce your resolve by recalling all the transgression, repenting for them and resolving never to repeat them. When you do this much, you will no longer be liable.
As long as a person engages in the relative world, and is sexually active, he continues to remain violent. A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman other than his own wife will have to face grave consequences. Adultery leads one to a birth in hell and such a person has no hope for another human birth. The same applies to a woman.
Should people not practice some sexual discipline even in their homes? Sex with one's own spouse is not improper, but one should also understand that countless life forms are destroyed in a single act of sex. This violence should not be taken lightly. Here also, sexual activity must not occur without a purpose. There are countless life forms in the form of human seed in the semen, so one needs to exercise much caution in this matter. I am being very brief regarding this matter, because there is no end to this otherwise.
Such intent not to hurt any living being is equivalent to having accomplished the supreme vow of Ahimsa (one of the five major vows called mahavrats). You have to make a decision that you want to maintain this intent and thereafter you should remain sincere to it at all costs. When you do not adhere to your decision, it is called anuvrat.
Beware! There Is Violence In Sex
If the Lord were to describe the violence associated with sex, a person would die. According to the general belief, there is no violence involved in the sexual act. I do not chastise anyone about this. In the sexual act, violence combines with attraction and this leads to the violation of all the five supreme vows. This results in one committing a tremendous sin. Although one does not want to commit any violence, millions of life forms are killed in the sexual act and adverse meditation also takes place in the process.
Sex is the cause of this worldly life. All other subjects of
Violence beyond the mind !
Ahimsa means not to have a single negative thought about anyone, not even for one's own enemies. A non-violent person will think about the physical well-being and salvation of even his own enemy. What good is any other kind of nonviolence? To have bad thoughts is the tendency of the prakruti (the complex of the mind, speech and body and it's attributes) but to turn it around is one's own purushaarth (independent highest endeavor).