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H. R, KAPADIA
Alonsä which was translated as Non-violence by Mahatma Gandhi and which means more than this word 'non-violence' when taken in its ordiDary sense connotes, 18 not merely a negative virtue Its province of love knows no bounds. A true follower of akımsä сan say-aay assert. I love one and all. I am a friend of even those who have done harm to me through negligence or otherwise, and they, too, are my friends So I forgive their faults It does not matter at all, if any one of them does not forgive me I have love for all the living beings and have enmity for none-not even for the offender
This doctrine of alimsá is based upon the following four cardigal virtues down as bhāvanäs -(i) Mastri ( amity-lave ), (ii) pranoda (serene joy ) ( 111 ) kārunya ( corapassion ) and (iv) madhyasthya ( detachment).'
One should curtail one's wants and should get a limit to one's possesslons. One should not even dream of depriving others of their legitimate possessions, This one can do. provided one has annihilated the evil attachwent to possessions. This means one should take the vow of aparigraha which a Falha Saint is expected to observe in all its bearings. Renunciation of possessions, a corollary of the theorem of ahimsa, will go a great way in bringing about peace at home and abroad
It is not the incessant dread or throw of atom-bombs or even deadlier Weapons than these that can bring about world-peace If it is ever to be achieved, it will by the correct understanding and exposition of the gospel of ahinsa ( in thought, word and deed) and its thorough and sincere application regarding diet, dress, occupation-n short, any and every walk of life. Let us hope that the magnates of the world who delight in drinking deep from the Fountain of rank materialism will soon realise this and quickly commence to year the golden diadem of spiratualism ( akyatmavida ) studded with price1e88 jewels in the form of the mahäuratās freely given by every sagacious beer
of the world.
3 For further particulars about alumisä the reader may refer to my paper intitled "The Doctrine of Ahimsā in the Jaia Canon" It is being published in instalments in the" Journal of the University of Bombay." Two have been already published in Arts Nos 21 (pp 89–118 ) add 22 (pp. 72-96), and thc third
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| SR No. | 010530 |
| Book Title | Mahavira Smruti Granth Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Kamtaprasad Jain, Others |
| Publisher | Mahavir Jain Society Agra |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 363 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Smruti_Granth |
| File Size | 9 MB |