Tirthankar Mahavir and His Sarvodaya Tirth

SR No.: 011113
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hukamchand Bharilla, K C Lalwani
Publisher: Kundkund Kahan Digambar Jain Trust
Total Pages: 155
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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CONCLUSION
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It is ill-luck of religion that it has instigated many a bloodshed because of which it has often been looked down upon as something base and vile
Any spiritual doctrine which has made use of violence has limited its own propagation. The human mind cannot be changed by the sharp edge of the sword. Ignorance can be wiped by knowledge, but effort has been made to wipe it by sword. This has only helped the spread of agnosticism.
Bhagavan Mahavira understood this well and so he emphasized the purity of means as much as the purity of the end.
Co-existence is not possible in the absence of tolerance. In this world an infinite number of living beings have to live together If we cannot live without challenging one another, then we shall clash all the while
Clash is the cause of absence of peace and the latter inevitably leads to violence Violence gives rise to counter violence, and thus to a non-ending cycle of violence-counter-violence If we want to live in peace, we have to be tolerant of others.
Today in human society we have erected many walls between man and man. They are not natural but man-made based on colour, greed, caste, line, region, country and what not.
This has created a tension all the world over One country Is afraid of another, one region of another. Not only man, even animals have started looking on one another with suspicion. Even when they are wholly separated from one another, they are never free of tension. This has vitiated the whole atmosphere of the world and created a sense of suffocation.
A true religion is one which can end or reduce this tension and suffocation Tension poisons the atmosphere and a poisoned atmosphere destroys the peace of mind.
On this, Shri Anantasayanam Iyenger, foamer Speaker of the Lok Sabha wrote: