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AHINSA
Ahinsa is the true character of life for it appeals to all the men and beasts alike. It engenders in them love, trust and friend. lyness.
2. Ahinsa does not mean any religious faith, it rather represents
that sweet and loving character which makes life worth living, which sustains it through helpless condition and makes it capable of growing into society.
3.
Ahinsa is the inner urge of life to love and behave other in a way, as one would like to be loved and behaved by others.
4.
Ahinsa is born of the universal outlook, which recognizes oneness of truth, oneness of self and oneness of purpose through all the veried forms of life.
5. Love begets love and hatred begets hatred so a seeker after
love should ever live a life of Ahinsa.
6.
The essence of all great men and their philosophies is that Ahinsa is the greatest good and Hinsa, is the greatest evil.
7. Ahinsa like mother is the greatest protector in life. It is the
safest royal road to happiness. 8. Ahinsa is the art of living by which one can live and let others
live,
9. The life of Ahinsa costs little but enriches all. 10. Ahinsa is double blessing, it blesses him that gives and him
that takes.
LOVE ALL, SERVE ALL
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