________________ 242841 fr. 427 stranger to me as I would to my wrong doing father or son. This active Ahimsa necessarily includes truth and fearlessness. A man cannot deceive the loved one; he does not fear or frighten him or her. (24644812) Gift of life is the greatest gift of all gifts. A man who gives it in reality disarms all hostility. He has paved the way for an honourable understanding and none who is himself subject to fear can bestow that gift. He must, therefore, be himself fearless. A man cannot then practice of Ahimsa and be a coward at the same time. The practice of Ahimsa cails forth the greatest courage. It is the most soldierly of soldier's virtues. He is the true soldier who knows how to die and stand his ground in the midst of a hail of bullets. Such a one was Ambarish who stood his ground without lifting a finger though Durvasa did his worst. Ahimsa truly understood, is in my humble opinion a panecea for all evils mundane and extra mundane. We can never over do it. Just at present we are not doing it at all. Ahimsa does not displace the practice of other virtues, but renders their praetice imperatively necessary before it can be practiced even in its rudiments. Lalaji need
