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JULY, 1981
defend himself or to defend others, but never to attack. Pacifism must be dynamic; our peace is not the peace of the cemetery.
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Jainism makes men responsible for their deeds and for their future destiny. But Guru stresses that it remains without any importance to him whether one becomes converted to his religion, or not. Essential is the transformation of one's soul, not the label. Successive great religious teachers such as Mahavira, Buddha, Mahommet, Moses and Christ, fulfilled their role, not only within the faiths announced by them, but for the whole mankind; all those religions are the same in their ultimate goal. We do not want to have only one religion in the world: you cannot expect a garden of only one flower. Guru stressed that he does not want to teach people their duties or any religious doctrine. What he does want is to arouse them from their complacencies, to stir their hearts.
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