Tulsi Prajna 1994 01

SR No.: 524578
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parmeshwar Solanki
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 186
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 8 MB

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second, to check the mad race for weapons. Let us think what means have been suggested by the Jainas to solve the problem of human survival and to check the mad race for weapons. For Jainas, it is the sense of insecurity which causes fear and vice a versa. Insecurity results in the accumulation of weapons. So it is our prime duty to develop the sense of security among fellow beings
In Sūtrakritānga, it is clearly mentioned that there is nothing higher than the sense of security, which a human being can give to others. The virtue of fearlessness is supreme. It is two-fold (1) one should not fear from others and (2) one should not cause fear to others. A real Jaina saint is one who is free from fear and enmity. When the fear vanishes and enmity dissolves there is no need for armaments. Thus, the sense of security and accumulation of arms and weapons are related to each other. Though arms and weapons are considered as means of security. yet these, instead of giving security, generate fear and a sense of insecurity in the opposite party and thus a mad race for accumulation of superior weapon starts.
Lord Mahāvīra had seen this truth centuries before that there is no end to this mad race for weapons. In Ācārāñga (4th cent B. C.) he proclaimed "Atthi sattham pareņa paraṁ. Natthi asattham parenparam" i.e. There are weapons superior to each other, but nothing is superior to asastra i.e. disarmament or non-violence. It is the selfish and aggressive outlook of an individual or a society that gives birth to war and violence. They are the expression and out come of our sick mentality. It is through firm faith in mutual credibility and non-violence that humanity can get rid of this mad race for nuclear weapons and thus can solve the problem of its survival. The Problem of War and Violence
At the root of all types of wars and violence there lies the feeling of discontentment as well as the will for power and possession. According to Sūtrakritānga, the root of