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Fundamental Elements:
The fundamental element in the training for non-violence is therefore, change of heart or training of the brain. In order to bring about a transformatson of the mind it is necessary to promote an understanding of the implications of various factors of violence as given below:
Factors of violence
1. Greed
2. Fear
3. Enmity
4. Anger
5. Egotism
6. Cruelty
7. Intolerance
8. Absolutist thinking
9. Absolutist Conduct
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Results
Spirit of possessiveness. Development
armaments.
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Spirit of revenge.
Conflicting Community life. Hatred, Castiesm, untouchability malice born of colour discrimination.
Pertinacious mentality, the mentality of denigrating other
people's ideas.
All these emotions make a man
Mentality of mutual non copperation in community life. violent. The transformation of the mind means the refinement of these passions and sowing in their stead, new seeds of conduct. Every man stands divided by mental and regional prejudices. Non-violence requires an undivided or wholly integrated personality. For fulfilment of this requirement it is necessary to make the training multidimensional. Acharya Mahaprajna offers four dimensional programme as under:
1. Change of mind or heart-ggu-qfzada
2. Change of attitude-for
and use of
Exploitation, murder.
Communal strife.
fad aftada
3. Change of life style-fact
4. Change of the system-zor-qfzada
The change of heart, consists of change in one's nature, development of will power and formation of new mentality. An attitude is formed by our taste and faith. If we have taste and faith in truth only then we can form our attitude towards truth.
Similarly the man oscillates between disires and emotions. He swings practical world on the one hand and emotional and sentimental on the other, So, he has to establish a balance between desires and actions.
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