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social, ethical, moral and religious. In Anuvrat philosophy man is the source, the centre and purpose of all economic and social life. Anuvrat believe that the behaviour of human being can be changed or molded through practise of small vows and training of non-violence. Life without vow is like a ship without an anchor or like an edifice that is built on sand instead of rock. A vow is a deliberate commitment to a moral principle. A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character. Vows are thus a sign of the fullness, intensity and authenticity of personal commitment to chosen ideals and social ends. A vow means unflinching determination, without which progress is impossible. In other words a vow is a way of binding oneself to help oneself, a menas of measuring the trust one can place on oneself.
The Anuvrat movement was started by late Acharya Tulsi in 1949 at Sardarshahar, Rajasthan, as ethico-socio movement to save humanity from catastrophe and to develop courage, strength, virtue, ability and character building in the human beings. Terrorists are mislead youth or people. They need proper training and change of their perception. For them Anuvrat will be very useful and effective means of social change and fight against all types of injustice by non-violent means only: Anuvrat is a powerful tool for the change of human perception. If we teach the principles of Anuvrat to terrorist their perception will be surely changed. Because Anuvrat is a process through which power of body, mind and culture are strengthened, Anuvrat brings, head, heart and hand together of the individual. It helps the human beings to achieve specific goal. Anuvrat helps in the restroration of pure spiritual consciousness. The fact is that it is inner conflict in man that is at the root of conflicts in society. Since war begins in the minds of men, it is in minds of men that defence of peace must be constructed. Through Anupreksha it is possible to change the mind of man and to ensure everlasting peace. The main purpose of Anuvrat as a part of education is to develop individual and through him the society. The need of the hour is therefore to lay more and more stress on the preservation of value. To achieve this our Institution have a unique technique of training in non-violence and Preksha Meditation, which was developed by Acharya Mahaprajna. Through these techniques one can achieve self-realization, mental peace and integrated personality development through attitudinal change and behavioural modification. The following fourfold path is very effective way to root out violence from society.
तुलसी प्रज्ञा अप्रेल - सितम्बर, 2000
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