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"ahimsaka ye munayo niccam kāyena saṁvutā. te yanti accyutam thāņaṁ yalth gantvā na socare."12
The person who leads his life with Non-violence and Restraint obtains that unfallable seat which never causes any sort of trouble for him. Christain Philosophy and Non-violence
Jesus Christ is known as the founder of Christian tradition. This philosophy may be seen in its literatures :
1. Gospels and the writings of New Testament, 2. Apocrypha, 3. Works of Philo, 4. Book Enoch, 5. Book of Daniel.
Christian philosophy is a Monotheistic philosophy. God is the Ultimate Reality and the Supreme Father. All human beings are His children. Non-violence has been placed in the centre of this philosophy. This philosophy consists of two theories :
(i) Theory of Love, (ii) Theory of Non-opposition.
The theory of love is supported by the theory of Non-opposition. Where there is opposition there cannot be love and where there is absence of love there can not be Non-violence. So Christ has propounded this theory in the following way:
Theory of Love — According to Christ love may be maintain on three levels :
(i) Love with God, (ii) Love with Neighbours, (iii) Love with Enemy.
One should love God, the Father of fathers, Who has created the whole universe. The Father will be loved when His children will be loved. So, through the love with all beings God can be loved. Christ, while emphasizing the importance of love has expressed his ideology in the following way : Jain Education International
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