Ahimsa Mimansa

Author(s): Kanubhai Sheth, Gunvant Barvalia
Publisher: SKPG Jain Philosophical and Literary Research Centre

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Ahimsa Mimamsa violent king do when a rapist, king either foreigner or local invades or attack ? If he does not resist while performing non-violence, then that attacker would rob his kingdom and cause pain to the people. He will destroy the civilization and sanctity of the country. What a non-violent king, who holds the responsibilities of the protection of the people, will do when there will be ups and downs? what would be his duties? Whether he would offer resistance or not for the safe guard of the country ? If the invader stages powerful opposition, then the war is imminent, and if remains non-violent then he has to bow down before the attacker, bend against injustice. To fight in such a situation is not a violence? Is it not cowardness? It is a sin if one engages own self performing injustice. But it is bigger sin, to endure injustice, bow down before him. Under such circumstanees that non-violent king, without keeping spite in his mind, without having conception of enmity, for the protection of his country, for the welfare of his people, will have to fight against the attacker. If one who resists with the conception of increasing own kingdom, then such conception is termed as violence. But one should not have desire for the spreading of kingdom. It is called a national duty if some one has to fight for the cause of national pride and welfare. It will be most desireable if peace prevails due to mutual understanding.
But one thing is very much clear and certain that one who wishes to perform total non-violence one should contral three types of violence.
One who knows, experiences pains, he can know, understand other's pain too. ^370ETAT FUTS af H10 TO A HIFY “Means, one who knows his own pain, he can know the pains of others on the basis of equality knowledge.” Non violence depends upon self perception. The scripture writers have elaborated this non-violence principle in this way, when you