Ahimsa Mimansa

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

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Ahimsa Mimamsa biggest Violence. Which pains only own's self and not the other one.
· Because of violent activities, there is wide spread mismanagement crops up at the levels of family, society, country and nation. The man looses balance of his thoughts because of affectionate Violence. And he attacks, on the basic right to lives of others and creates selfishness, at that time mental Violence becomes wide spread. Today in the whole world the rule of Violence is wide spread. But its starting point is the mind of the man. The affection towards Violence, first, takes shape in the mind and later on, that is put into practise through speech and body. May be we are performing direct Violence at minimum, but how do we behave with our nearest relatives and family members in daily routine life? We driven by, selfishness, idleness, attachment and spite excited by anger, talk with them in taunting manners, bitterness, malicious intentions. We create mental pain and shock to others, thinking bad and wish bad for others. Our attention does not go towards such violence. We can be saved from such violence which is caused due to excitement and adourness if we maintain little care and vigillance. We treat children and family members like are servent, enemy like treatment with servants, maid servant treatment to housewives. Everywhere we find family quarrels. The nature of every one is not alike, but if we maintain little equality, patient and composure, we can be saved from the violence and gain peace, patient and part with precious refinements to children in succession, compared to worldly wealth.
Mental violence is stronger than external violence. The man struggles externally, fight, defeat thousands of soldiers, however he is not victorious. According to Lord Mahavira and other learned religious persons, those who struggle with their own souls, defeat the internal enemies which surrounded the soul, control the enemies which are more dangerous com