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Principle of "live and let live” in our thoughts, actions and expression.
Change from the habit of violence to a commitment to Nonviolence is the key to spiritual prosperity. Non-violence is an important spirituai discipline as well as a rational way of behavior. Jain Tirthankar Mahavir said 2500 years ago in his discourse on Jain philosophy:
“There is nothing so small and subtle as the atom or any element as vast as space. Similarly, there is no virtue of spirit greater than reverence for life."
NEED FOR SPIRITUAL EDUCATION:
In order to bring about spiritual resurgence, widespread spiritual education is necessary, as it will strengthen intellect, reasoning and rationality. The course of spiritual education is similar to the process of making curd out of milk.
The aim of spiritual education is to grow multifold from physical to emotional personality, from emotional and intellectual to ultimately absorb the core of spirituality.
Spiritual education is not mere reading of religious texts, reciting from Holy Scriptures or participating in discourses. It is in active day to day life while performing one's earthly duties that one should achieve spiritual awareness and rise above the mundane existence to the higher plateau of self-realization regarding the ultimate purpose of life. It is acquiring this higher and deeper spiritual perspective that is part of one's steady growth in spiritual education. It comes through not conviction alone, but also practice reflected in day-to-day thoughts and actions. Selfeducation in this realm is the best education.
The process of spiritual education will be accelerated if we understand the true meaning and coverage of religion in our lives. The learned Swami Ram Tirtha says in a very profound observation:
Ahimsa: The Ultimate Winner
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