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The ocean is your girdle
Your bosom the mountains
Goddess Earth, my obeisance to you Forgive me for daring to touch you with my
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Role of every Individual
The task of promoting global culture of non-violence is arduous but attainable because the starting point is the reformation of the individual soul and tuning it to love and compassion. "Uttaradhyayana" (Jain Scripture) provides pearls of wisdom in the following:
"If you want to fight, fight against your passions. If someone is to be conquered, it is no other than your own self. One who has victory over one's own self is greater than the one who conquers thousands and thousands of warriors"
The buck starts and stops at each human individual. For the future well-being of human community as well as the universe, spiritual awakening in each human soul is needed. The culture of non-violence will spread collectively with the sincere commitment to it at the individual level. Unless this comes about, the world would go on lapsing into violence, terrorism and armed conflicts, which would go on negating the progress of civilization. The world needs many more to emulate Jesus Christ, Gautam Buddha, Ram, Krishna and Mahavir. Human beings cannot be indifferent to their own inner voices if they want to live happily and purposefully as responsible members of the wider community.
It is worth recalling a story about a time when many Gods congregated to determine where to safely place the Divine Spark in human kind. After a lively debate it was decided to position it in the place where man would least suspect it and yet where, when he found it he would treasure it most - in the core of his inner most being. The story unfolds with humans looking everywhere on earth for this treasure
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