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SHRAMANA SANSKRITI
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The Message of Shramana Sanskriti
The message of Shramana Sanskriti is that there is greater happiness in giving, than in taking, in renunciation, than in indulgence.
Shramana Sanskriti and the Sinner
Shramana Sanskriti believes in the power of converting the devil into man. Its ideal is not destruction but reformation. It believes not in the theory of retribution but reclamation. A system of punishment that has no compassion for the sinner, no urge for reformation, and which is guided only by the desire for revenge, is no good system of justice. It is itself a sin, a crime. When your clothes become dirty, you don't destroy them You only clean them to wear again. Man also becomes dirty through his sins. Therefore the sinner should be cleansed by love and sympathy and he should be set on the right path of truth and human service. ShramanaSanskriti treats the sinner with sympathy and compassion. It treats the sinner just in the way in which we treat a patient. Sin is also a kind of mental disease and therefore it needs to be cured, not punished.
Man and the Invisible Power
No invisible power rules over the life of man. Man is not a toy in the hands of any external power. He is an independent mighty power in himself. He alone can change himself and his society and his country. In fact, he can change the whole world. It will be no difficult task for man even to change hell into heaven.
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