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ding to Lord Mahavira means non-killing or nonhurting of any being, it is also non-governing and non-enslaving of other beings. If one does not belive in non-violence, then he should be asked a question. "What is dear to you pleasure or pain?" On saying that pain is undear to him, he should be clearly told that as painisundear to him likewise for all the beings in this world pain is undear to them which is a cause of great fear and discomfort. Therefore, to get pleas ure one should impart pleasure to others by non-hurting, non-governing, non-enslaving and non-killing.
When pleasure is dear to all and pain is dear to none then non-violence increases equanimity and violence only disharmony. In the present day world the dominence of violence is an alarming situation for serious thinking to come out with the determination of stopping it In case, this is not done, then, the results are bound to be very fatal for whole of the humanity. It is better to be aware today rather then tomorrow.
The remedy for keeping the body free from spurious medicine is to stop its use and to start a genuine one, in the same way for promotion of non-violence, the first step is to stop all types of violence. But this would be only external form of non-violence while the internal form of it is very deep and subtle.
The subtle form of non-violence relates to the mind. No hurt should be offered mentally or speculatively to any one's mind. Where there is a difference of opinion. it should be salubriously removed. This is
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