Equanimity Philosophy and Practice

Author(s): Nanesh Acharya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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ance which was formerly very small has been immensely widened by the conquest of science on time and distance. Today the personal acquaintance of even an ordinary folk has sufficiently increased while the sphere of a man's knowledge has spread the whole universe by the medium of Radio, Television or Newspapers.
This extensive acquaintance has converted an individual to be more and more social, because his solitary dependence has as if given way, on account of the expansion of useful things-support on the society has become indispensible at every step. From more acquaintance, more contact and more sociality began to extend. Expansion of sociality means new projection of the social strength.
Till then the individual's influence counted more while the inffluence of collective force of a society was regligent. Hence on the genious of an individual depended the guidance to a society in any matter. Then the axis of state policy and economic policy also rotated round the individual. Monarchy was in force and the ruler (King) was considered as the symbol of God. Carrying out his will was Law. Economic policy also functioned under the guidance of the ruler:
The development of science and protrudence of social strength caused the wheel of transition to revolve rapidly.
Towards Political and Economic Equilibrium :
This is a long chapter of the Modern History as to how the people of various countries had to fight severe and sacrificing battles against the monarchy and after hard struggles the subjects could in different countries and a
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