Hajarimalmuni Smruti Granth

Author(s): Shobhachad Bharilla
Publisher: Hajarimalmuni Smruti Granth Prakashan Samiti Byavar

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पंचम अध्याय : २६
quite improperly and unjustifiably. Even his view of the psychological make up of man is not quite adequate, as he has related it to the prevailing social system today. Human evolution has no doubt followed the line of social grouping from the family to the tribe and thence to the national group, but it does not end with the national group. Trends are already noticeable, especially in America and Africa, towards the extension of the social ethos to a continental level. The United Nations represents an international ethos which, even if it is not very strong today, is clearly indicative of the further line of development in the evolution of social grouping. In consequence of man's space flights and inter-planentary travels, the horizons of the social units existing in the world at present would be further widened. Quite apart from any inadequacies in Bertrand Russell's argument as developed in this book, however, it is clearly evident that a world view of Ahimsa is fast developing. Thinking people on all the continents are devoting their attention to this basic social ethos, and masses of people are anxiously waiting for its propagation. In India, consequent upon the decision of the World Conference of Religions held in 1957, a research institute on Ahimsa, designated Ahimsa Shodh-Peeth, has been set up in Delhi; and the world is looking forward to a proper and successful flowering of its work. It is a happy augury that this Institute has taken steps to seek the co-operation of thinkers and workers of all countries by enlisting them as Corresponding Members of the Ahimsa Shodh-Peeth. Research on this basic social ethic may therefore be expected to be conducted with international co-operation from the very beginning.
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