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does not perform any physical violence. Still his mind is always busy towards the trap of the fish. He is thoroughly pervaded with psychical violence. He is, hence, a highly violent person."
I told Sinha further, "The physician treats the patient. Unfortunately, the patient dies. Does it mean that the physician be charged as criminal?”
"No, O Lord". "O Sinha, this is why I say that the question of violence and
non-violence is judged by the fine mental volitions and thoughts." I
said.
"Some form of violence becomes necessary in human life. One cannot run the ways of the life and world. How, then, could
we observe the vow of non-violence?" Sinha asked.
"There are many forms of violence. All of them are individualized except the psychical violence. The individualized violence has negligible effect on the society. There is domestic violence in normal household activities. There is occupational violence in agriculture and other professions for earning the livelihood. There is opposition or defensive violence in fighting
against the enemies of the self and the nation. The earning of bad
karmas in these types of violence is quite less. However, there is one more- the fourth type of violence, which is called “determinate, pre-meditated or intentional violence.” It is the psychical violence. In this case, not only one's mind is denatured at
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