Jain Oceans Drop

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation

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Is there any end to it? If not, it is crystal clear to everyone that the present stature of SPACE WARS & NUCLEAR WEAPONS are bound to bring disasters of the humanity to union extent. Is it not Ego Self Consciousness and selfishness to think of the destroyal of other countries and survive of ours? While the Hindu thought, Jain Philosophers and Indian culture advocates Egolessness, Sacrifice, Service, Co-existence, Universal Love, Welfare of all
taking the whole world as one family through the ideal of LIVE & LET LIVE: This ancient Indian culture was interpreted by Guru R. Tagore in modern terms, which he himself had put into practice at SANTINIKETAN translating into action his of
(the whole). World will stay here in one 'Nest'. He invited the whole world and its different culture in its fold in its nest, as Indi& races -
.
"At the seashore of this pious pilgrimage place at India's great people....." ("GEET-PANCHASHATI')
India the preceptor-preacher & practitioner of these principle of Universal love & co-existence had either comparatively lesser violence & wars, or they were mostly based on some higher principles of Dharma and such Righteousness & Justice: or in Self defence like that of the Ramayana & Mahabharata or they were of personal nature as fought personally only by the great Jaina Warrior King turned Ascetic BAHUBALI (whose world high statue at Sravanabelagola is renuniscene of his might & greatness) with his brother King Bharata. This unique war of Bahubali provides wonderful example of the supremacy of Indian culture full of sacrifice - in which the war is taken from outside to inside from material to one's own spiritual war within one's own self to fight the forces and enemies of Anger, Passion, Greed, Delusion, Hatred, Attachness etc - this spirit of WAR WITHIN adopted by this great Hero - Bahubali, the son of First Jain Tirthankar RISHADHADEVA - the father of World Culture ADINATH - DADA-ADAM accepted by ALL- JAINS, HINDUS, MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS - and through him the whole chain of 24 JAIN TIRTHANKARAS & their ardent followers upto BH. MAHAVIRA, just the contemporary of BUDDHA 2,500 years back. Again those were the days of FRONT WARS Being/fought between the Brave soldiers & Armies only and not with the innocent public. However, all of them were also not pardonable in the Human History. After all wars were wars full of violence & were to be condemned for ever. While today with the changed times, the Wars developing into huge Nuclear weapons are clearly not being fought between the Armies & Soldiers only, on the contrary they are going to be disastrous for the people and peace-craving humanity and as such VIOLENCE, WEAPONS & WARS have become the major problems of the humanity, which deserve and need early and immediate dissolution without even a day's delay.
The clue or alternative of it lies only in the JAINA philosophy of Anekantavada, Live & Let Live, Hindu Philosophy of
& GANDHIAN - practicality of its practiced & pious selection of Non-violence, which has been very rightly interpreted & defined by Gandhi's spiritual Heir Acharya Vinoba Bhave saying: -
SCIENCE + NON-VIOLENCE = SARVODAYA or RISE & WELFARE OF ALL.
SCIENCE - NON-VIOLENCE = DISASTER OF ALL.